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Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Outer wall texts need not be extant today to have > been cited in antiquity. True ... The outer layer of the GP walls has disappeared anyway. > > Having said that, there is original hieroglyphic > inscription renaining on the casing stones of > Menkaure's pyramid, So what does it say ...?by Hermione - Ancient Egypt
Warwick L Nixon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "There is the continuing question of whether > Herodotus misunderstood what he was being told ... > " > > surely that's the point here, ie > > The difference between what he was TOLD and what > he actually SAW. Well, in II: 125, he says (of the GP) that "an inby Hermione - Ancient Egypt
Thanks very much for this link, Chris: I'm sure it will be of interest.by Hermione - Ancient Egypt
Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe when Selincourt wrote his book he believed > there were no texts on the sides of pyramids, bit > I do think we now know the opposite to be true. Well, you mentioned offering lists in OK tombs; but you also said that there were "no surviving outer wall texts of any significance" ... >by Hermione - Ancient Egypt
Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is a specific charge about > whether the writing was on the pyramid, or not > existing at all. Well: as de Sélincourt says, the writing - if it was there - is not there now. His argument is that there wouldn't be official inscriptions on the sides of pyramids ... > Herodotus tells us exactlyby Hermione - Ancient Egypt
Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Suggesting that Herodotus could not tell the > difference between a temple wall and the pyramid > wall is a pretty serious accusation. De Sélincourt didn't say that Herodotus couldn't tell the difference between the two. He suggested that Herodotus might have forgotten, and been misinformed.by Hermione - Ancient Egypt
Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Now it appears you are once again suggesting > Herodotus wasn't telling the truth. Do you have > proof of such an serious assertion? Don't weasel > out of it by creating some flimsy excuse about how > Herodotus couldn't tell whether or not they were > actually reading to him from tby Hermione - Ancient Egypt
MJ Thomas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > how do we know that what these priests > allegedly read to Herodotus was as allegedly > written? I don't have anything very up-to-date on Herodotus, so I suppose some caution is in order. However, there is a useful section (7: 28-36) on his accuracy, veracity, credibility and sources in de Sélincourt&by Hermione - Ancient Egypt
A link to an earlier post by Paul H ...by Hermione - Ancient History
Stop all the clocks. A collection of unpublished work by WH Auden has been unearthed in the archives of his old school.by Hermione - Paper Lens
The Sunday field trip will comprise guided tours around several churches in East Lothian – including the wonderfully decorative fifteenth century Rosslyn Chapel.by Hermione - Ancient History
Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman coffin and skeletons at the Prince of Wales's model village, a charity said today.by Hermione - Ancient History
The earliest domesticated pigs in Europe, which many archaeologists believed to be descended from European wild boar, were actually introduced from the Middle East by Stone Age farmers, new research suggests. And another article on the same subject: Pig study sheds light on ancient humansby Hermione - Ancient History
You posted this link fine, Colette ...by Hermione - Ancient History
Paranormal Egypt sees renowned medium Derek Acorah and acclaimed historian Tessa Dunlop join forces and delve into a world full of intrigue and secrets, often uncovering stories which will send shockwaves through both the historical and Egyptian communities.by Hermione - Paper Lens
Er, yes ... if we could possibly avoid going into too much detail, please ...by Hermione - Humanities
Don Barone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. > She had so many children, she didn't know what to > do. > She gave them some broth, > Without any bread, > Whipped them all soundly, and sent them to bed. > Kinda loses the effect without the image Well, it's a great image when youby Hermione - Coffee Shop
Un grand sanctuaire gaulois mis au jour Various PDF and Word articles Bibliography (Poux) Article from Le Monde (beware of pop-up)by Hermione - Ancient History
And another article (from New Scientist): Mesopotamian city grew from merging settlementsby Hermione - Ancient History
Archaeological proof of the Biblical description of Israel really as “the land of milk and honey” (or at least the latter) has been uncovered by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Archaeology.by Hermione - Ancient History
Take a drive through South Dakota's Black Hills and you're likely to see antelope, deer, the occasional coyote and, of course, American bison. But if you could step back in time, 26,000 years or so, you'd see other wildlife roaming the area: giant short-faced bear, camels, and mammoths, an ancient relative of today's elephants.by Hermione - Laboratory
While packs of wolves and grizzly bears were roaming through the forests near Wheatley, Stone Age man was using what is now a nature reserve as his hunting ground.by Hermione - Ancient History
Archaeologists found the oldest necropolis discovered so far in Bulgaria. The discovery was made near the coastal town of Balchik.by Hermione - Ancient History
Greg Reeder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So what if they call it a civil union? > I am not certain where you are coming from and not > all certain that I like it. > Since you are not who you say you are, Except for the name that appears on her passport, Roxana has already explained "who" she is - although anyone reading her posts oby Hermione - Humanities
Please, ladies, gentlemen ... enough on the subject of posters' names ...by Hermione - Humanities
Martin Stower Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Revamped and enhanced, then. Yes - apparently, they've been working on the re-vamp for quite some time now ...by Hermione - Ancient History
The name "Nabil Swelim" appears as a co-author of Aidan Dodson in this bibliography. Mona Fouad Aly is mentioned here, on pages 5 and 20.by Hermione - Ancient History
Britain's historic buildings - some of the jewels in our architectural crown - are crumbling, not because of a lack of money, but because of a shortage of traditional skills.by Hermione - Humanities