I Have Solved The Riddle Of The Sphinx, Says Frenchman

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 12-14-2004 | Nic Fleming

[RikaStrom]

RME!

[razorback-bert]

Vassil Dobrev, a French Egyptologist

Is there really such a displince as Egyptologist and who would trust a French one?

Yes, I know some make claims that there is.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

In 1380 A.D. the Sphinx fell victim to the iconoclastic ardor of a fanatical Muslim ruler, who caused deplorable injuries to the head.

Some things never change. And never WILL change.

[Blue Eyes]

Mark for later reading.

[muawiyah]

It started out as a mushroom. The face of a man was carved into it. The "headdress" is an artifact, not part of the original object. The body of the Sphinx was constructed by the taking away of blocks of stone to be put into the pyramids.

It's always about narcotics. You knew that didn't you?

Ancient religions commonly relied on hallucinogenics and psychotropics.

This is all about SOMA.

[Radioactive]

Fans of the Sphynx are called.....

Drum Roll......

Sphynxters.

[muawiyah]

Egyptian limestone is simply lighter than clay. If you soaked clay to the point where it became viscous, you could probably float limestone blocks in it. So, build a box around a block. Leave a gap. Pour in clay.

There is at least one ancient Egyptian picture showing the process.

[Young Werther]

There once was a Sphinx from Kartoum

Took a lesbian up to his room

They argued all night

over who had the right

To do what and with which

and to whom's Sphinctum

[muawiyah]

Amazingly, the Romans more than 1000 years earlier saw the same injuries and blamed them on the barbaric Greeks who came before them.

I suspect the early SOMA users defaced the Sphinx face shortly after its construction out of anger ovewr the destruction of one of their more symbolic seit stones.

[small voice in the wilderness]

I Have Solved The Riddle Of The Sphinx, Says Frenchman

It was Pharoah Mustard. In the King's Library. With an asp.

[dinodino]

A mushroom with a body and legs? Also, I don't recall hearing of any ritualistic use of mushrooms by the Egyptians; seeing as how they made nice paintings depicting all sorts of rituals and wrote up detailed recipes, this seems strange. Can you point to any texts which detail mushroom use?

[muawiyah]

Befor the Egyptians moved to the banks of the Nile (shortly after the creation of the Sahara desert), they wondered around the grasslands and forests hunting and doing all sorts of stuff.

People from further East, had penetrated this wild zone and were "dong their thing".

The "mushroom" was a natural object. There was no body or legs at the time. That awaited the time far in the future when the Egyptians would dig down into the sand, cut block and b build pyramids.

They simply left the mushroom intact until they cut the face into it.

It's kind of like how the Moslems took over Saint Sophia. They left the building but added minarets.

[cowtowney]

"What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?"

Man. That's a tuffy.

[muawiyah]

Texts regarding the use of SOMA occur in the very first writing of the Sumerians (who invented writing). They may also be found in the Upanishads.

Although Egypt is old, it's only the first nation state. Other places founded city states earlier.

It's easy enough to imagine amanita muscaria growing in the highlands of North Africa BEFORE the Sahara formed a mere 7,500 years ago, and then disappearing when the place dried up. Mushrooms need big, juicy trees to eat. They suck sugar from their roots. No trees, no mushrooms. No mushrooms, no soma.

Ancient Egypt was formed AFTER the creation of the Sahara. We have different peoples at different times living along the Nile.

[blam]

"It's always about narcotics. You knew that didn't you?"

Many of the 4,000 year old Tarim Mummies were buried with epedhera(sp) grasped in their hands and in small pouches.

[exnavychick]

I watched the TV show on this. I found it to be very interesting.

Then again, I find ancient Egypt fascinating.

[McGavin999]

I agree with that, it was built long before.

[McGavin999]

Actually, there is no need to lay the blame at the feet of either Napolean or the Arabs. It was common practice in ancient Egypt to deface the statues of other pharoahs. It's called jealousy.

[Dead Corpse]

Eddie?

[dinodino]

You dodged my question. Are there any Egyptian texts describing ritual A. muscaria use, or for that matter, any psychoactive mushrooms?