Posted on 08/29/2007 12:34:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Egyptologist Bassam El Shammaa believes that the famed half-lion, half-man statue was an Egyptian deity that was erected next to another sphinx, which has since vanished without a trace. This contradicts what many have believed for centuries -- that a single colossal statue functioned as a guard to the Pyramids. The idea of two sphinxes is more in line with ancient Egyptian beliefs, which were mainly based on duality, the researcher said. He cited Ancient Egyptian records and mythology saying that lightening had destroyed part of the Sphinx. This may have been a reference to the second sphinx which was eliminated after a curse by the chief Egyptian deity... El Shammaa pointed out that the Dream Stela carved by Thutmosis IV clearly depicted two sphinxes. The inventory Stela exhibited at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo did the same. The display showed that King Cheops -- builder of the Great Pyramid -- had undertaken the task of restoring the damage to the Sphinx's neck caused by lightening. "Examination of the Sphinx revealed that damage in its neck, matching the measurements mentioned in the inventory Stela, had been restored. But we also discover that, besides the Sphinx's neck, the lightening destroyed a sycamore tree as well as an object between the tree and the Sphinx whose remains have settled behind the Valley Temple.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailystaregypt.com ...
b&w of Inventory stele:
http://refill.ru/egypt/inventory-stela/clip_image002_0002.jpg
I don’t trust anyone who can’t spell “lightning”.
But then, that’s just me.
Maybe it was added in translation. :’)
Interesting.
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