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First evidence of Egyptian 'head cones' found in 3,300-year-old tomb
Daily Mail ^ | December12, 2019 | Jonathan Chadwick

Posted on 12/12/2019 10:40:27 AM PST by rdl6989

Ancient Egyptian art frequently depicts people wearing cone-shaped headgear, but none has ever been found.

Now an international team of archaeologists has uncovered the first ever physical evidence of Egyptian head cones in the ancient city of Armarna, 194 miles south of the capital Cairo.

The head cones, made from wax, were discovered at two graves in 2010 and 2015. They were found in fragments but researchers have been able to reconstruct their shape.

They provide the first conclusive evidence that the objects actually existed and were worn by Egyptians, according to the archaeologists.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: 18thdynasty; amarna; catastrophism; egypt; egyptian; egyptians; godsgravesglyphs; headcones; mummy
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To: BBQToadRibs
Cultural appropriation!!! Cultural appropriation!!!


21 posted on 12/12/2019 11:20:25 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: rdl6989

Rather than acknowledge that the shape comes from the head gear itself, for reasons only ancient Egyptians understood, some folks on the History Channel “Ancient Aliens” TV show claim that the shape came from a peculiar shape of the heads of some ancient Egyptian rulers, because those bearing that shape were either aliens or progeny of aliens - aliens from other/another worlds/worlf. I watch the show for comic relief.


22 posted on 12/12/2019 11:20:59 AM PST by Wuli
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To: Grimmy
"Where’s my honorary doctorate and big money lecture tour?"

You looking to join them? Careful, some archeologist will dig you up in a thousand years and claim you were worshipped.

23 posted on 12/12/2019 11:26:33 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Redcitizen

I remember a cartoon by, iirc, Larson, that showed archaeologists of the future that had dug up a rotary phone.

They declared it an ancient method of getting the attention of their gods by dialing a god’s number (and there were obviously 9 gods) and then banging the two parts together to make noise.


24 posted on 12/12/2019 11:27:07 AM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: DannyTN

Is there money in being worshiped?

What’s the taxes like?

Can I demand fair maidens as part of my offerings?


25 posted on 12/12/2019 11:28:29 AM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Grimmy

Probably not, but you get to wear a plastic cone if you want to.


26 posted on 12/12/2019 11:34:22 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: rdl6989

Since they were discovered in pieces, the wicks
were long since deteriorated but it’s still possible
that this is the first instance of headlamps found.


27 posted on 12/12/2019 11:38:59 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Wuli

28 posted on 12/12/2019 12:32:29 PM PST by bgill
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To: Grimmy

hahaha! Ive got several of the books. How did I miss that one?
He always did manage to make a humorous point.


29 posted on 12/12/2019 7:47:04 PM PST by Redcitizen (Tagline not secure.)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
One of *those* topics. And, whoops.



30 posted on 12/12/2019 10:25:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks rdl6989, and whoops.

31 posted on 12/12/2019 10:25:15 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Wuli

AA is the best “woo” show ever.


32 posted on 12/12/2019 10:37:34 PM PST by Salamander (Living On The Ledge....)
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To: P-Marlowe

Yes, but they walked like an Egyptian.


33 posted on 12/13/2019 12:14:52 AM PST by Ken H (And Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Pictures or it didn’t happen.

‘Face

;o])


34 posted on 12/13/2019 2:03:48 AM PST by Monkey Face (Stamp out circumlocutory sesquipedalianisms! Lowell McClellan)
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To: Redcitizen
>>Give it a few centuries and a selfie stick will be declared by archeologists to be a religious artifact wielded only by high priests and royalty.


35 posted on 12/13/2019 2:13:02 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: Monkey Face
After they invented the cones, I think they invented ice cream.

36 posted on 12/13/2019 10:26:08 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

They had to. It was density. ;o]


37 posted on 12/13/2019 10:49:51 AM PST by Monkey Face (Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. ~ Thomas Monson ~)
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To: a fool in paradise

Well that ONE thinks he’s a royal king for sure.


38 posted on 12/13/2019 11:24:03 AM PST by Redcitizen (Tagline not secure.)
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