...and no, I don't mean Tennessee. This was where a 15 meter tall statue of Ramses is displayed, but it is lying on its side with the bottom of its legs missing. There were originally two, so the one that has survived intact has very recently been moved to Alexandria to stand at the front of the new museum. Also onsite were another statue of Ramses and a smaller Sphinx with Pharoah Hatshepsut's head - this one is really interesting because Hatshepsut was a woman who insisted on being known as Pharoah and led as a man, including wearing the ceremonial headdress and beard in religious ceremonies and being buried in the Valley of Kings, not the Valley of Queens - a way early feminist!
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i remembered in the night to go look at the statute book and find out what to do. you might want to delete my prior message b/c i shouldn't have posted that on the internet. and hey! where's a new post! i check this thing five times a day!
betsy
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