Monday, February 18, 2013

A VISIT TO EGYPT

Surely you recognize this famous landmark as the Great Sphinx located in Giza, Egypt.




I have seen the head many times, but I had not realized that the body was that of a lion.









 I learned from a video that most sphinxs have the body of a human, and the head of an animal. (However, that’s not what Wikipedia says.  In Greek tradition, they say, it has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman.)  Scientists and others have been trying to figure out who the head of the Great Sphinx represented.

In their search for answers, artists were employed to illustrate what they believed the Sphinx looked like when first built. Here are a few examples:








































Humor – –

MANY N0N-LIVING THINGS  HAVE A GENDER

A Web Page is Female, because it's always getting hit on.

A Subway is Male, because it uses the same old lines to pick people up.

An Hourglass is Female, because over time, the weight shifts to the bottom.

A Hammer is Male, because it hasn't changed much over the last 5,000 years, but it's handy to have around.

A Remote Control is Female. Ha! You thought it'd be Male, didn't you? But consider this: It gives a man
pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know the right buttons to push, he keeps trying!

2 comments:

  1. In French, objects are all male or female. In English, there is just one word that changes spelling with gender: blond (male) vs blonde (female).

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  2. I think I prefer ruins actually.

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