[SunkenCiv]

saw Zahi Hawass' article on the dig in this Spring 2005 issue of KMT:

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[SunkenCiv]

My mistake, 700 tons. :')

[SunkenCiv]

Also of interest, Ramses II had an Amarna-era statue rededicated to his daughter Meritamen (who was also one of his wives; this is one family tree you don't wanna climb ;'), just as he also had the columnade at Karnak (constructed by King Tut, another Amarna-era figure) rededicated to himself, and Tut's name struck out. The cartouches near the top of these tall structures still have Tut's name, no one felt like climbing up that high, and they couldn't be seen from the floor.

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Akhmim Wooden Tablet
Eric W. Weisstein et al
contributed by Milo Gardner

The Akhmim wooden tablet, often called the Cairo wooden tablet, is a document dating to 2000 BC, near the beginning of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. It is housed in the Egypt Museum in Cairo... The student scribe was then asked to prove his/her division by multiplying by 3, 7, 10, 11, 13, as required, to find the complete 1/64th unit. Since the student compiling this tablet made many arithmetic errors in the duplication arithmetic, even a 2002 translation of the document did not fully recognize the exact nature of all the division operations. The Rhind papyrus also contains one of these problems, division by 3, leading to confusion by Gillings (1972) and others. The importance of the tablet is that the system of Egyptian fractions may have originated in trying to divide the smallest grain units or some other units in ancient Egyptian history.l

It's kinda like "always wear clean underwear", but related to math, and posterity...

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[SittinYonder]

"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

[SunkenCiv]

related:

Theban Mapping Project (Valley of the Kings etc)
Theban Mapping Project | 1980s to present | Kent Weeks et al
Posted on 01/13/2005 8:03:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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[RightWhale]

A colossus is an effigy of the King that is buried or burned along with the King's body at death. It symbolizes the dual nature of the King's existence, both sacred and pure.

[SunkenCiv]

(saw this for sale at Meijer the other night)

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