Rasheed Wallace and Egyptian Mysteries

[stuckey.and1]

Why does Sheed have a tattoo of Pharoah Ahkenaten and Nefertiti on his arm? For those who don't know, Ahkenaten was the first guy to bring in monotheism, the worship of one god, in the form of the sun god, aka Aten.

heres his tat:

heres the egyptian carving of ahkenaten:



interestingly a sponsor of the pistons is the Rahmani eye institute. it uses the egyptian Eye of Ra symbol.

is there some egyptian religion going on here? or is it coincidence? i know jay z for instance grew up in a nuwapian community where he learned about the old religions. do you know of any other "stars" who have an egypt thing going?


what does it mean to you?

[Tainted Sword]

that's really cool. Never knew Sheed was such a deep brotha.

[stuckey.and1]

and in those days there were giants...

i think thats in the bible or something. maybe it had some truth to it and that explains why sheed is "in" on something we're not.

or probably he's just a regular dude who was freakishly tall and likes obscure ancient history tattoos.

who knows

[wozzler]

all i know is its one of the most recognizable tattoos in the NBA, a lot of these other guys look like they just have mindless black ink down their arm...

[kentatm]

maybe he just thinks being a sun god is badass?

[stuckey.and1]

i wish he could make an exodus off the 3 line and into the paint
(edit: wait i take that back its overdone we need his 3 ball nowdays)
get well soon sheed

[Tainted Sword]

all i know is its one of the most recognizable tattoos in the NBA, a lot of these other guys look like they just have mindless black ink down their arm...

Yeah tattoos are a major fad these days. Half the time people get them just to say they got one and don't care what they are. My cousin randomly got this wack ass chinese one last week.

If I ever get a tattoo, it'll be because it means something to me.

[joe]

that's really cool. Never knew Sheed was such a deep brotha.

hahaha, that made me crack up laughin.. my roommate tryin to sleep, hope i didnt wake him..

[stuckey.and1]

http://www.alanag.com/2008/11/rashee...ew-tattoo.html

his back tattoo of a lion girl, depiction of his daughter.

[loot]

about the tat:


http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/sport...ory?id=1992812

http://ballhype.com/story/video_rash..._s_new_tattoo/

http://www.mtv.com/photos/mtv-news-s...29/photo.jhtml

he probably just saw a nice egyptian family

[stuckey.and1]

i think theres more to it somehow theres a lot of egyptian symbols popping up in wierd places these days. for some maybe its just a form of expression for others maybe its an ancient religion hidden in plain sight.

if you wanna be an atonist thats fine but why be secretive about it. i think its the mysteriousness of it. if you lose that you lose the mojo of the belief system so to speak. for instance the original image i linked was pulled off the internetz within minutes of the thread posting. coincidence? probably.

[hito da god]

i think i remember sheed saying that particular tat represents himself, his wife, and his kids.

[monkeypox]

Maybe he's part of the same religion wesley snipes is in? They worship some pharaoh or something. Supposedly the first black pharaoh or something along those lines, and the followers are mostly black. Hard to remember the details, it was on one of those news magazine shows.

[Hammertime]

Snipes is one crazy mofo. His kids names are:

Akhenaten Kihwa-T
Iset Jua-T
Alaafia Jehu-T
Alimayu Moa-T

[godofgods]

He doesn't know what it means. He had it because it looks cool.