I'm not a fan of the source, but theirs is the only photo of the find, lousy though the photo is:
Posted on 08/19/2018 8:05:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Work on the Al-Kabbash Road project, linking the temple complexes of Luxor and Karnak – which date back to around 1400 BCE, when Luxor was known as the ancient city of Thebes – is due to be finished later this year. However, the discovery of the statue has brought a temporary stop as the statue cannot currently be moved. Not very much is known about it yet, and photos are limited. According to the Director General of Antiquities at Luxor, Dr Mohamed Abdel Aziz, speaking to news site Youm, the workers found a statue of a “lion’s body with a human head”, but it cannot be lifted above ground yet “due to the nature of the environment it is in.”
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I'm not a fan of the source, but theirs is the only photo of the find, lousy though the photo is:
Blame Zahi? Although nobody’s really done anything to open things up since him.
Almost makes you wonder how many ZPM’s they found.
Mars rover pic, yes?
MGM called, they want their lost movie prop Sphinx back
Nice try but, it’s the Moby Dick prop.
Aye. With Ahab’s leg prominently displayed.
LOL... oh yeah, i can see it ever without my glasses, WTH
Very interesting.
I am sure they will find a way to remove it without damaging it — at least I hope so.
Looks like the arrow on the photo is pointing to a Crinoid stem.
Either they have an overactive imagination, or they take super-crummy, unhelpful pictures.
It looks more like the the upper jaw of the whale that swallowed Jonah.
I see hair, on a head turned away from the camera; a torso with a small female breast; and the stub of an outreached arm.
That clinches it: Cleopatra de Milo!
Thanks Innovative. It'll be nice when we find out if the thing sticking up in the photo (the one with the arrow pointing to it) is the pharaoh's beard, or the uraeus on the crown. :^) Meanwhile, feel free to enjoy the ongoing smart remarks on this thread. :^D
He originally came in that way. Not sure what planet he’s from.
;^)
There’s a Fake Egyptian City Buried in California
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fake-egyptian-city-ten-commandments-california-180956907/
“Is that a crinoid stem in your archaeological dig, or are you just happy to see me?”
A better photo -- the caption is ****, there is a large row of sphinxes at Luxor, of New Kingdom in date, this isn't "a second sphinx". Drama drama, just to push tourism:
A second Sphinx was uncovered in Luxor, Egypt during upgrades being made to a road.
Another angle of the first shot:
The Sphinx, which remains buried near the Karnak Temple Complex in Egypt is one of the few Sphinx statues that have been discovered so far. Image Credit: Youm
Ah yes, the famous director, Cleopatra B. de Milo, did “The Ten Commandments”.
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