Pharaonic-era sacred lake unearthed in Egypt

Reuters ^ | Oct 15, 2009 | Writing by Cynthia Johnston; editing by Philippa Fletcher

[decimon]

CAIRO (Reuters) – Archaeologists have unearthed the site of a pharaonic-era sacred lake in a temple to the Egyptian goddess Mut in the ruins of ancient Tanis, the Culture Ministry said on Thursday.

The ministry said the lake, found 12 meters below ground at the San al-Hagar archaeological site in Egypt's eastern Nile Delta, was 15 meters long and 12 meters wide and built out of limestone blocks. It was in a good condition.

[decimon]

Old Mut ping.

[Frenchtown Dan]

Lake ?

Maybe meaning a pool since it was man made from limestone blocks.

Funny translation I guess.

[VaRepublican]

surprised this guys name wasn't mentioned.
Zahi Hawass of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, seems to be the face of all things ancient Egypt.

[VaRepublican]

Whats up with everything being supreme?

[paulycy]

Whats up with everything being supreme?

You can make anything "supreme" simply by putting sour cream on it before serving.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Grimmy]

Zahi Hawass is actually a front man for the Illuminati. His sole purpose is to keep us all from discovering the secrets of Atlantis that are buried under the Sphixter, or whatever it’s called.

Saw it on TV, so it has to be true.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Actually, Atlantis is on another planet and the fastest way there is through a Stargate.

Saw that on TV, too.

[gusopol3]

meaning a pool

But how would that have looked in a headline; I never would have clicked on it.

[Fred Nerks]

An obelisk at Tanis clearly connected with Ramesses II, from the cartouch

Today, the site of Tanis mostly consists of large mounts of occupational debris. The temple precinct lies in the middle of these mounds. The huge enclosure walls are now mostly gone, and one may enter the site from several directions, though the classical route is through the ruined pylon of Sheshonq III. Within, the site is littered with fallen statuary, reused columns ranging in date from the Old through the New Kingdoms, around fifteen reused obelisks of Ramesses II, and reused temple blocks from all periods. At the center of the Amun temple are two deep wells that once served as Nilometers. The northern corner is the site of the ancient Sacred Lake, while at the southeastern corner, outside the main temple precinct, is the smaller precinct where the temples of Mut, Khonsu and Astarte were located...

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[Sherman Logan]

Sound more like a cement pond.

[Frenchtown Dan]

Pharoh Jethro ?

[bigheadfred]

Not sure there are any secrets of Atlantis worth knowing. Seems like the Atlantisians kinda went extinct.

And the only thing buried in the Sphinxter is Zahi’s melon.

[Frenchtown Dan]

I only clicked on it because I took it literally, in English. I’m interested in ancient lakes in the Sahara and else where on the planet that is now desert.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Does anyone know what “Tanis” meant?

[Grimmy]

“And the only thing buried in the Sphinxter is Zahi’s melon.”

Zahi’s melon!?!

That’s one of them sekrit society code words, aint it?

I think I remember that phrase being mentioned in a Discovery Channel program about Nazis, the occult, space aliens and time travel.

I’m gonna apply for a grant to study up on what nefarious doing’s the followers of Zahi’s Melon are up to!

50 mil should cover my expenses for a year of travel and umm... research. Yeah, research, that’s the ticket.

[Grimmy]

Yep. And, as part of their conspiracy to confuse and confuddle us, they even portrayed the US military as not stoopit and not incompetent. How’s that for a dead giveaway that they’re up to no good?

[decimon]

Does anyone know what “Tanis” meant?

I don't.

[bigheadfred]

Ah so, grashhopper

I just luv to help empower young minds.