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Ancient cave with distinguished engravings depicting scenes of animals discovered in Sinai
Ahram Online ^
| Sunday 26 Apr 2020
| Nevine El-Aref
Posted on 05/04/2020 10:00:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
An ancient cave decorated with distinguished engravings depicting scenes of animals has been discovered at Wadi Al-Zulma in North Sinai.
"The newly discovered cave is the first of its kind to be discovered in the area," said Aymen Ashmawi, head of the ancient Egyptian antiquities sector at the Ministry of Antiquities.
Ashmawi explained that the scenes carved inside the cave are completely different from those found in South Sinai, having a special artistic style that resembles raised relief in execution.
Studies are underway to determine their date.
Hisham Hussein, head of the discovery mission, said that most of the discovered scenes are carved along the cave's inner walls and depict animals, including camels, deer, mules, mountain goats and donkeys.
The remains of circular stone buildings have been discovered around 200 metres southwest of the cave. These likely constitute the remains of an ancient settlement.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.ahram.org.eg ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: camels; caveart; deer; donkeys; egypt; epigraphyandlanguage; goats; godsgravesglyphs; mules; northsinai; sinai
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05/04/2020 10:00:17 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
Here are the links to the rest of the images, I don't want to waste their bandwidth each time someone visits this thread, nor do I want to field any more "you call that a graphic" complaints.
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posted on
05/04/2020 10:07:25 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
05/04/2020 10:07:38 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Educational flash cards before flash cards became portable :P
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posted on
05/04/2020 10:10:01 AM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: SunkenCiv
How long til the muzzies decide to destroy the pictures, because they are depictions, instead of squiggles and lines.
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05/04/2020 10:10:30 AM PDT
by
Defiant
(I hope the Russians trick me into voting for Trump again in 2020.)
To: SunkenCiv
Don’t let the moose limbs know, they’ll blow it up real good.
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posted on
05/04/2020 10:11:43 AM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Defiant
LOL! I saw your post after I did mine. We are really clever you know.
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posted on
05/04/2020 10:12:45 AM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Grimmy
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posted on
05/04/2020 10:30:18 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/04/2020 10:42:25 AM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks. I was trying to figure out where to get some LSD so I could see what was there./s
BTW - that last link is dead-ish.
To: SunkenCiv
Is that Old-Joe Biden smelling that animal's hair?
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posted on
05/04/2020 10:53:50 AM PDT
by
Bob Ireland
(The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
To: SunkenCiv
The Sinai is an amazing place, I would love to go back there again someday...
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posted on
05/04/2020 10:59:28 AM PDT
by
datura
To: SunkenCiv
Interesting. A more original, more gifted artist? Seems to have forms down well.
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05/04/2020 11:02:02 AM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Honest Nigerian
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posted on
05/04/2020 11:02:08 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Defiant
I remember reading on FR years ago, that around 1890, some ruins in Lebanon or Syria was found to contain Roman depictions of life back then.
A year later, the archaeologists returned and found the faces of the depictions destroyed by the moslems.
They are like a wolverine. Devour what you can, foul and destroy the rest.
Studies are underway to determine their date.
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posted on
05/04/2020 11:13:02 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Beowulf9
I wonder if they're more or less modern.
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posted on
05/04/2020 11:19:02 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Voila! The world’s first bas-relief!
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posted on
05/04/2020 11:32:56 AM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect??)
To: bunkerhill7
:^) And it was a long time between that invention, and Ebenezer Scrooge's bas-humbug-relief.
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05/04/2020 11:48:13 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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05/04/2020 1:32:51 PM PDT
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Does so
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