The origin of this petition is a book. The origin of that book, a photograph. The subject of that photograph: The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari (c.1460 BCE) from ancient Egypt, known to its inhabitants as Kemet. 

What this photo represents is truth and the restoration of a legacy denied.

When David Supple encountered this photograph the classical architectural features stood out to him as he had been taught, in Architectural School, they and classical architecture originated in Ancient Greece. Classical architecture being the most influential period, which impacted every era after it and the world over. Yet here these elements were, about a thousand years earlier than anything comparable in Greece, in Egypt. A ready explanation was not forthcoming and the more he began to dig, the more Dave started to find that quite a few things he had learned about Classical Greek Architecture seemed contradicted by the visual archaeological evidence available. Perhaps he hadn’t paid attention. Perhaps the history had been updated. No such luck. Below, you will find a sampling of online quotations from major educational and informational websites on this topic, along with the top two used online dictionaries, averaging over fifty thousand monthly views. All of them, however unintentionally, perpetuate the accepted idea that the Ancient Greek civilization is more or less the originator of Western European architecture while clear visual archaeological evidence traces to an African civilization over a thousand years prior. The product of Dave’s confrontation with this puzzle is the free eBook Classical Architecture’s African Roots read here.

Please sign this petition to stand for truth and help Africa gain its proper attention for classical architecture and credit for its influence on the world. You will be demanding the sources and platforms referenced in this book (those offering false information to the world) correct themselves, article by article and site by site, to reflect to its conclusion.  

This list will be updated as the corrections and proper credits are made. We have a target of 6 months or less to have all sources properly amended. While just a small sample of the misinformation that is so prevalent, these identified ones could be removed quickly and replaced with the unaltered truths that will start to return to Kemet and Africa some of its proper, overdue recognition. Eventually, the truth will spread, the tide will turn, and the decades of false information will shift to a new consciousness based on truth. The shift starts here and now with YOUR HELP.

 
Quotes to be amended: 
 
“In addition, the Greek concern with simplicity, proportion, perspective, and harmony in their buildings would go on to greatly influence architects in the Roman world and provide the foundation for the classical architectural orders which would dominate the Western world from the Renaissance to the present day.” 
Source: World History Encyclopedia, https://www.worldhistory.org/Greek_Architecture/ 
“Ancient Greek architects strove for the precision and excellence of workmanship that are the hallmarks of Greek art in general. The formulas they invented as early as the sixth century B.C. have influenced the architecture of the past two millennia.” 
Source: MetMuseum.org, https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grarc/hd_grarc.htm 
“The best known example of ancient Egyptian architecture are the Egyptian pyramids.” 
Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_architecture#:~:text=The%20best%20known%20example%20of,and%20limestone%20by%20levied%20workers 
“The Step Pyramid at Sakkara is the only of Imhotep's achievements that can still be seen and appreciated today.” 
Source: Encyclopedia.com, https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/historians-european-biographies/imhotep#:~:text=For%20More%20Information 
 
“The number phi, often known as the golden ratio, is a mathematical concept that people have known about since the time of the ancient Greeks.” 
Source: LiveScience.com, https://www.livescience.com/37704-phi-golden-ratio.html 
“...Euclid was the first to define it in terms of ratios... and demonstrated its appearance within many geometric shapes.” 
 
Source: StoryofMathematics.com, https://www.storyofmathematics.com/hellenistic_euclid.html/ 
 
“The golden rectangle R, constructed by the Greeks, has the property that when a square is removed a smaller rectangle of the same shape remains. Thus a smaller square can be removed, and so on, with a spiral pattern resulting...The golden rectangle was considered by the Greeks to be of the most pleasing proportions, and its shape figures in ancient architecture.” 
Source: Harvard University, Department of Mathematics, https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/gallery/gold/index.html 
“The three orders of architecture…originated in Greece” 
Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_order#:~:text=The%20three%20orders%20of%20architecture,more%20ornamental%20than%20the%20Corinthian 
“Polykleitos (a Greek sculpture, 480-420 BC) sought to capture the ideal proportions of the human figure in his statues and developed a set of aesthetic principles governing these proportions that was known as the Canon or “Rule.” In formulating this “Rule,” Polykleitos created a system based on a simple mathematical formula in which the human body was divided into measured parts that all related to one another.” 
Source: Learner.org, https://www.learner.org/series/art-through-time-a-global-view/the-body/doryphoros-canon/ 
“Theodorus is credited with inventing the level, the ruler, the key, the square” 
Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorus_of_Samos#:~:text=Carl%20Sagan%2C%20in%20the%20episode,the%20lathe%2C%20and%20bronze%20casting 
“Before 650 B.C.E. the now-famous ancient Greek temples were built of wood, but after this date began to be built of stone.” 
Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_construction 
“The column and entablature developed on mainland Greece” 
Source: Quizlet.com, https://quizlet.com/538000651/art-history-ancient-greece-flash-cards/ 
 
“The ancient Greeks created many architectural concepts and terms that we still use today. One of them is the idea of an entablature.” 
Source: study.com, https://study.com/academy/lesson/ionic-entablature-definition-architecture.html 
 
“The use of colonnades dates back to Ancient Greece and Roman architecture.” 
Source: DesigningBuildings.co.uk, https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Colonnade#:~:text=The%20use%20of%20colonnades%20dates,such%20as%20temples%20and%20marketplaces 
 
“The colonnade has existed since the origins of classical architecture in ancient Greece, and was probably one of the first designs that allowed ancient builders to switch from wood to stone construction.” 
Source: study.com, https://study.com/academy/lesson/ancient-colonnade-definition-lesson-quiz.html 
 
“The idea of surrounding a temple structure with one or more rows of columns seems to have been a purely Greek invention.” 
Source: encyclopedia.com, https://www.encyclopedia.com/literature-and-arts/art-and-architecture/architecture/greek-architecture#:~:text=The%20idea%20of%20surrounding%20a,temples%2C%20sometimes%20in%20great%20profusion 
 
“Doric designs developed in the western Dorian region of Greece in about the 6th century BC." 
Source: ThoughtCo.com, https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-doric-column-177508#:~:text=Doric%20designs%20developed%20in%20the,column%2C%20which%20they%20called%20Tuscan 
 
“The Doric order emerged on the Greek mainland during the course of the late seventh century BCE.” 
Source: Khanacademy.org, https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/greek-art/beginners-guide-greece/a/greek-architectural-orders#:~:text=The%20Doric%20order%20emerged%20on,Parthenon%20in%20Athens%E2%80%94still%20employed 
 
[under the picture below of the Karnak, Africa capital drawing] “NOTES: While sometimes referred to as ‘proto-Doric,’ such columns are not related to the development of the fluted Greek column” 
Source: Architecture.com, Royal Institute of British Architects, https://www.ribapix.com/Measured-drawing-of-an-Egyptian-doric-column-Karnak-plan-elevation_RIBA98294 
 
 
“The Ionic order was developed in the mid-6th century BCE by Ionian Greeks.” 
Source: study.com, https://study.com/academy/lesson/ionic-order-of-greek-architecture-definition-example-buildings-quiz.html#:~:text=column%20and%20entablature-,History,by%20the%20Greek%20architect%20Rhoikos 
 
“Though the inspiration behind the Ionic style is unknown, its origins are well-recorded. The design originated in 6th century BC Ionia, an eastern region of Ancient Greece… Western architecture is filled with examples of Ionic columns. This column style can be found in some of the most prestigious and historic buildings in the world.” 
Source: ThoughtCo.com, https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-an-ionic-column-177515 
 
 
“. . . the Corinthian order was born in ancient Greece.” 
Source: Royal Academy of Arts, https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/how-to-read-it-sir-william-chambers-corinthian-capital 
 
“The Corinthian column, invented in Athens in the 5th century BCE.”  
Source: World History Encyclopedia, https://www.worldhistory.org/Greek_Architecture/ 
 
“The first use of entasis is probably in the Later Temple of Aphaia at Aigina, in the 490s B.C.”  
Source: wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entasis#:~:text=The%20first%20use%20of%20entasis,Selinus%2C%20Agrigento%2C%20and%20Paestum 
 
“There has been much conjecture over the use of entasis in architecture because there is no evidence to fully explain why the early classical builders used the technique.”- 
Source: designingbuildings.co.uk the construction wiki, https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Entasis 
 
“Greek architecture (and later Roman architecture) preserved this feature (the triglyph), as well as many other features common in original wooden buildings, as a tribute to the origins of architecture and its role in the history and development of man.” 
Source: wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triglyph 
 
“Best characterized in the orders of architecture of ancient Greece, it was possible later to develop theories for the correct form and employment of mouldings.” 
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/technology/molding-architecture 
 
“The history of large-scale sculpture in Europe essentially begins with ancient Greece.” 
Source: Essential Humanities.net, http://www.essential-humanities.net/western-art/sculpture/greek/#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20large%2Dscale,flourished%20among%20the%20ancient%20Greeks 
 
“Caryatid is the name given to an architectural column which takes the form of a standing female figure. The first examples come from ancient Greek architecture.” 
Source: World History Encyclopedia, https://www.worldhistory.org/Caryatid/ 
 
“Atlas, in architecture, [is a] male figure used as a column . . . counterpart of the caryatid. The earliest known examples . . . occur on a colossal scale in the Greek temple of Zeus (c. 500 BC).”  
Source: Britannica Encyclopedia, https://www.britannica.com/technology/atlas-architecture 
 
 
“Roman architecture continued the legacy left by the earlier architects of the Greek world.” 
Source: World History Encyclopedia, https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Architecture/ 
 
“The Romans drew from Greek architectural style and introduced more ornamentation. They invented concrete, which was lighter than stone and allowed them to build arches and vaulted ceilings.” 
Source: MasterClass.com, https://www.masterclass.com/articles/classical-architecture-guide 
 
“Roman architecture differed fundamentally from this tradition because of the discovery, experimentation, and exploitation of concrete, arches, and vaulting.” 
Source: KhanAcademy.org, https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/roman/x7e914f5b:beginner-guides-to-roman-architecture/a/roman-architecture#:~:text=Much%20of%20the%20interior%20space,devoted%20to%20supporting%20heavy%20loads.&text=Roman%20architecture%20differed%20fundamentally%20from,125%20C.E 
 
“Builders in ancient Egypt didn’t use load-bearing arches. The invention of concrete allowed the Romans to build arches, vaults, and domes.” 
Source: ThoughtCo.com, https://www.thoughtco.com/architecture-timeline-historic-periods-styles-175996 
 
“Here is a list of the top 10 ancient Roman inventions that led to major advances in engineering and architecture. . . . 6. Aqueducts.” 
Source: Ancienthistorylists.com, https://www.ancienthistorylists.com/rome-history/top-10-ancient-roman-inventions/ 
 
 "Architecture.noting or pertaining to the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the religious and public architecture, characterized by the employment of orders.Compare order (def. 27b).
noting or pertaining to any of several styles of architecture closely imitating the architecture of ancient Greece or Rome; neoclassic.
noting or pertaining to architectural details or motifs adapted from ancient Greek or Roman models.
(of an architectural design) simple, reposeful, well-proportioned, or symmetrical in a manner suggesting the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.
(often initial capital letter) pertaining to or designating the style of fine arts, especially painting and sculpture, developed in Greece during the 5th and 4th centuries b.c., chiefly characterized by balanced composition, the separation of figures from an architectural background, and the naturalistic rendering of anatomical details, spatial movement, and distribution of weight in a figure.Compare archaic (def. 4), Hellenistic (def. 5)." https://www.dictionary.com/browse/classical

"classical architecture - architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or RomansGreco-Roman architecture.
cyma, cymatium - (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex).
architectural style, style of architecture, type of."

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/classical+architecture