First of all, I’d like to thank al Takruri for the thread on Djenne and Sudano-Sahelian architecture that sparked this thread and the understanding that the Phoenicians and Moors must have been Europe’s first masons. Further, that the first churches of Europe were built by blacks / Africans on the pattern of North African (including Egypt) architectural styles later used by an African peoples known to history as the Moors but who were Phoenician in ancestry. It’s believed that Ptah created masonry. Imhotep, the great builder, couldn’t have been far behind and there in ancient Egypt the first masons and guilds existed. QUESTION: What can someone tell me about the great Red Temple of Sudan? I have had a picture of it but not much information. I suppose it goes back at least to 500 BC. In any case, the castles and forts of the Moors use the same materials, science, and construction methods of the builders of masons of ancient Egypt. It must be inevitable that the Phoenicians in particular and other groups of North Africans migrated to Europe carrying their ancient trade and being the first masons of Europe. It must be inevitable that the incoming Italic and Germanic tribes associated with and absorbed the knowledge of the Moorish and Phoenician masons and later became the face of the masons. The early churches were built by people of African appearance (I’m going to do a page on it) and laid the template for future churches. For instance, Otto III (African) built an abbey for Maurice over which a cathedral was later built. The buildings, castles, forts of Europe reflect the building trades culture of Northeast Africa dating back to the time of the masonry culture that built the Great Sphinx. ..art, art history, Paul Marc Washington, paleoneolithic@yahoo.com

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