[wagglebee]

When a woman in Canada refused to return a valuable statue to the Cairo Museum, Dr Zahi Hawass, who was handling the negotiation, casually mentioned a curse said to be associated with the artifact. The next day the statue duly arrived at the Egyptian embassy in Canada.

A lot of Canadians will fall for anything.

[wagglebee]

GGG Ping!

[Eastbound]

"Dr Zahi Hawass, who was handling the negotiation, casually mentioned a curse said to be associated with the artifact"

Sly old bugger. Heh. But I still believe the Sphynx was eroded by water more than anything else.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Waggs. Gotta love Hawass -- to "test" for noxious gases, he uses a candle. Welcome to the 21st century, eh? ;')

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Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)

[Xenalyte]

I've always felt bad for Lord Carnarvon. He never got to see the full glory of what he helped discover.

I also never knew until quite recently that he and Howard Carter and two other members of their party actually entered Tut's tomb the night they discovered it, and pretty much scoped out the whole thing. They kept a very good secret for a very long time.

[Ciexyz]

I wouldn't put it past the old mummy to be pulling strings in the world beyond.

[WKUHilltopper]

Pffft!

This is about the same line they used to get them to buy into nationized medicine! They'll fall for anything up there!

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/index.html

Today's Headlines
July 22, 2005
by Jessica E. Saraceni
Archaeology

"This brief history of the famous bust of Nefertiti discovered in Egypt by German archaeologists in 1912 marks its return to the Berlin Egyptian Museum. The article neglects to mention that the government of Egypt has recently demanded the return of the Queen."

Queen Nefertiti moves to her new digs
July 22 2005 at 11:32AM
By Ernest Gill
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=418&art_id=qw1121747766793T614

[SunkenCiv]

this is the Amarna-related topic that the FR search engine refuses to find:

Smenkhkhare, the Hittite Pharaoh
BBC History | September 5, 2002 | Dr Marc Gabolde
Posted on 07/30/2004 9:42:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1181802/posts