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| From : KeelyNet BBS | DataLine : (214) 324-3501 |
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| Sysop : Jerry W. Decker | Voice : (214) 324-8741 |
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| Co-Sysop : Ronald Barker | Voice : (214) 242-9346 |
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| File Name : DIADEM.ASC | Online Date : 05/23/94 |
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| Contributed by : Jerry W. Decker | Dir Category : UNCLASS |
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| KeelyNet * PO BOX 1031 * Mesquite, Texas * USA * 75149 |
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Note : You must also download the file DIADEM.GIF.
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A bit of curiosa from the April 11, 1896 Scientific American. We at
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KeelyNet agree with the contentions in the document CANYON1 that many of
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our "institutions" are suppressing or otherwise hiding discoveries or
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information relating to our past for reasons unknown. This is something we
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came across that could be a hoax, yet is worth investigating if anyone out
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there in cyberland has the resources or contacts to check it out. We would
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appreciate feedback on this since it originated at KeelyNet.
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I don't have the time to show a before and after image of the Sphinx WITH
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such a Diadem ATTACHED, so if anyone out there can work up such a set of
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images, I'd be most grateful if you'd let us add them to the file for
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others to study......................................Thanks...>>> Jerry
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An Interesting Archeological Discovery
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We have received the following letter from Mr. George E. Raum, late of San
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Francisco:
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Cairo, Egypt, February 29, 1896
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To the Editor of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN :
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Dear Sir: I enclose a rough sketch of a portion of the rock crown of the
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Sphinx found by me. This portion of the stone crown or diadem of the
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Sphinx was found at the bottom of the temple, between the forepaws, on
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February 26, 1896. Originally this stone crown was in all probability ten
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feet broad and as high again, with a stone stem seven feet long, which
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fitted into the perpendicular hole in its head, to hold it on. We now know
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how the Sphinx originally looked.
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Yours Truly, GEORGE E. RAUM
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This discovery of Col. Raum is of great interest, though the statement of
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the find has been received with incredulity in some quarters. The
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arguments of the gentlement who are inclined to disbelieve in the
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authenticity of the stone found are NOT convincing, being principally based
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on the fact that the temple has been excavated by several modern explorers
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- Caviglia, Mariette, and M. Maspero.
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Again, others state that "it is not usual to hear of holes 'drilled' by the
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ancients in their monuments," but the Egyptians worked hard stones with
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bronze saws set with corundum or diamonds, and for tubular drilling they
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had tools like our modern diamond rock drills (see Engineering, XXXVII,
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page 282).
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Another point which has been made is that there are THREE LOTUS COLUMNS on
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the cap. This is more reasonable criticism and may possibly be
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satisfactorily explained. The fallibility of Egyptologists is well known,
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but until some really convincing proof is brought forward, IT IS PROBABLY
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SAFE TO BELIEVE that the marked stone found by Mr. Raum is the cap or
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diadem of the Sphinx.
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The Egyptian Sphinx was usually an emblematic figure representative of a
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king, and may be considered, when with the head of a man and the body of a
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lion, as the union of intellect and physical force.
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The Great Pyramid of Sphinx lies about 1,800 feet southeast of the Great
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Pyramid of Gizeh. It is a recumbent androsphinx, or man-headed lion, hewn
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out of a natural eminence in the solid rock. Owing to certain defects in
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the rock, these faults were remedied by a partial stone casing, the legs
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being likewise added.
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The addition of these pieces militates against the argument that the cap so
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recently found could not have belonged to the Sphinx, as it did not form a
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part of the solid rock. An excellent idea of this hoary monument of
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antiquity may be obtained from the engraving in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
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SUPPLEMENT, No. 864. The Sphinx has been variously measured. The figures
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given by Mr. E. L. Wilson are length, 155 feet; height from the base, 63
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feet.
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Between the paws is a temple (?) which speedily fills up with sand after
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being excavated. It is considered that the Sphinx is older than the Great
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Pyramid. Various interpretations have been given to this boldy sculptured
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figure which rises out of the waste of sands. Cambyses mutilated the face
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of the Sphinx, and it may have been at this time that it LOST ITS CAP.
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The brow of the Sphinx is nearly 14 feet broad; so the cap, which is 4 feet
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6 inches long at the bottom, probably only formed the tip of the cap, as
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stated by Mr. Raum. Col. Raum obtained permission to excavate in and
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around the Pyramids and Sphinx from the Egyptian government. He came upon
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the cap at a depth of fourteen or fifteen feet below the surface in the
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temple (?) between the forepaws.
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The stone is painted red in the decorations, as was in order, as the
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countenance of the Sphinx was ORIGINALLY OF A REDDISH HUE.
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The cap is irregular in shape, measuring 2 feet 2 inches at the top and 4
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feet 6 inches at the bottom; on the left side, from top to bottom. It
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measures 2 feet 8 inches. The left side has a conventional decoration.
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In the center are three lotus columns and a fish, on the right side is a
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portion of the sun's disk. The wonderful discoveries conducted by Mr. L.
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De Morgan, at Dahshur, Egypt, are described in the current issue of the
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SUPPLEMENT. The tomb of Queen Khnemit was unearthed by the discoverer and
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a beautiful golden crown and other ornaments of elaborate workmanship were
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found.
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