The striking similarities of the major Egyptian God Asar's name and story with those attributed to the eastern Asshur cannot but suggest a possible Messopotamian origin for this one from whence came Mizraim. It has been suggested in New-Age circles that opposing assimilation into Kush, Meskiagkasher left Kish to the lands of his cousin Asshur where the Uruk-Nimrod dynasty was born before moving with his followers "From Asshur" to establish his own land in the nile valley.