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Egypt's Sphinx to get facelift
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Posted on 03/14/2006 1:02:03 PM PST by Justice
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Half man & half beast = The Hildabeast.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:02:05 PM PST
by
Justice
To: Justice
Wouldn't it make sense to re-cover the pyramids in the smooth limestone that they originally had? Weren't the old coverings stolen to make mortar?
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:03:30 PM PST
by
fishtank
To: Justice
I seem to recall that the Sphinx is defaced because Arab conquerors fired cannons at its head. Is this correct?
To: Justice
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:22:10 PM PST
by
satchmodog9
(Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
To: Justice
The head on the yardang is not the original. The original head was probably a lion.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:25:33 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: satchmodog9
I was going to use her face but opted for the beast's instead. Great minds think alike.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:26:01 PM PST
by
Justice
To: fishtank
The limestone was used for other buildings like the Mohamed Ali Pasha Mosque.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:30:30 PM PST
by
BMC1
(Democrats are STUCK ON STUPID)
To: Citizen Tom Paine
No. It was caused from wind erosion.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:31:08 PM PST
by
BMC1
(Democrats are STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: damnruserious
It was already old when the pyramids were built.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:38:04 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: BMC1
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:38:56 PM PST
by
satchmodog9
(Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
To: RightWhale
It was built at the time of the building of Khfu's pyramid. It was carved out of a large limestone rock in the path of the causeway. That's why the line to the Nile from the pyramid doesn't go in a straight line.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:46:17 PM PST
by
BMC1
(Democrats are STUCK ON STUPID)
To: Citizen Tom Paine
Two legends about the Sphinx and Napoleon's army in Egypt:
It was French cannon which defaced the face of the Sphinx, almost as a prank.
Napoleon himself said of the Sphinx, "Men, forty centuries are looking down at you!"
Any truth to these?
To: Justice
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:25:50 PM PST
by
Cobra64
To: Justice
Half man & half beast = The Hildabeast. Interesting picture, but if you want the Hildabeast, try this view of the Sphinx.
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:47:09 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(The tree of liberty is getting awfully parched.)
To: KarlInOhio
To: RightWhale
The head on the yardang is not the original. The original head was probably a lion. I've read that too. I've also read that some 10,000 years ago the lion would have been looking directly at the rising of the constellation Leo at the spring equinox right before sunrise.
Judging from the overall size of the body, the head is proportianally smaller than it should be. And it makes sense that some narcassistic Pharoh came along and said my head would look better.
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posted on
03/14/2006 4:28:16 PM PST
by
AFreeBird
(your mileage may vary)
To: AFreeBird
I have read that, too. However, that is how the thing has looked to me for a long time. As a piece of sculpture it appears to have fallen into inexpert hands. They didn't even blend the new head and neck into the old body, size disparity aside.
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posted on
03/14/2006 4:30:49 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: AFreeBird
But, one thing might have forced them to do something: the muzzle of the original animal might have decayed and fallen off so they had to either clean it up or leave it a total ruin, which would have detracted from the fresh-built splendor of the Cheops pyrimid.
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posted on
03/14/2006 4:33:18 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: BMC1
No. It was caused from wind erosion. Oddly enough, looking at some of the erosion patterns, it would suggest that a great deal of errosion could be attributed to water, which hasn't been seen in that part of the world in sufficient quantaties in quite some time.
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posted on
03/14/2006 4:34:05 PM PST
by
AFreeBird
(your mileage may vary)
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