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Posted on 02/07/2006 10:27:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A German expedition has unearthed part of a colossal statue of an XVIII dynasty pharaoh. Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said that "the red granite head and shoulders of Amenihotep III (1390-1352 BC) were unearthed in the pharaoh's temple area at Kom el-Hetan on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor."
Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Zahi Hawass said that "The one-metre, high bust is in good condition' except for a slight crack on the right side." For her part, the leader of the German team described the bust as "the best portrait of King Amerihotep III that has over been found.
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The part of the head & shoulders that they found was one meter high. The full statue would be considerably larger. Whether it's a 'Colossus' would be a matter of definition.
why do they let people write articles after they flunk punctuation class?
I'll give some slack to folks who may not have English as their primary tongue ...
why do they let people write articles after they flunk punctuation class?
I'll give some slack to folks who may not have English as their primary tongue
Ahhh Bologna
That's Italy. The guys in the article were Germans in Egypt.
;)
The defacing of ancient monuments in Egypt started during pharaonic times, with Middle Kingdom pharaohs removing carved stones for reuse in their own (mostly mud brick) monuments. By Roman times the so-called Memnon Colossi had graffiti carved all over them (one of the surviving ones is by a Roman emperor). When Christianity arrived, old school temples were adapted as churches. Islam brought the usual pain and suffering, and led to more recycling of stone. The exterior limestone finish blocks of the Great Pyramid were stripped for construction projects in Cairo, and the pyramid of Djedefre (Khufu's son and successor; predecessor to the better known Khafre), which was probably left unfinished during the Old Kingdom was treated as a quarry of finished stone and just vanished. During European colonial times, the monuments of Egypt were better appreciated by the visitors / conquerors, and major excavations and plundering went on, under the auspices of whatever government was in charge.
He looks like Hillary. I may be coming down with Freeper Syndrome but he looks like Hillary to me.
Anything larger than life size is considered colossal.
He looks like Hillary. I may be coming down with Freeper Syndrome but he looks like Hillary to me.That sounds like something Hillary would say. ;')
I myself have ended up stoned and face down
after an evening of examining 1 meter busts.
;')
Looks like Amenhotep bites the dust.
He was just really, really thirsty.
lol
*gigglllle*
[nine years later] Oh, now I get it! :’) [blush]
I think I remember reading that some of the Sphinx’s face was damaged by artillery fire from Turkish troops during the early 20th century.
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