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#176536 - 05/01/08 12:21 PM Re: the nose off the sphinx [Re: zmjezhd]
twosleepy twosleepy enthusiast Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 291 Loc: western NY
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#176537 - 05/01/08 12:48 PM Re: the nose off the sphinx [Re: twosleepy]
of troy of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5380 Loc: rego park	the best sphinx i ever saw were the pair on Woolworht's tomb/mausaleum (with fiberbabe) --they had a pair of knockers on them (complete with pointy nipples!) that any hollywood starlet would happy buy!) _________________________ my other obsession
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#176538 - 05/01/08 01:00 PM Re: the nose off the sphinx [Re: of troy]
tsuwm tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 8655 Loc: this too shall pass	Asterix and Cleopatra
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#176539 - 05/01/08 02:57 PM Re: the nose off the sphinx [Re: tsuwm]
BranShea BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 2007 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Yes! tsuwm! That is what I was really looking for, the best! Added to my favorites. Oh, of Troy, when you Google sphinx-images or centaur-images,you get the whole Walhalla hell of bad taste in countless pages. The barest kitsch from all over the world. That's funny cartoon as well, twosleepy. _________________________ above all shadows rides the sun (JRRT)
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#176541 - 05/02/08 12:57 AM Re: the nose off the sphinx [Re: BranShea]
zmjezhd zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 1623 Loc: R'lyeh	Obélix (Link.)
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#176546 - 05/02/08 12:30 PM Re: the nose off the sphinx [Re: of troy]
of troy of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5380 Loc: rego park	Ok i found a link to an image of Fw woolworths tomb and the well endowed sphinx---you can zoom in on the image to see what i mean.. _________________________ my other obsession
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#176547 - 05/02/08 12:41 PM Re: Hor-Em-Akhet [Re: zmjezhd]
zmjezhd zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 1623 Loc: R'lyeh	Seems it wasn't Obelix's gravitas, Napoleon's archaeologists, or Mameluke artillery practice, but something else: Quote: The nose was probably removed in the 8th century AD by a Sufi who considered the Sphinx a blasphemous idol, but all that can be said for certain, based on the tool marks that remain, is that it was deliberately pried off with chisels. The Sphinx's face, which in ancient times was painted dark red, was also decorated with a stone beard and displayed a sculpted cobra on its forehead, both of which have also fallen off. This may explain why for much of the Sphinx's later history, its face was interpreted as a woman's (link).
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#176549 - 05/02/08 01:27 PM Re: the nose off the sphinx [Re: of troy]
BranShea BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 2007 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Thanks of Troy, I zoomed in as far as the sphinx's feet and saw a decently stylized pair of sphinxes. Then I did the whole tour of the cemetary. (slide show) And listened to the life of the rich and famous and the brave. Zmjehzd, that story seems to come as close as it can get to the truth, vandalism. _________________________ above all shadows rides the sun (JRRT)
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#176553 - 05/02/08 04:51 PM Re: the nose off the sphinx [Re: BranShea]
of troy of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5380 Loc: rego park	Last year i did a real life tour of the cemetary with Fiberbabe (who used to/occationally posts here). as a child i lived near it.. and learned to drive on one of the public roads around the cemetary (the other side of the road was a park/highway/train) so there was very little pedestrian traffic (and my father figured i could learn to drive with out killing anyone!) It really is a beautiful park (and we enjoyed our selves so much, we lost track of time and ended up getting locked in!) _________________________ my other obsession
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#176558 - 05/02/08 09:36 PM Re: Hor-Em-Akhet [Re: zmjezhd]
The Pook The Pook addict Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 592 Loc: Tasmania	Originally Posted By: zmjezhd The Sphinx's face, which in ancient times was painted dark red, was also decorated with a stone beard and displayed a sculpted cobra on its forehead, both of which have also fallen off. This may explain why for much of the Sphinx's later history, its face was interpreted as a woman's (link). Doesn't mean it wasn't a woman's face just because it had a beard. I seem to remember reading somewhere that even women rulers were depicted sometimes with the ceremonial plaited goatee thing - it was kind of like a badge of office. Edited by The Pook (05/02/08 09:37 PM)
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