The newly discovered head
Posted on 12/30/2013 4:16:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A black granite head of an unidentified New Kingdom king's statue has been uncovered in Luxor
The Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission unearthed on Thursday a large granite head of a statue of an unidentified New Kingdom king during routine excavation at King Thutmose III’s funerary temple on Luxor’s west bank.
Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Section at the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA), explained that the head is 29.6cm high, 24.3cm wide and 26.9cm deep. The head depicts a round face of a royal figure, not identified yet, wearing a wig, with traces of a broken nose, and two long ears that each reach 8cm. The eyes, he continued, have traces of kohl, with thick eyebrows.
Abdel-Maqsoud said that the head was found buried in sand in a pit on the northern side of the second court of the temple. Studies are underway in an attempt to determine which New Kingdom king it belongs to.
The temple of Thutmose III is a vey small temple located beside the temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Al Deir Al-Bahari. It was first discovered in February 1962 during routine restoration work carried out by a Polish excavation mission of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology led by archaeologist Kazimierz Michalowski.
The temple is poorly preserved and was dedicated to god Amun-Re. Although Thutmose III’s actual funerary temple Henkhet-Ankh is located a short distance away, such a temple had played some role within the king’s funerary cult.
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The newly discovered head
It’s Prince Moses.
Where is that convoluted thread from last year, regarding the damage to the Sphinx to hide the fact that black people ruled Egypt?
Those rotten little neighbor kids tipped over my bird fountain, too.
Not sure, but y’know, I’m sure George Zimmerman was probably behind the conspiracy to conceal these facts (in a prior incarnation).
Thanks JPB.
That’s one very wide nose. Hair straightener?
I don't have a clue, but they do have something in common, both look like fakes.
Obama? The ears and nose match.
LOL!
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Is that a creature from the Cornel Wilde movie GARGOYLES?
It’s tough to judge the original size of the nose, we’re seeing just the scar from where it got knocked off at some point.
I called it. :’)
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