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Giant sphinx from 'Ten Commandments' film unearthed 91 years later
Fox News/Live Science ^
| 10.17.2014
| Laura Geggel
Posted on 10/17/2014 3:21:54 PM PDT by dware
Hidden for more than 90 years beneath the rolling sand dunes of Guadalupe, California, an enormous, plaster sphinx from the 1923 blockbuster movie "The Ten Commandments" has been rediscovered and is now above ground.
The public will be able to see the sphinx on display as early as next year, once it has been reconstructed a necessity since it became weather-beaten during its stint beneath the sand, said Doug Jenzen, the executive director of the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center, who oversaw the recent excavation.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: california; cecilbdemille; dougjenzen; godsgravesglyphs; guadalupe; tencommandments; thetencommandments
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:21:54 PM PDT
by
dware
To: dware
That’s so awesome!
One of my favorite movies of all time.
To: RIghtwardHo; dware
I am wild about Yul Brynner and he was an excellent Ramses. Now California has yet another tourist attraction.
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:23:44 PM PDT
by
CorporateStepsister
(I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
To: dware
1923? You mean there was a Ten Commandments epic before Charlton Heston did the role in the 50’s?
To: CorporateStepsister; RIghtwardHo
Wrong version of the movie, kids.
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:24:43 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: RIghtwardHo
One of my favorite movies of all time.You are aware...this is not from the Charlton Heston film.
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:26:57 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(To be fair, it's not part of the procedure to screw it up, so I didn't have instructions to undo it.)
To: Pearls Before Swine
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:28:49 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: dware
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:29:37 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: Pearls Before Swine
According to the article, this was the silent version Demille did BEFORE the 50’s version with Heston.
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:30:30 PM PDT
by
dware
(3 prohibited topics in mixed company: politics, religion and operating systems...)
To: jjotto
Thanks. I’ll have to see if I can watch some of it.
Didn’t Cecil do the one with Charlton Heston in 1956?
To: 2ndDivisionVet; Jeremiah Jr
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:30:38 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
To: Fresh Wind
lol - if it looks like that, I say bury it again!
To: dware
To: Pearls Before Swine
Yep. Remade his own movie!
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:33:57 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: Pearls Before Swine
The ‘23 version was more then-contemporary moral tale. The ‘56 version was a period piece drawing heavily from Jewish traditions.
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:37:49 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: dware
“archaeologist Kholood Abdo Hintzman”
Hey! “Abdo” is my middle name too!
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:39:12 PM PDT
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
If your first name is Yabbadabba you have a future in cartoon remakes done with actors.
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:48:31 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: TigersEye
Well, my alter-ego’s first name is Bogus. But,,, I used to play in a band called The Abdo-Men.
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:51:50 PM PDT
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
To: dware
Great. Now Obola will use it as a background prop for his next speech.
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:55:22 PM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
I used to play in a band called The Abdo-Men.Ahhhhhhhhhhaha, well played, doctor.
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posted on
10/17/2014 3:59:00 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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