Archaeological Discovery Of Unknown Pharaonic King Inscription

SIS Gov/Egypt State InformantionF ^ | 3-3-2004

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March 3 , 2004

Archaeological discovery of unknown pharaonic king inscription

The American archaeological expedition working in cooperation with the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) in Al-Kharga Oasis discovered a rocky inscription north of the oasis including a royal name dating back to pre-dynastic era (32nd century B.C).

The SCA Secretary-General Dr Zahi Hawass said that the name was unknown and the rocky inscription discovery came during the survey actions by the archaeological teamwork in Al-Kharga oasis region.

The chairman of the US archaeological expedition Dr Solima Al-Harram pointed out that the discovery would reveal new information about the Egyptian royal presence in the western desert in the pre-dynastic era.

She added that the inscription showed a new royal name which read Hoor within a shape representing the old pharaonic palace on top of it a bird of Horus, common at the eras of 1st and 2nd dynasties.

She asserted that the inscription indicated the trade activities with Africa through the western desert or to find out the different natural raw materials for buildings and industries during that early period of the Egyptian history preceding the era of the unified country.

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[stanz]

Does this pre-date Narmer?

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[Heatseeker]

Yes - this predates Narmer (who may or may not be Menes). I love this part: "rocky inscription ". Maybe this was written by the publicist of a certain professional wrestler turned movie star. :)

[VRWCTexan]

Q.According to the Qur’an when a man enters paradise, he will get hoor, i.e. beautiful maidens

A.1. Hoor mentioned in the Qur’an The word hoor occurs in the Qur’an in no less than four different places....

Many translators of the Qur’an have translated the word hoor as ‘beautiful maidens’ especially in the Urdu translations.

[stanz]

Yes, I must admit that was a little unusual. Maybe the publicist had the Scorpion King in mind when he wrote the article!

[Fedora]

I love this part: "rocky inscription ". Maybe this was written by the publicist of a certain professional wrestler turned movie star. :)

The rest of the inscription read: "If ya smelllllllll--what the Pharaoh--is cookin'"--followed by a raised eyebrow of Horus :)

[KantianBurke]

Big deal. Took me 5 minutes to decipher. Says:

"Beware of man named Clinton. Will have small bent genitals."

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[madison10]

Could it be Moses? Naw...

[Heatseeker]

LOL. I hope his new flick does better than "The Scorpion King" - that stink.

It's been awhile since I read any history of the period, but I seem to recall being mildly surprised that so much predynastic stuff was found at the oases (as opposed to the Nile Valley itself). Probably just because the stuff there got built over.

[Heatseeker]

"stink" should be "stunk" - except in the sentence "Heatseeker's spelling stinks". :(

[stanz]

I was never that interested in pre-dynastic stuff. The New Kingdom is more my speed. When you say "oases" do you mean the delta area or the Fayum?

[Fedora]

Yeah, Scorpion King wasn't the best vehicle for the Rock's talent, partly I felt because he didn't have enough good dialogue. They need a script that works in some of his trash-talking :)

I haven't read anything on predynastic use of oases, but that's an interesting point. I'd guess that nomads from Arabia who had been living on oases there may have migrated into Egypt as well in predynastic times.

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[ForGod'sSake]

Hmmmm. Tough trying to make out the inscription from this angle; nice looking place though ;^)

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[Heatseeker]

I was never that interested in pre-dynastic stuff. The New Kingdom is more my speed. When you say "oases" do you mean the delta area or the Fayum?

I'm basically the opposite - I prefer the predynastic, Archaic, and Old Kingdom periods. Although Rachel Weisz in her Nerfertiti costume in "The Mummy Returns" almost got me to change my mind. (He said in a whisper, looking around to make sure Mrs Heatseeker wasn't nearby.)

Al Kharga is in the Western Desert, way south of the Fayim. Go to Armant and turn right. :)

[Heatseeker]

I'd guess that nomads from Arabia who had been living on oases there may have migrated into Egypt as well in predynastic times.

There's an old theory in predynastic Egyptology that the prehistoric Aterian peoples (basically desert dwellers) were forced into the Nile Valley by the climate warm-up and that this helped push population densities up and encouraged more agriculture. I think it kind of got blown away when it turned out this happened in the 30,000-40,000 bp range, rather than more recently.

Still I can't help but picture Al Gore going from hunting camp to camp in his loincloth - "the climate is changing - we're doomed!" - just before said climate change kickstarts civilization. :)

[ZULU]

Yeah, but there is a time differential of several thousand years, here. Also, Ancient Egyptian like Hebrew and Arabic lacks symbols for vowels. So was the name really "Hoor"?

Or was it "Haar" or "Huur" or "Ohor"?