The second half of the twentieth century has seen many changes in concerning the mode of colonization of the islands of Micronesia, and the Empire, with it's striking similarities to Egypt. In the past, it has beensuggested thatAsians had worked their way through the Pacific, over a period of thousandsof years. Itwas believed that each island group had formed independently, and that theresidents,while they were of the same race, had totally different cultures. Sincethe 1940's,however, these views have been changing. It is now accepted by manyscholars that earlyEgyptians sailed as far west as South America, in their huge reed boats.In turn, the Incas,who owe many of their technological advancements to these Egyptiantravelers, set sail tothe west, colonizing Easter Island, Hawaii, and the other Pacific islands. The most common misconception about these early travels is that theytook placeon boats or ships. This is definitely not the case. In fact, theEgyptians and Incas reliedon rafts; the Incas used balsa logs ( Kon-Tiki 21), the Egyptiansused bundles of papyrusreeds (Ra 3). One striking piece of evidence for Egyptian-Inca contact isthe existence ofreed rafts on Lake Titicaca that are exactly like rafts used on Lake Chadand the Nile (Ra3). Of course, this could be merely coincidence, but much more evidenceexists tosupport the theory of ancient contacts between Egyptians and Pre-ColombianIncas.The most positive, though hardly concrete, item is the legends of the*I*Viracocha*/I* (whichtranslates as white man in English) people of Lake Titicaca in SouthAmerica. The*I*Viracocha*/I* are said to have been the first builders of the reed boatsin South America and"came forth in a flotilla of reed boats,... appearing to the local Indianswho at the timewere ignorant of sun worship, architecture, and agriculture" (Ra 30).These reed boatswere the same size and specification of the boats used by Egyptians, andthe people whocrewe...
