("I don't know, boys. He looks like a Hittite to me.")
Posted on 09/18/2025 8:04:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A bone whistle likely used by an ancient Egyptian police officer was unearthed at the site of Amarna, Live Science reports. Around 1347 b.c., the controversial pharaoh Akhenaten (reigned ca. 1349–1336 b.c.) established a new capital city at Amarna, though it was abandoned after just 15 years. The artifact, which was crafted out of a cow's toe, is the first of its kind ever to be found in Egypt. It was recovered by archaeologists from the Amarna Project through the University of Cambridge's McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at a part of the site known as the Stone Village. Researchers believe that this district likely housed workers involved in the construction of the king's royal tomb. The whistle was located within a structure that appears to have served as a checkpoint where guards were stationed in order to monitor people coming in and out of the Stone Village. "This area appears to have been heavily policed in order to keep the sacred location of the tomb known and accessed by only those that need to know and go there," said Griffith University archaeologist Michelle Langley. For more on Akhenaten's reign, go to "Rediscovering Egypt's Golden Dynasty."
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Glad it was not a skin flute.....
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This is going to be one of the best of your threads!
All credit to SunkenCiv for all of the great articles he finds and posts! He makes past history and archeology fun!
Your tagline reminds me of an earbug I can’t get rid of. My apologies to The Firm.
NeverTrumpin’, across the universe,
On the starship Enterprise, under Captain Trump
NeverTrumpin’ across the universe,
Always going forward, ‘cause we can’t find reverse.
When I first read it, Anubis would be a good one.
Thanks!
("I don't know, boys. He looks like a Hittite to me.")
You prolly knew there’d be some Horus’n’ around!
Isis what you did there!
“Make and model of your chariot, please.”
“Djoser Ramses.”
“Stop, in the name of the Ra!”
CC
All the cops hanging out at the donut shop? Oh whey -o
“Can we charge him with Hittite and Run, Sergeant?”
That was an Ankhamen-ly good reply!
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It might be hard to walk one cubit, turn around and walk back even sober. A cubit is 18 inches.
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The older the better.
Technology changes, people do not.
You got me. I swear, sometimes it's like my brain's in a Canopic jar or something.
That was a great one out of the past. Life was cheap and people were serious!
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