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Archeologists Discover Two Huge Sphinxes in Egyptian Ruins
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| January 21, 2022
| Becky Ferreira
Posted on 02/06/2022 7:23:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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02/06/2022 7:23:05 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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02/06/2022 7:23:30 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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02/06/2022 7:23:53 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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02/06/2022 7:27:56 AM PST
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ComputerGuy
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To: SunkenCiv
wow - what a civilization! i can hardly wait to find out what there is to be learned.
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02/06/2022 7:28:04 AM PST
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avital2
To: SunkenCiv
The ancient Egyptians sure had a thing for cemeteries. Now they are all dead. Perhaps their time would have been better spent developing irrigation systems.
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02/06/2022 7:29:44 AM PST
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allendale
To: SunkenCiv
"Sorosian’s team also discovered three black granite busts of Sekhmet"
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02/06/2022 7:31:15 AM PST
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DannyTN
To: SunkenCiv
King Amenhotep III may be the best match for the face of the Giza Sphinx
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02/06/2022 7:43:05 AM PST
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PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: ComputerGuy
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02/06/2022 7:46:03 AM PST
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ytrebil
To: SunkenCiv
I wonder what the significance of the sphinx was that it was assigned to King’s burial chambers.
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02/06/2022 7:47:44 AM PST
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Beowulf9
To: SunkenCiv
That is just cool. However, 26 feet is not huge.
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02/06/2022 7:47:53 AM PST
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GingisK
To: ytrebil
Yep. Civ’s posts are boss.
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02/06/2022 7:49:16 AM PST
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ComputerGuy
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To: SunkenCiv
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02/06/2022 7:49:38 AM PST
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PeterPrinciple
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To: SunkenCiv
The poem “Ozymandias” comes to mind.
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02/06/2022 8:24:13 AM PST
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Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
That was on “Blizzard of Oz” I think.
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02/06/2022 8:27:09 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: PeterPrinciple
And the word is a transliteration of the ancient Egyptian term for “living image”.
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02/06/2022 8:34:45 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: PeterPrinciple
Why, thank you! Good info.
To: PIF
Amenhotep III did take an interest in the Giza monuments, as the other pharaohs of the later 18th dynasty. But the head was obviously recarved (out of scale, much better preserved than the body), and the most likely match would be from the 25th (Kushite) dynasty.
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02/06/2022 9:12:37 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Beowulf9
“Sphinx” is a transliteration of “Sheshep-ankh”, living image.
Sheshep-ankh-en-Amun Setepenre was actually one of the kings of Meroe in the 3rd c BC — well after the 25th dynasty was booted from Egypt.
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02/06/2022 9:15:46 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: allendale
:^) By and large, people from ancient times are all dead.
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02/06/2022 9:16:27 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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