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To: McGavin999

Yeah, the statue isn’t all that big by comparison with the really large stuff from ancient Egypt, but it would still be nice. Caroline Rocheleau doesn’t seem to have posted pics on her ‘blog or anywhere else.

http://thessea.org/columns.php?articleID=54


12 posted on 01/03/2010 12:00:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year!)
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whoops.

http://thessea.org/columns.php?articleID=54

[snip] Taharqo, Senkamanisken and Aspelta at Dangeil. Wow! The statues are broken at the neck, the knees and the ankles, and we have various body parts for each statue. Both Taharqo and Senkamanisken have great muscular bodies with an inscribed back pillar (Taharqo is more than life-size and weighs over one ton) and lovely feet on the statue base, but we are missing their heads and their lower legs. As for Aspelta, it completely the opposite: we have his beautiful head, lower legs and his feet, but not his body. At present, the head is identified as Aspelta’s purely on its resemblance to the statues of Aspelta at Barkal and Dukki Gel.

We also have a small statue of a Meroitic queen, possibly the Kandake Amanitore. [unsnip]


13 posted on 01/03/2010 12:03:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year!)
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