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Originally posted by Keebie
I am still perplexed as to why they won't let the site be excavated.
because there is something there!
What's there.?..
Originally posted by Mondogiwa
My question is, what do you believe is actually below the Sphinx??
Peace, Mondogiwa
Year 1, the 3rd month of Akhet, on the 19th day of the Majesty of Horus, the victorious bull, perfect of appearances; the Two Ladies, stable of kingship like Atum; the Golden Horus, strong of sword, who subdues the 9 Bows; the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Menkheperure, the son of Re, Thutmosis, the appearance of appearances, beloved of Harmakhis, bestowed with life, stability and authority like Re, eternally.
Still unknown is who was the owner of the tomb. U.S. archaeologist Kent Weeks, who was not involved in the discovery but has seen photographs of the tomb's interior, said its appearance suggested it did not belong to a king.
"It could be the tomb of a king's wife or son, or of a priest or court official," he told The Associated Press on Thursday.
No matter, its discovery shatters the nearly century-old perception that there was nothing left to discover in the Valley of the Kings, where it had long been believed that the 62 previously known tombs were all there was, he said.
The Villa of the Papyri is the largest Roman villa ever found and belonged to Julius Caesar's father in law, Lucio Calpurnius Piso. The villa contained one of the finest libraries of its time -- works of literature and philosophy probably never been seen by modern eyes. All this was lost from history in A.D. 79, when the eruption of Mt Vesuvius buried Herculaneum -- the chic, little seaside resort favored by the Roman intelligentsia-- under metres of volcanic mud that hardened like concrete. Paradoxically, the eruption preserved the scrolls forever. Unlike papyri from Egypt and the Near East that have been preserved by the dry desert air, Herculaneum's seaside air would have destroyed the papyri much sooner if the eruption had never happened.
The Herculaneum papyri represent the only intact library known to have survived from the ancient world. Of the 1,800 existing scrolls, 400 have never been unrolled and 450 are so difficult to read that their text remain unknown. For the first time, BYU’s multi-spectral imaging technology could make it possible to recover works lost to humanity for two millennia.
Originally posted by tankthinker
beneath the sphimx is the largest most ancient library in the world filled with the rarest artifacts and writings from thousands of years into the past
Originally posted by tankthinker
the best secrets are the craziest sounding and hardest to reveal, thats why they are secrets and not meant for the public, thats all ill tell you.