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CAIRO (Reuters) – Maintenance workers at Egypt's Giza Pyramids have found an ancient quartzite statue of a seated man buried close to the surface of the desert, the culture ministry said on Tuesday.
Unfortunately for us (if you like this sort of subject) we will never be privvy to any of those discoveries that change the commonly held belief of those 'celebrity' archeologists - especially the one's with 'governmental' titles.
Archeology, and anthropology are two of the most skewed and contrived disciplines of study, where the 'discoverer' MAKES the discovery important, and to the devil with any who disagree.
This statue seems reminiscent of the sphinx at first glance, but tell me, how does a 4th dynasty statue 'rise' to about 16 inches under the surface? Seems counter-intuitive, no?
The man was wearing a shoulder-length wig and was seated in a simple chair, his right hand clenched on his knee and holding an object. His left hand was resting on his thigh.
The culture ministry said the statue had a number of cracks in a shoulder, its chest and base, and some facial features had been worn away.
Originally posted by NightSkyeB4Dawn
I wonder what they would find if they really checked our deserts and caves.
Oh, that's right they don't want to find anything here. That would be way too messy.
Originally posted by kawz1
The statue has absolutely zero inscriptions, making it hard to identify. Any ATSers with some insight into this discovery?
Originally posted by Hanslune
Originally posted by NightSkyeB4Dawn
I wonder what they would find if they really checked our deserts and caves.
Oh, that's right they don't want to find anything here. That would be way too messy.
Ah NightskyeB4dawn. Egyptology is one of the busier sides of archaeology there is constant work and discovery going on.
Gues who gets grant money - those who find nothing or those who find stuff?
If nothing is going why did they find this statue??
It might also have been something abandoned in the Giza complex workyards when the owner or overseer decided that he didn't want the statue after all.
It is a pretty sure bet since they have found so many things there already but I bet you that a field in the mid west, a river bed in Mexico or a cave in Arizona would yield some startling finds.
I just don't think we would be as comfortable with those finds so close to home.
We like to keep the deep dark mysteries far from where we lay our heads at night.
Originally posted by NightSkyeB4Dawn
It is a pretty sure bet since they have found so many things there already but I bet you that a field in the mid west, a river bed in Mexico or a cave in Arizona would yield some startling finds.
I just don't think we would be as comfortable with those finds so close to home.
We like to keep the deep dark mysteries far from where we lay our heads at night.