They also might find a giant Statue of Liberty buried on the beach with a monkey face.
Posted on 03/18/2010 8:08:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a colossal ancient statue of the pharaonic deity of wisdom, Thoth, in the shape of a baboon, the council of antiquities said in a statement on Tuesday.
The four-metre tall statue was discovered in four pieces along with two statues while workers were lowering ground waters beneath Luxor to help preserve the city's pharaonic temples, the statement said. It dates back to the 18th Dynasty, which ruled Egypt until 1292 BC.
'It is the first time that a statue of Thoth, depicting him as a monkey, of this magnitude has been discovered,' Mansur Boraik, head of pharaonic antiquities in Luxor, told AFP.
The statues were discovered near the temple of Amenhotep III, who ruled until 1372 BC.
Another statue, of which only the upper half was found, depicted the king and the sky god Horus, represented as a falcon, antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said in the statement.
'The team also discovered an alabaster statue base that is expected to have been the base of one of Amenhotep III's statues,' he said.
A granite statue of the pharaoh Ramses III, who ruled about 3,000 years ago, was also found.
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Anybody who would worship a monkey god is an as*****...
They also might find a giant Statue of Liberty buried on the beach with a monkey face.
Ok, so they describe it as colossal, but then don’t go on to give any measurements, or at least a picture. Seriously, what gives?
Egypt? Is that where the Indonesians moved it to?
"Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape! .....
Cheers!
...From the New Kingdom onward, temple statues of baboons are somewhat common. They frequently appear to be squatting on a raised platform, often accessed by a flight of stairs. In the Hermopolis of Middle Egypt, giant quartzite baboons belonging to the reign of Amenhotep III were found. These may have originally been grouped around a sacred lake. Other large statues of monkeys once stood in the entrance areas to the animal cemeteries. In the temple of Babylon in Old Cairo, a statue of a green monkey once stood in the forecourt as the town god...
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“Huge monkey god statue found” -
“Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a colossal ancient statue of the pharaonic deity of wisdom, Thoth, in the shape of a baboon, which send tingles down the archaeologists` legs.”
Perhaps they trained the monkeys to bring back forage to share with the sick and hungry of the ancient city?
I thought Thoth had the head of an Ibis or stork...
I used to watch that when I was like 10.
The dvds are going on sale in June ;-)
"The four-metre tall statue ..."
So, a little over 13 ft. high.
See? Even many years in the distant 'future,' knuckle-dragging liberals will still be trying to muzzle conservative speech...
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