..The Truth Is On The March... (Emile Zola, 1840-1902) by Edmond R ...

...The Truth Is On The March... (Emile Zola, 1840-1902) by Edmond R. Mansoor ...In any event, I do not despair in the least of ultimate triumph. I
repeat with more intense conviction: the truth is on the march and nothing
will stop her! It is only today that this affair has begun, since it is
only now that sides have definitely been taken: on the one hand, the
culprits who want no light at all on the business; on the other, lovers of
justice who would lay down their lives for it. I have said elsewhere and I
say again, when the truth is buried underground, it grows, it chokes, it
gathers such an explosive force that on the day when it bursts out, it
blows everything up with it. We shall soon see whether we have not laid
the mines for a most far-reaching disaster in the near future.
(Emile Zola - Josephson, M. Macaulay, N.Y.
1928) ...Ce n'est pas, d'ailleurs, que je désespère le moins du monde du
triomphe. Je le répète avec une certitude plus véhémente: la vérité est
en marche et rien ne l'arrêtera. C'est aujourd'hui seulement que l'affaire
commence, puisque aujourd'hui seulement les positions sont nettes: d'une
part, les coupables qui ne veulent pas que la lumière se fasse; de l'autre,
les justiciers qui donneront leur vie pour qu'elle soit faite. Je l'ai dit
ailleurs, et je le répète ici: quand on enferme la vérité sous terre, elle
s'y amasse, elle y prend, une force telle d'explosion, que, le jour ou elle
éclate, elle fait tout sauter avec elle. On verra bien si l'on ne vient
pas de préparer, pour plus tard, le plus retentissant des
désastres...(Emile Zola).
Copyright 1993
Edmond R. Mansoor New Address EDMOND R. MANSOOR
3288 North Sawtooth Court
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362-3531
Phone: (805) 496-2012
Fax: (805) 373-6882 To Etienne Drioton "un des égyptologues les plus complets de sa génération."
(Vandier)
And to my father, M. A. Mansoor whose conviction about the authenticity of his
Amarna Collection
has always been unshakable.
Contents
Acknowledgements 1
Sworn Statement by Edmond R. Mansoor 2
Avant Propos 3
The Beginning of a Sad Story 7
A "Splendid Galaxy of Expert Opinion" 10
Serious Errors on MFA Letterhead 24
"Je Cherche un Homme..." (Sequel) 29
"J'ACCUSE..." 35
A Letter by Professor Leonard D. DuBoff 52
Deplorable and Detrimental Statements by a Few Egyptologists 57
Refusal by Stanford University Museum 69
Letter by Dr. Fred H. Stross 85
An "Expert Opinion" 88
Drioton: "Homme de Grand Savoir" 101
Dr. D. Wildung Joins the Non-Believers 106
Re: Letter by Professor Andreina Leanza Becker-Colonna 106
An Open Letter to Prof. Dr. Dietrich Wildung 110
An Open Letter to Professor E. L. Ertman 114
Re: "Artnews"--The Mansoor Amarna Collection 117
Scientific Illiteracy Observed: A Report by IFAR 121
Some Common Sense to Ponder 126
A Scientific Report par Excellence 130
Summary and Conclusions, Plus 141
Acknowledgements The members of the M. A. Mansoor family find no words to express their
eternal gratitude to all those who helped--or are still helping--us in our
just cause. It is impossible to name here all the persons who stood by us,
many--so generously and so graciously--donating their knowledge, precious
time and effort to help us vindicate the Mansoor Amarna Collection. Their
names are truly engraved in our hearts. Our deepest thanks to all and particularly to: Anderson, John P., Esq.
Arnal, Professor Robert E.
Bach, Dr. Otto Karl
Badawy, Dr. Alexandre
Barbacki, Professor Dr. S.
Bariand, Dr. Pierre
Becker-Colonna, Professor Andreina L.
Berger, Professor Rainer
Bernstein, Professor Marian
Blackwelder, Professor Eliot
Blanc, Dr. Philippe
Boreux, Dr. Charles
Briggs, Mrs. Mitzi
Cochran, Jr. John M. III, Esq.
Compton, Professor Robert R.
Corrigan, Dr. Robert A.
De Freitas, Dr. and Mrs. Gabriel
De Ment, Dr. Jack
Desroches-Noblecourt, Dr. Christiane
Drioton, Abbé Etienne
DuBoff, Professor and Mrs. Leonard D.
Du Bourguet, Père Pierre
Ellis, Professor Linda
Fogarty, Professor John P.
Frankenstein, Dr. Alfred
Gabra, Professor Sami Gruner, Professor John W.
Habachi, Dr. Labib
Hay, Professor Richard L.
Hutton, Professor C. Osborne
Iskander, Dr. Zaki
Kirk, Professor Paul L.
Learned, Mrs. Terry G.
Lucas, Mr. Alfred
McDermid, Dr. Nancy C.
Majewski, Prof. Dr. Kazimierz
Mikhail, Dr. Edward H.
Mustafa, Dr. Zahira
Nolli, Monsignor Gianfranco
Peterson, John S., Esq.
Plenderleith, Dr. Harold J.
Pozerikides, Ms. Dimitra
Prévot, Professor and Mrs. Jacques
Protsch, Prof. Dr. Reiner RR
Saad, Dr. Zaki
Silver, Professor Leon T.
Stross, Dr. and Mrs. Fred H.
Trapp, Dr. Richard L.
Turner, Professor Francis J.
Varille, Mr. Alexandre
Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Jay
Xanthos, Honorable Judge George
Special thanks to Mr. Maurice G. Melkonian and Mrs. Terri Nigro
and to
Edgard, Michel, Nabila, Henri, George and Christine Mansoor.
E.R.M. Sworn Statement I, the undersigned, Edmond Robert Mansoor, born in Cairo, Egypt in
1923, do hereby swear to God the following: 1) All of what I am writing now or will write later, quote, speak, or
say about the Mansoor Amarna Limestone Collection is true. This is, of
course, according to facts or events known to me, to the best of my
knowledge and recollections - having always God as my guide and in my
conscience. 2) My father, the antiquary, M. A. Mansoor, who also made it his
profession to buy and sell Egyptian antiquities as well as jewelry and
other artifacts, was a man of superior integrity, second to none. He has
never attempted to sell anything that seemed to him to be doubtful, let
alone fake. He was indeed more than convinced of the authenticity of his
Amarna Collection and those who have known him and who are still alive will
attest to these facts. 3) Although on a few occasions we did send, through attorneys, letters to
a few museums and/or a few Egyptologists concerning the unfounded opinion,
letters and/or rumors they were spreading and which were detrimental to the
Mansoors and to their Amarna Collection, we never sued anyone or any
institution. Our intention was to put an end to misleading and pernicious
statements that are not in accordance with facts.
Edmond R. Mansoor
Avant Propos It has been most distressful for me to write this dissertation or,
rather, exposé to denounce some educational institutions as well as
scholars for their acts regarding the Mansoor Amarna Collection. It has
also been painful and time consuming to review events and all the facts of
the last forty-six years. Plus researching Egyptological facts, to read
and refresh my memory of what I learned years ago. Maybe someday,
hopefully in the near future, a professional writer will write the whole
story with all the facts surrounding the unique and magnificent Amarna
Collection. Perhaps another Emile Zola will show up or possibly a
journalist will do it. Is there a journalist who would like to volunteer
for the task? At the beginning, let it be known that I am unaware whether some of
the people mentioned in this publication are living or dead. I do know
about some, but not all. Consequently, whatever I am about to quote or
write will be done with all reverence and respect, both to the living and
the dead, having in mind not vengeance, but redress. In most instances, I
am omitting the words "the late" from my writing. . . . . . The idea of the present dissertation/exposé nurtured in me for twenty
years, i.e., since the publication of "Je Cherche un Homme..." (1971). But
what mostly prompted me to write it now is a shameful and revolting rumor
that originated from a leading Egyptologist and which came to my attention
not too long ago. The long-repressed, sad, and tragic events have
ballooned in my whole being and since I cannot contain them any longer, I
have to air them. The Ignoble Rumor: From a reliable source and which I heard in the
presence of three other respectable gentlemen, the Mansoors supposedly
brought a lawsuit against a German Egyptologist who is now afraid to even
come to the USA for fear of being arrested. Just what kind of nonsense is
this? That rumor is just as bad as the ignominious one I heard some
eighteen years ago and which, most regretfully, came from a museum director
in the USA, who told someone that the Mansoors are so dishonest that they
should all be in jail! The Mansoors, of course, discount entirely these rumors as pure
fabrications created behind the scenes, whispered or uttered by a few
misinformed persons, and which are based upon their total inability to
substantiate valid reasons for their unfounded negative belief regarding
the Mansoor Amarna Collection. There has been, and there is still, malicious gossip and rumors about
the Mansoors or their collection on the part of a few American as well as
German Egyptologists, and I fear that their phantasmagorical pronouncements
have mesmerized some of their colleagues who prefer not to contradict them.
It goes without saying that the ill effect of the above rumors is not
helping the Mansoors to have people view their collection with a clean look
without prejudice. It has somewhat reduced their chances of selling it.
But this is of no great consequence as the primary goal of the Mansoors was
to completely vindicate their Amarna Collecti