This is a lintel carving from abydos temple in egypt, and it is original.
http://www.ufocom.org/pages/v_fr/m_archeo/Abydos/myst2a.jpg
I'ts about 3000 years old, but can you make out the helicopter and the derigable and the supersonic jet?
http://www.interschooltv.org/dj/DJ_Helicopter_Hieroglyph.jpg
(a closer view of the area of intrest)
What do you see?
2007-09-28 04:43:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Alternative ➔ Other - Alternative
I think the "helicopter" looks rather similar to a cross between an apache and a sikorsky!
2007-09-28 04:44:59 · update #1
Yes, I hear they're the result of erosion and "filling in" but could you please explain how you "fill in stone"? Thanks!
2007-09-28 05:20:32 · update #2
a jet plain
maybe the eryptions were theroests
2007-09-28 05:05:37 · answer #1 · answered by Crazygirl ♥ aka GT 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It's interesting that with all of the pictographs the ancient Egyptians created there are some that *vaguely* resemble aircraft in use today.
I see the helicopter, although I don't see any of the other aircraft to which you refer. I did notice an oil can and the hooked hand of a scarecrow too though. I wonder what they're doing there.
I also wonder why the Egyptians would carve aircraft of this day and age. Why not ones from the 1940s or, for that matter, the 2040s. Could it be because some people see pieces of themselves and the world they live in represented just about everywhere?
2007-09-28 06:11:36 · answer #2 · answered by Peter D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The process of recarving influenced the carvings found on the Abydos cartouche
In the days of the pharaos, some hieroglyphics were recarved as time went by. This, re- or over-carving sometimes kept 'left-overs' of the old text still visible. Egyptologists know that this was done many times. Well, that's exactly what did happen with the carving in the temple of Abydos. Just what you could call an ancient "typo"
2007-09-28 05:07:55 · answer #3 · answered by Hanna 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Sure, I see some similarities. But they aren't all that amazing or unusual when you view and consider the whole hieroglyph. The text is part of the titulary of Ramesses II, and the glyphs we see now are a product of erosion as well as filling-in and recarving. See the link below for more information. We tend to impose our own modern images and meanings on ancient mysterious images with unknown meanings and come up with spurious conclusions.
EDIT: Karl, it's filled in with a mortar of sorts, but the mortar doesn't wear well and it has fallen out in places. The fact that heiroglyphs are sometimes filled in and modified is well known among Egyptologists.
2007-09-28 05:04:26 · answer #4 · answered by John 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I guess if you use your imagination. I doubt that is what they were intended to be, only because helicopters, jets and derigibles werent invented until the 19th century.
Its probably actually something like a bail of straw, or a brick carving tool or something.
I doubt the ancient egyptians were that sophistocated.
2007-09-28 08:33:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh, wow. That is really interesting.
Hmm...Maybe aliens visted the anceint Egytians? If thats how advanced the aliens were then, imagine what their like now!
Or that could just be my crazy, jumping to conclusions, talking...
Either way, thats pretty awesome.
Didnt you do a blog about this before on 360?
2007-09-28 07:15:14 · answer #6 · answered by Mrs Adorkable 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah they must have seen into the future!!
2007-09-28 12:48:22 · answer #7 · answered by lauraboo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋