Sources and Resources

Coltheart, David 2003
‘Debunking the Gosford glyphs’, Archaeological diggings, Vol. 10, no. 5.  Available here

Keating, Adrian 1998
‘Egyptian relics in Australia?’, Classic Blue [website], posted 1998.  Available here.

Lambert, Dave 1989
Conserving Australian rock art: a manual for site managers, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra

Campbell, W.D. 1899
Aboriginal carvings of Port Jackson and Broken Bay, NSW Department of Mines and Agriculture, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of NSW, Ethnological Series no. 1., Sydney.

Pritchard, Yvette 2011
‘Hieroglyphs may be fake’, Gosford Central Community News, No. 23, 11 December 2011, p. 4.   Available here

Feder, Ken 2010
The Encyclopedia of Dubious Archaeology , Page 119 - 120 . Available here 

Gojack, Dennis 2012
The Secret Visitors Project Blog. Available here

Gilford E.F 1931
Aboriginal Carvings - Masterpieces near Gosford , Sydney Morning Herald 31 Jan 1931. Available here

Kariong Hieroglyphs
Local History Files , Gosford Library

John a.k.a kmtsesh
The Gosford Glyphs Hoax Parts 1 - 4 , Ancient Near East Blog April 2012 Available here

Unexplained Mysteries Forum - The Kariong Glyphs. Available here 

QI Talk Forum - The other early explorers of the Australasian continent. Available here

Unexplained Australia - The Gosford Glpyhs. Available here

Vey, Gary 2013
4 Stories About Belief - #1 Egyptians in Australia-The Kariong Glyphs , Viewzone.com
Available here


Egyptologist debunks new claims about 'Gosford glyphs' Fri 14 Dec 2012
ABC News website. Available here

Kelly, Mathew 2012
Ancient Egyptians lived near Woy Woy: Fact or Fantasy ? Newcastle Herald Oct 12  2012
Available here

Byrnes, John 2012
Sandstone Joint Widening. Available here

Adderly, Peter 2000
Down to Earth - Geology Exhibition . Available here

Sydney Sandstone - Wikipedia. Available here

Kariong NSW - Wikipedia. Available here

The Oriental Institute - The Epigraphic Survey. Available here

Official letter from the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service 2011
( to view full size save to your hard drive or open in new tab / window )


Copy of email response from Prof. NageebKanawati, head of the Department of Egyptology at Macquarie University, Sydney. 2011

Central Coast Express Weekender December 1983 
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Special thanks to Kariong local Bob Pankhurst for his immense knowledge and photos

Thanks to Sydney Geologist John Byrnes for his research and information

I have produced 2 videos for YouTube:

Gosford Hieroglyphs - The Truth Revealed. Available here

Egyptians in Australia Part 6 - The Truth. Available here