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Massive head of pharaoh unearthed in Egypt
AP ^ | FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Posted on 02/28/2010 11:56:11 AM PST by Jet Jaguar

Egypt's Culture Ministry says a team of Egyptian and European archaeologists has unearthed a large head made of red granite of an ancient pharaoh who ruled Egypt some 3,400 years ago.

A ministry statement Sunday said the team discovered the head of Amenhotep III wearing the traditional white crown of the southern kingdom buried in the pharaoh's mortuary temple on the west bank of the Nile in the southern city of Luxor.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...


TOPICS: History; Reference
KEYWORDS: archaeology; godsgravesglyphs
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1 posted on 02/28/2010 11:56:11 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: SunkenCiv

Heads up.


2 posted on 02/28/2010 11:56:39 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

Okay...who is gonna photoshop Barry’s ugly mug on it???


3 posted on 02/28/2010 11:58:14 AM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (BOOM! Taste my nightstick! Sarah, making Shatner sound Shakespearean.)
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4 posted on 02/28/2010 11:58:36 AM PST by The KG9 Kid
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

I was going to use Helen Thomas’ head but then .....


5 posted on 02/28/2010 11:59:59 AM PST by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Heads up???

that’s a pun, right?

;-)


6 posted on 02/28/2010 12:00:08 PM PST by Halgr (Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
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7 posted on 02/28/2010 12:01:04 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Jet Jaguar
Or ...

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8 posted on 02/28/2010 12:01:08 PM PST by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Wow.

This looks to be about the same size as Obama’s.


9 posted on 02/28/2010 12:01:32 PM PST by earlJam
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To: The KG9 Kid

Head appears to have a knob or spout on top.


10 posted on 02/28/2010 12:06:40 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick

It’s a giant dreidel.


11 posted on 02/28/2010 12:08:36 PM PST by The KG9 Kid
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To: The KG9 Kid

Simply beautiful.


12 posted on 02/28/2010 12:09:08 PM PST by i_dont_chat (We have a cultural crisis–not a heath-care crisis.)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Isn’t that Obama?

So, this was foreseen by the Egyptians!

“And a plague swept across a foreign land and his name will be Barack I. He will return the Jews to bondage with all others not of his tribe. He will be the descendant of Ramses the Pharaoh and will hail from a land called Kenya. He will bring a plague of locusts upon their economy and enslave their population to build the new pyramids called government schools and government buildings. The prophesy also states that another Pharaoh named Algore I will try to stop the rivers from turning to blood by using the same repression as Ramses — taxes and slavery.”


13 posted on 02/28/2010 12:09:38 PM PST by whitedog57
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14 posted on 02/28/2010 12:10:51 PM PST by Bratch
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15 posted on 02/28/2010 12:22:26 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Looks like Tiger Woods a little.


16 posted on 02/28/2010 12:35:08 PM PST by central_va ( http://www.15thvirginia.org/)
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17 posted on 02/28/2010 12:36:16 PM PST by Bratch
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To: Bratch

looks like my nut sack after surfing


18 posted on 02/28/2010 12:37:14 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: i_dont_chat

Imagine the labor involved in that. With our equipment even a small piece of worked granite is expensive. Wonder what that would cost to reproduce today.


19 posted on 02/28/2010 12:39:30 PM PST by Brugmansian
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

King Tutankhbamao ?


20 posted on 02/28/2010 12:46:18 PM PST by PLMerite (Ride to the sound of the Guns - I'll probably need help.)
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