From: Leslie-Ann Stoffel via Michal Dar-El Michal Dar-El "A team of researchers from the Institute of Archaeology, headed by Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor and Dr. Sharon Zuckerman found in Tel Hazor National Park a unique fracture of an Egyptian Sphinx. The Sphinx has between its front legs an hieroglyphic inscription which includes the name of the Egyptian king Mikrinos, who ruled during the ancient Egyptian kingdom and was one of the builders of the famous pyramids of Giza. He ruled the Egyptian kingdom in the third millennium BCE, more than 4,000 years ago. The Sphinx fragment discovered at Hazor is an unexpected and incredibly important discovery, since it is the only known Sphinx of this king discovered so far in the world, including in Egypt. Moreover, it is only fraction of the majestic monumental sculpture discovered in the entire Levant (the eastern shore of the Mediterranean). Apart from the name of the king, the hieroglyphic inscription include the titles “beloved by the divine manifestation … that gave him eternal life.” According to Prof. Ben-Tor and Dr. Zuckerman, we can deduce that the original location of the Sphinx was probably in Heliopolis, or Biblical On, north of modern Cairo. The archaeological assemblage where the Sphinx was discovered is in the destruction layer of the city that was destroyed during the 13th century BCE, at the entrance to the city palace."
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:23:02 +0000
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