Ancient Egyptian Forum

[Neb-Ma'at-Re]

I came across this interesting article today.

Hieroglyphics cracked 1,000 years earlier than thought
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[saphira605]

wat do u mean by that?

and nice thing to try to crack the riddle but i got a riddle of the sphinx for u to try to solve after 3 trys i will tell u the answer so here it is :


ok wat goes on four legs im the morning,two in the after noon, and three in the evening?

[Si-amun]

A human being (Yes, we've all read Oedipus!). Here is why...

- when man is born he crawls (4 legs)
- when he is grown he walks on two.
- when he is old he walks with a cane (three legs)
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Thou dost appear beautiful on the horizon of heaven, oh living Amun, he who was the first to live.

[saphira605]

oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh nice but thats was an easy one so here a realy hard one

oh here it is :
as i wat going to St.Ives,
i met a man with seven wifes,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had sevend cats,
Each cat had seven kits.
How many where going to St. Ives?

[Si-amun]

Only one of you, the man wasn't going to St. Ives!
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Thou dost appear beautiful on the horizon of heaven, oh living Amun, he who was the first to live.

[saphira605]

lets see u try that one
adn i got alot more and i must admit this ones hard it took me on my 3 try to get it

sweet heres a another one
and ur pretty good

[Si-amun]

Thankyou!
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Thou dost appear beautiful on the horizon of heaven, oh living Amun, he who was the first to live.

[saphira605]

let me get teh next one ready for ya

in mable walls as white as milk, lined with skin as soft as silk, within a fountain crystal clear, A golden apple doues appear. no doors are there to this stronghold yet thieves break and steel the gold.

u solved the other on already yet?

or have u given up?

ok are u here or are u not post somehting to tell me or i will tell u the answer of the first one

dude oh dude

ok then the answer is tongs
it has two long legs a small head and now eyes

ok here it is
Long legs,bandy thighs,
A little head, and now eyes

[Psusennes I]

The answer is tongs. And this isn't really on subject is it?

Thanks for the info Nebsy. To be honest I had always had a suspicion that the people of Egypt themselves would have at least been interested in reading the symbols that cover the monunuments littered alongside the Nile. Somehow I don't think that this discovery will send shockwaves through the Egyptological community though. . .
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[Ramsekh]

That is an interesting article, Neb! An old one, too lol. Thanks for sharing.
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[saphira605]

u solved the other one yet
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**** power of ice wind and air come to my aid of being afair in the high of a sight of the mountains lairs witch dragons stare~ dragon rider spell~

[Psusennes I]

A needle? Look. This isn't really on subject. lol
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[burrgrafter]

thats sooooooooo kool

if u havent solved the other one the wite marble one ill tell u the next time u typ say i give up and i will tell u

[Unas]

You speak of an egg.
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[Unas]

I almost forgot - that's an interesting article, but I thought the language was first figured out by the ancient Egyptians?
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