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- Sat Nov 13, 2010 9:21 am
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: Pharaonic Beard
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Pharaonic Beard
My question is two fold; Where did this idea, of strapping an artificial beard to the chin and why only the chin, originate from? To what purpose?: Pharaoh had all the other trappings of kingship, the double crown, crook and flail and the entrenched and historical belief of divine descent. Furthermo...
- Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:18 am
- Forum: The 'Everything Else' Forum.....
- Topic: Unidentified Egyptian Temple
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Re: Unidentified Egyptian Temple
Thanks for the reply, but this is what is so confusing; the link you sent me was for the temple Medinet Habu. Inspite of it being referred to as the temple of Habo!
I have attached the two photographs referred to in the book. As you can see this temple bears no similarity to the Medinet Habu temple.
I have attached the two photographs referred to in the book. As you can see this temple bears no similarity to the Medinet Habu temple.
- Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:33 am
- Forum: The 'Everything Else' Forum.....
- Topic: Unidentified Egyptian Temple
- Replies: 3
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Unidentified Egyptian Temple
Dear Members, I recently obtained a copy of the coffee table book 'EGYPT' published by Tiger Books International 1994. ISBN 1-85501-290-1 However I have a query relating to the photograph on Pg 28-29 and again on Pg 110-111. These are colour photographs by Cesare Gerolimmeto of the 'Temple of Habo'....