[guide.chat] jim
- From: vanessa <qwerty1234567a@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:47:56 +0100
Hi jim, it is not boring at all, i love it, did you know there is a pyramid in
ireland?
vanessa.
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From: James Liddell - Email Address: james.liddell2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent On: 01/06/2012 08:25
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Subject: In Reply To: [guide.chat] great sphynx of egypt
Hi, Vanessa;
I tend toward the Khafre theory, since the mortuary temple of that king was
not, as in the case of those of Khufu and Menkhaure, in alignment with their
pyramids.
I'd discount either Khaba or Djadefre, since neither their mortuary temples nor
tombs were near completion at the time of those kings' deaths.
I've both seen - and touched - the 'dream Stela' of Thutmose IV, carved and put
in place between the arms of the sphinx before he became king.
That particular stele is interesting for several reasons:
1. it mentions "Horemakhet" - 'Horus of the Horizon'; a title used later for
the god Aten.
2. It mentions Aten as well, one of only a dozen mentions in the eighteenth
dynasty before Thutmose IV son, Amenhotep III, and grandson, Amenhotep
IV.Akhenaten, brought the name to prominence.
3. It mentions "Herakhty-Kheperi", an ancient combination of names which was
used to honour the sun god Re in his aspect of Horus.
That suggests that the sphinx, by the time of Dyn XVIII was firmly associated
with Re - which was also the god Khafre used in his throne name, mortuary
temple and statuary.
How's that for boring stuff?
Mind you, the Old Kingdom wasn't my speciality - that was more the Atenist
period of Dyn XVIII and the Late period, Dyn XXI-XXVI.
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