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Enormous statue of powerful pharaoh unearthed
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Posted on 04/26/2011 8:19:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The 13 meter (42 foot) tall statue of Amenhotep III was one of a pair that flanked the northern entrance to the grand funerary temple on the west bank of the Nile that is currently the focus of a major excavation
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: amenhotep; amenhotepiii; godsgravesglyphs
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:19:31 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Not a single mention of Zahi Hawass in the article.
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:23:19 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66-67)
To: ComputerGuy; SunkenCiv
Not a single mention of Zahi Hawass in the article.That was the first thing I thought of. He's on the outs with the current regime, whatever that is. Civ's fault.
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:26:45 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: ComputerGuy
Zahi Hawass resigned his position in the Egyptian rebel protest against the government. The way I read it, the rebels accused him of making too much money or something like that.
I don't know what to think about it, but I really liked his enthusiasm to antiquity.
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:30:39 AM PDT
by
Gertie
To: ComputerGuy
His show was soooo terrible on the History Channel
To: decimon; SunkenCiv
IIRC, he's been sentenced to some hard time. Even though he can be a pompous ass from time to time, he certainly has a zest for discovery. His comment that all Egyptian artifacts, regardless of ownership and present location, should be returned to Egypt was a little over the top IMHO.
Could we in the U.S. lay claim to all Clovis points that have moved offshore?
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:32:29 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66-67)
To: decimon
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:33:00 AM PDT
by
Gertie
To: therightliveswithus
His show was soooo terrible on the History Channel
"Chasing Mummies" - subtitled "Chasing Zoe".
"Zoe! Zoe! Come lie with Zahi and I will not fire you!"
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:38:37 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
To: ComputerGuy
IIRC, he's been sentenced to some hard time.Looks like that's a one year sentence for refusing to carry out some order. He's contesting the sentence.
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:39:52 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: BenLurkin
The pharoah wasn’t that powerful; he died and was replaced.
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:40:47 AM PDT
by
lurk
To: Gertie
Thanks. I suspect there’s also some CYA involved.
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:40:58 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: BenLurkin
Impressive statue. And it looks like there’s another to be uncovered next year.
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:43:43 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
I hope he skates, to be honest.
A year or two ago, I was watching a show about Egyptian archeology. About 45 minutes into it, I realized that I hadn't seen Zahi. Not having him on a show of that type was almost unthinkable :)
They went to commercial. Guess who showed up after the break?
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:48:38 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66-67)
To: ErnBatavia
http://www.zoedamato.com/
I’d chase her too!
She peed in one of the ruins ‘cause Zahi wouldn’t let her out, or something like that.
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:52:48 AM PDT
by
enraged
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:56:44 AM PDT
by
greyfoxx39
(Why do people try to "out-nice" Jesus?)
To: ComputerGuy; SunkenCiv
Guess who showed up after the break? Civ?
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posted on
04/26/2011 9:01:12 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: greyfoxx39
To: Gertie
I think the “protestors” were angry at Zawi Hawass for a number of reasons. But at least one of them was that he was staunchly protecting Egyptian antiquities from being stolen out of the museums by protestors.
Some of the protestors no doubt would like to steal and sell that stuff in the museums. And some of them would probably like to destroy them, like the statues of Buddha, because they are “idols.”
I notice that the press has completely stopped talking about any danger to the Egyptian antiquities. Does this mean that they are now safe? Or does it mean that they don’t want to report that what the “protestors” are up to?
The only reason most of that stuff survived in Mohammedan Egypt is that it was safely buried under the sand until the British rule began. But if the Muslim fanatics return to power, they will predictably destroy it.
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posted on
04/26/2011 9:04:05 AM PDT
by
Cicero
To: decimon
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posted on
04/26/2011 9:38:57 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66-67)
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