Greek language engravings discovered in Alexandria

Hellenic News ^ | September 2006 | Deutsche Presse-Agentur

[SunkenCiv]

The engravings, which were discovered close to the Amoud al-Sawari monument, are said to date back to the times of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (ruled 161-180 AD.)... are six lines long and were found etched on an artefact measuring 50 centimetres long and 36 centimetres wide, which may perhaps be part of an ancient altar. The engravings are said to be writings glorifying the supreme ancient Greek deity Zeus along with several other Greek gods. The Amoud al-Sawari monument - also known as the Column of the Horsemen, or Pompey's Pillar - is located in the Karmouz district, which is one of the sixteen villages on which the ancient city of Alexandria was founded. This district is also referred to as the Acropolis of Alexandria - in reference to an elevated locale containing the city's most important buildings and temples. The red granite pillar stands 27 metres tall and was erected in honour of Roman Emperor Diocletian in 284 AD.

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks.

Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on or off the
"Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list or GGG weekly digest
-- Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)

[RightWhale]

Hellenic News of America about Egypt in Germany no pics.

[Young Werther]

Hmmmm....

Alexandria was named after the Macedonian Menace Alexander the Great!

Greek letters??? Whoduhthunk!

[lesser_satan]

And the whole Ptolemic dynasty were descended from Greeks.

[Young Werther]

Ptolemy was one of Alexander's generals. As he conquered "the known world" at that time he established his generals as provincial rulers over his conquered territories.

My Greek History Prof was a world renowned Byzantine Scholar who divided world history into three parts Trojan Era, Classical Greek era and Byzantine era. Oh yeah there were those upstart Romans, French, Spanish, English Chinese Japanese and United States Empires but they were minor players on the World's stage according to him!!!

[lesser_satan]

IIRC, the Egyptians made Ptolemy a Pharoah under the condition that he bring Alexander's bones to Egypt, as Alexander was considered a god there.

[Young Werther]

Legend has it that Alexander's Sarcophogus was crystalline and that he was "buried in the Euphrates river. There is a competing legend that he sarcopogus was carried back to Egypt and taken out to the desert and buried with the Pharohs at, I think Hamunaptra! Supposedly Mark Anthony was taken there by Cleopatra's priests to kneel at Alexanders sarcophogus!

Ain't history fun?

[lesser_satan]

Yeah, I love classical history.

[Fred Nerks]

The site of Pompey's Pillar and Serapeum is a strange place, and a disappointing experience if you go there without absorbing a little bit about its history. Originally, here stood the main temple of Serapis, the Serapeum. The temple was situated on top of a rocky outcrop, and had 100 steps in front of it. The temple was also a library of religious texts, and had three subterranean galleries where the Apis bull resided. The pillar, with its circumference of 9 metres and height of 25 metres, was added to the complex in 293 CE, in honour of Diocletian. At some time in history, the idea that it belonged to Pompey arose, but there is no connection.

The temple was destroyed by fanatical Christians in 391 CE, and they did a thorough job. The great pillar, however survived, together with a few sphinxes.

A circumferance of nine metres seems a little w..i..d..e

[Ciexyz]

There's a recently-published book out (available at Borders) detailing the search for Alexander's sarcophagus, listing clues from history and making guesses as to where he might be buried. Sorry, don't remember the title, but it looked interesting.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1706444/posts?page=11#11

[WoofDog123]

iirc didn't seutonius (spelling not sure, author of the 12 caesars) claim that caligula was reported to have opened alexanders tomb (in egypt) and later to have taken the shield found within the tomb and carried it around with him?

[Ciexyz]

btt

[SunkenCiv]

· join list or digest · view topics · view or post blog · bookmark · post a topic ·
	Gods Graves Glyphs	Just updating the GGG info, not sending a general distribution. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
· Google · Archaeologica · ArchaeoBlog · Archaeology · Biblical Archaeology Society · · Discover · Nat Geographic · Texas AM Anthro News · Yahoo Anthro & Archaeo · · The Archaeology Channel · Excerpt, or Link only? · cgk's list of ping lists ·

[SunkenCiv]