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Agreed. @General Malaise have you tried contacting the (alleged) museum where it came from? Might be a good place to start. If they don't know anything about it bc it's from too long ago, maybe they could recommend an Egyptologist to contact.
where's mcgasdude... I figured it was a dong. or a tail.I just assumed it was a cobra.
I think he knew that it was (a) real and spectacular (b) in great shape and (c) very likely worth more than his expert buddy valued it at. I think as soon as the expert confirmed it was real, it wasn't going to leave the shop. He just lowballed the guy up front.
Not that I've seen. I'd think that would be pretty big news. I scrolled back in this thread just now and that was in 2016.TripItUp said:
Guessing they are still working on it. Not an archeologist or even someone with an interest in it but from what I've seen in previous excavations, it takes years because there is so much "stuff" to remove (think sand) and because it's ancient, a lot of it is done by hand so they don't ruin something or throw the baby out with the bathwater. Plus they have to grease all the pertinent political parties in Egypt to garner all the necessary "permits" to undertake such a thing.TripItUp said:
Right, and I haven’t heard any news of it.Not that I've seen. I'd think that would be pretty big news. I scrolled back in this thread just now and that was in 2016.
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WowThis is friggin' amazing! I'm geeking out.
Go Inside the Great Pyramid of Giza | Digital Giza
The Great Pyramid, or the Pyramid of Khufu, has fascinated scholars and tourists alike for centuries. Located on the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt, it is the largest of the three pyramids that form the Giza Pyramid Complex. Built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, around...giza.mused.org
This was super cool, thanks!This is friggin' amazing! I'm geeking out.
Go Inside the Great Pyramid of Giza | Digital Giza
The Great Pyramid, or the Pyramid of Khufu, has fascinated scholars and tourists alike for centuries. Located on the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt, it is the largest of the three pyramids that form the Giza Pyramid Complex. Built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, around...
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I would listen to Graham Hancock and Russel Carlson everyday, all day talking about this stuff. There are 3-4 podcasts that Rogan did with them that are super interesting if you're looking to kill some hours. Hancock's new Netflix special is intriguing, it shows that there is a case to be made for investigating the theory of a lost civilization. At least I think so but I like him & Carlson so I'm biased. I know people call them nutcases but when you fly over the southwest and see the exact things they talk about concerning the great flood it's makes you wonder.
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not that I've seen, but would be interested if anyone finds any!
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You mean Randall Carlson... and yeah, I like him a lot too. I always thought he was a career academic as a paleoclimatologist but I guess he's only an amateur. I tried listening to his podcast but it's so disjointed and low quality I gave up on them.
Yes Randall and I did the same with his podcast. It's just a stream of consciousness with an ungodly amount of slides. I'm sure it's all brilliant but incredibly hard to follow.
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Yeah, been trippin’ out about this all weekend. It’s far from proven but serious (interesting) enough to continue digging (pun intended) into.
Clearly Aliens at this point. Crazy Hair was right all along.
I so want all of this to be true but I just can't get behind it right now. There were so many posts this weekend on X and Reddit going all in on the theory and when the world goes so hard one way, it most always doesn't work out. If this get proved out I will happily be the first one on the band wagon but I just don't believe something like this exists without knowledge of it already.
This is where I am too. I find it fascinating and fun to think about, but skeptical it’s going to pan out as true.
how you gonna tease something like this in the Egypt thread and NOT POST PICS!?
Sorry, I kind of forgot about this. Alright, here is the Egyptian artifact - I think it's called a Snuffleupagus or something.
It's like a snake looking thing here.
Side view: It has a chamber to the inside and I think it held incense or something? I don't really mess with it.
Story goes like this: My great grandfather on my mom's side was a doctor in New York. According to family lore, the museum of natural history in NYC was having money problems during the depression. Dr. GMs Great Grandfather bought this relic from the museum and yada yada yada it's mine now. I have 5 kids, none of them seem to have any interest in this. My mom's conniving and very cheap sister has made a few offers for this thing because her son is an archaeologist and he wants it. But I don't like them very much and if I could get a few bucks for this thing while I'm still alive from somebody OTHER than them, I'd take it out of spite. This woman wasn't very nice to my mom so nothing would thrill me more than to be able to tell them I sold this for beer money.
My boss thinks without any sort of stamp or paperwork showing provenance or authenticity, I might as well be trying to sell a phony artifact that came from a factory in China.
Oh wise FFA, I ask of you - what do I do with this?
The sister's name wouldn't be Lobelia by any chance, would it?how you gonna tease something like this in the Egypt thread and NOT POST PICS!?
Sorry, I kind of forgot about this. Alright, here is the Egyptian artifact - I think it's called a Snuffleupagus or something.
It's like a snake looking thing here.
Side view: It has a chamber to the inside and I think it held incense or something? I don't really mess with it.
Story goes like this: My great grandfather on my mom's side was a doctor in New York. According to family lore, the museum of natural history in NYC was having money problems during the depression. Dr. GMs Great Grandfather bought this relic from the museum and yada yada yada it's mine now. I have 5 kids, none of them seem to have any interest in this. My mom's conniving and very cheap sister has made a few offers for this thing because her son is an archaeologist and he wants it. But I don't like them very much and if I could get a few bucks for this thing while I'm still alive from somebody OTHER than them, I'd take it out of spite. This woman wasn't very nice to my mom so nothing would thrill me more than to be able to tell them I sold this for beer money.
My boss thinks without any sort of stamp or paperwork showing provenance or authenticity, I might as well be trying to sell a phony artifact that came from a factory in China.
Oh wise FFA, I ask of you - what do I do with this?
I kind of forgot about this thing. I brought it into work to show my boss and it's been a shoebox in a closet here ever since.
However, I had a chance encounter yesterday at a neighbors' house. I took my kids over there to swim and saw some adults just hanging around, enjoying a lazy summer Sunday. There was one gentleman there who I'd never met before and he was very busy doing some sort of calligraphy art at the table, rather oblivious to the noise of kids in the pool or the other adults shooting the breeze. Very focused on his art but he was pleasant and would occasionally add to the conversation.
After awhile, somebody asked what he was working on and he showed us - it was his depiction of what's going on in Iran, where his family is from. Very detailed drawings of bomb destruction, camels, pyramids - really impressive stuff. As he was showing us what he was doing he pulled out some sort of small cylinder from a case that he said was over 3,000 years old and was used in Persia for making prints. You could make out shapes and what looked like hieroglyphics made out of some sort of stone or metal. I don't know, I wish I had paid better attention but it was fascinating. It was clear this guy knew his stuff about ancient history and the artifacts and art from the region.
So I grabbed my phone and showed him pictures of the Egyptian artifact and let him take a look. He knew right away what it was and said he could tell by looking at it that it was the real deal and showed me some things on it that gave him clues to what it was, how old it was, what it meant and was used for (incense holder). He's going to look at it for me and told me that I should contact Christie's Auction House who will send a rep out to look at it after we talk. We'll see.
At issue, of course, is that I have no paperwork to show provenance. I have a back story of how I got it, but no paperwork. I very much DO NOT want my mom's sisters catching wind of this. They'll be up in my business faster than a cheetah chasing a roadrunner. Her older sister has been after this thing still, offering me things like a week at her cabin in Idaho for it, so I know she thinks it's worth something and also thinks I'm dim enough to give it to her for a week stay at bat-infested cabin.
Stay tuned......
So... your aunts??
Copilot tells me that's a $3 word
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Copilot tells me that's a $3 word
The word "termagant" has a couple of fascinating meanings, depending on the context:
- In medieval European literature, Termagant (also spelled Tervagant) was a fictional deity that Christians mistakenly believed Muslims worshipped. He appeared in works like The Song of Roland and was portrayed as a violent, ranting figure.
- Over time, this theatrical character evolved into a stock villain in medieval drama, often depicted as loud and overbearing.
- Today, termagant is used to describe a quarrelsome, overbearing woman—a synonym for words like shrew, virago, or harpy.
- Shakespeare even referenced it in Hamlet, criticizing actors who overacted by saying they “out-Herods Herod” and “o’er-do Termagant.”
- In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, Termagants are Tyranid creatures—small, fast, and deadly alien infantry that attack in swarms using bio-weapons like fleshborers and spike rifles.
- They're not strong individually, but they overwhelm enemies with sheer numbers and cunning tactics.
22 year old Tyson or 62 year old Tyson?Copilot tells me that's a $3 word
The word "termagant" has a couple of fascinating meanings, depending on the context:
- In medieval European literature, Termagant (also spelled Tervagant) was a fictional deity that Christians mistakenly believed Muslims worshipped. He appeared in works like The Song of Roland and was portrayed as a violent, ranting figure.
- Over time, this theatrical character evolved into a stock villain in medieval drama, often depicted as loud and overbearing.
- Today, termagant is used to describe a quarrelsome, overbearing woman—a synonym for words like shrew, virago, or harpy.
- Shakespeare even referenced it in Hamlet, criticizing actors who overacted by saying they “out-Herods Herod” and “o’er-do Termagant.”
- In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, Termagants are Tyranid creatures—small, fast, and deadly alien infantry that attack in swarms using bio-weapons like fleshborers and spike rifles.
- They're not strong individually, but they overwhelm enemies with sheer numbers and cunning tactics.
Yeah, I knew the word I was using and intended to land it like a punch from Mike Tyson.
