As I watch Lost, I get more and more of a feeling that an Ancient Egyptian culture used to reside on the island. So, I wrote this essay, talking about everything on the island which had anything to do with Egypt, to show you how this is almost definitely the case.
The Others, the Hostiles, the “good guys” – whatever you want to call them, I think it’s safe to say they have been on the Island for a long time. A very, very long time. Yet how do they link into Ancient Egypt? Well, they don’t – at least not directly. The Others we see today are the current remnants of what used they used to be – using technology (submarines, stolen Dharma stations, guns), although this is not be sticking to their ancient roots – Jacob goes crazy when Locke uses technology (a flashlight) in his cabin, and Locke himself questions Ben on whether he’s running the island right, when he says: “Because you're cheating! You and your people communicate with the outside world whenever you want to, you... you come and go as you please... you use electricity and running water and guns”, the ‘chosen one’ himself deeming that modern technology is bad, and the Others should stick to their roots (that being an ancient civilization without techn! ology, although not necessarily Egypt – but I’ll show you why it must be Egypt now).
So now that we’ve established that the Others are the defenders of the Island (they get rid of any unwanted invaders, e.g. Dharma or the Military), and the island’s original habitants, its natives, who have been there for a long time, it’s time to see why their roots could be linked with Egypt. The most obvious are the hieroglyphs. We’ve seen them everywhere, from the Frozen Donkey Wheel chamber (which obviously must have existed back in the ancient times, as when Locke turned it the other survivors were currently looking at that huge statue), to the ones in Ben’s secret room, and the ones inscribed on the Temple. Those Hieroglyphs are undeniably Egyptian, and therefore we know Ancient Egypt must have at least been a part of the Other’s culture. The hieroglyphs themselves say things, like on the FDW chamber they read ‘resurrection’ (Locke coming back to life, oh – and Christian Shepherd too now that I think about it) and ‘travel’ (speaks for itself –! it’s a one ticket trip from the Island to Tunisia) amongst other things, the ones one on the door to the secret room Ben uses to summon the monster read, unsurprisingly, “summon”, and the ones on the Temple read both “resurrection” and “travel”, but also “master” (I personally think the Temple is a tomb of a very important leader of the Others in the past… a pharaoh, maybe?). So we know this culture used Egyptian hieroglyphs to talk about what their places did or signified, and therefore must have been Egyptian, to be able to write in the Egyptian written language.
Next, I’m gonna bring in Smokey. Before you shout out “but Smokey’s name is Cerberus, and that’s a Greek name, not Egyptian”, let’s remember, that was just the name used for it by people who didn’t know about it (Radzinsky on the Blast Door Map). But the name’s origin is quite correct: Smokey himself is a security system, a guardian, who guards the Island’s special places (which mostly seem to reside in the Dark Territory, where he loves to roam), as seen in “This Place is Death” when he attacks those close to the Temple. Wait, guardian of a Temple – I just read on Wikipedia that the Ancient Egyptian beast, the Sphinx, had a general role which “was as temple guardians; they were placed in association with architectural structures such as royal tombs or religious temples”. If that’s not a blatant link to Smokey, I don’t know what is. And to back up my point, what was Hurley drawing in the Santa Rosa institution in “The Life and Death of Jere! my Bentham”? A Sphinx! So I think that’s a shout out, a little preview, from the producers.
Next there is the massive statue we saw in “LeFleur”. That statue is of an ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GOD. So if the ancient civilization on the island erected statues to honor their gods, Egyptian gods, they must have been Egyptian – that’s the most obvious link. So this statue itself was seen from behind, so we don’t know exactly who it was, but I’m almost 100% sure it was the Egyptian goddess Tauret, the goddess of fertility (look up pictures of her and compare to the statue – they are almost exactly the same). This makes even more sense, because fertility is a theme of Lost. And back when we saw it (maybe that wasn’t the same statue but still) just reduced to a foot, that shows that the Ancient civilization is now crumbled, just a remnant of what it once was, just like the Others now are – to back this up when the statue which honors the goddess of fertility is destroyed, women strangely cannot give birth on the island – the gods are angry? So in my opinion, J! ohn Locke is going to do the right thing, and “help” Jacob (remember when Jacob asked John to help him) by taking the Others back to their spiritual, no-technology, ancient roots, unlike Ben, who is doing the wrong thing, as referenced in their conversation which I talked about earlier. But I digress.
Next, there is the fact Richard (who has lived a long time, we can all agree on that) wears eyeliner. This may seem stupid at first, but which civilization had its high profile citizens wearing eyeliner? Ancient Egypt. There’s enough said there – Richard is the only Other who we know has been there for ages, and he wears Egyptian makeup. Look into it more if you want proof.
So there you go. Those are all the things on Lost which I could find which reference Ancient Egypt. I hope from reading this you will agree with me that the Others are actually the living members of an Egyptian culture that used to prosper on the island and build temples, statues… and frozen donkey wheels to honor their religion, and who are now shells of what they once were (although I think their religion was Egyptian, I think it was slightly different than the one in Ancient Egypt itself – this is the island, after all). My final point here to secure my point is the fact the Dharma Initiative, who put hieroglyphics in their countdown timer in the Swan, did so as “a homage to the historical occupants of the island”, according to the producers. Historical occupants who used hieroglyphics themselves? It’s the Egyptian Others! My point proven. Theory by Alex B
The Others, the Hostiles, the “good guys” – whatever you want to call them, I think it’s safe to say they have been on the Island for a long time. A very, very long time. Yet how do they link into Ancient Egypt? Well, they don’t – at least not directly. The Others we see today are the current remnants of what used they used to be – using technology (submarines, stolen Dharma stations, guns), although this is not be sticking to their ancient roots – Jacob goes crazy when Locke uses technology (a flashlight) in his cabin, and Locke himself questions Ben on whether he’s running the island right, when he says: “Because you're cheating! You and your people communicate with the outside world whenever you want to, you... you come and go as you please... you use electricity and running water and guns”, the ‘chosen one’ himself deeming that modern technology is bad, and the Others should stick to their roots (that being an ancient civilization without techn! ology, although not necessarily Egypt – but I’ll show you why it must be Egypt now).
So now that we’ve established that the Others are the defenders of the Island (they get rid of any unwanted invaders, e.g. Dharma or the Military), and the island’s original habitants, its natives, who have been there for a long time, it’s time to see why their roots could be linked with Egypt. The most obvious are the hieroglyphs. We’ve seen them everywhere, from the Frozen Donkey Wheel chamber (which obviously must have existed back in the ancient times, as when Locke turned it the other survivors were currently looking at that huge statue), to the ones in Ben’s secret room, and the ones inscribed on the Temple. Those Hieroglyphs are undeniably Egyptian, and therefore we know Ancient Egypt must have at least been a part of the Other’s culture. The hieroglyphs themselves say things, like on the FDW chamber they read ‘resurrection’ (Locke coming back to life, oh – and Christian Shepherd too now that I think about it) and ‘travel’ (speaks for itself –! it’s a one ticket trip from the Island to Tunisia) amongst other things, the ones one on the door to the secret room Ben uses to summon the monster read, unsurprisingly, “summon”, and the ones on the Temple read both “resurrection” and “travel”, but also “master” (I personally think the Temple is a tomb of a very important leader of the Others in the past… a pharaoh, maybe?). So we know this culture used Egyptian hieroglyphs to talk about what their places did or signified, and therefore must have been Egyptian, to be able to write in the Egyptian written language.
Next, I’m gonna bring in Smokey. Before you shout out “but Smokey’s name is Cerberus, and that’s a Greek name, not Egyptian”, let’s remember, that was just the name used for it by people who didn’t know about it (Radzinsky on the Blast Door Map). But the name’s origin is quite correct: Smokey himself is a security system, a guardian, who guards the Island’s special places (which mostly seem to reside in the Dark Territory, where he loves to roam), as seen in “This Place is Death” when he attacks those close to the Temple. Wait, guardian of a Temple – I just read on Wikipedia that the Ancient Egyptian beast, the Sphinx, had a general role which “was as temple guardians; they were placed in association with architectural structures such as royal tombs or religious temples”. If that’s not a blatant link to Smokey, I don’t know what is. And to back up my point, what was Hurley drawing in the Santa Rosa institution in “The Life and Death of Jere! my Bentham”? A Sphinx! So I think that’s a shout out, a little preview, from the producers.
Next there is the massive statue we saw in “LeFleur”. That statue is of an ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GOD. So if the ancient civilization on the island erected statues to honor their gods, Egyptian gods, they must have been Egyptian – that’s the most obvious link. So this statue itself was seen from behind, so we don’t know exactly who it was, but I’m almost 100% sure it was the Egyptian goddess Tauret, the goddess of fertility (look up pictures of her and compare to the statue – they are almost exactly the same). This makes even more sense, because fertility is a theme of Lost. And back when we saw it (maybe that wasn’t the same statue but still) just reduced to a foot, that shows that the Ancient civilization is now crumbled, just a remnant of what it once was, just like the Others now are – to back this up when the statue which honors the goddess of fertility is destroyed, women strangely cannot give birth on the island – the gods are angry? So in my opinion, J! ohn Locke is going to do the right thing, and “help” Jacob (remember when Jacob asked John to help him) by taking the Others back to their spiritual, no-technology, ancient roots, unlike Ben, who is doing the wrong thing, as referenced in their conversation which I talked about earlier. But I digress.
Next, there is the fact Richard (who has lived a long time, we can all agree on that) wears eyeliner. This may seem stupid at first, but which civilization had its high profile citizens wearing eyeliner? Ancient Egypt. There’s enough said there – Richard is the only Other who we know has been there for ages, and he wears Egyptian makeup. Look into it more if you want proof.
So there you go. Those are all the things on Lost which I could find which reference Ancient Egypt. I hope from reading this you will agree with me that the Others are actually the living members of an Egyptian culture that used to prosper on the island and build temples, statues… and frozen donkey wheels to honor their religion, and who are now shells of what they once were (although I think their religion was Egyptian, I think it was slightly different than the one in Ancient Egypt itself – this is the island, after all). My final point here to secure my point is the fact the Dharma Initiative, who put hieroglyphics in their countdown timer in the Swan, did so as “a homage to the historical occupants of the island”, according to the producers. Historical occupants who used hieroglyphics themselves? It’s the Egyptian Others! My point proven. Theory by Alex B
