Archeological Discovery

wolf · 06-09-2004, 03:56 PM

The Ancient Egyptians Had a Sense of Humor.

I particularly enjoyed this article because so much of what we learn via popular sources about ancient cultures (and usually wildly misinterpreting them) depict those who came before as being serious, stodgy, businesslike kings and priests/esses ... only rarely (Pompeiian grafiti declaring "Lydia is a pig") do we get to see the more human side of our ancestors.

glatt · 06-09-2004, 04:02 PM

I want pictures! How can they write an article about funny ancient pictures without showing them?!

wolf · 06-09-2004, 04:22 PM

I am in agreement with that one. Perhaps they are NSFW?

SteveDallas · 06-09-2004, 04:34 PM

I have a book that includes a graffiti suggesting that one of Queen Hatshepsut's viziers was boinking her. (Let's just say she seemed to--allegedly--have some preferences in common with some of the ladies over on the Group Sex thread.) I will try to get a scan at some point. (My cheap old parallel port scanner doesn't have Windows XP drivers.)

Torrere · 06-10-2004, 01:08 AM

Hehe. Those would be very funny to see.

Did anyone 'get' the one picture that they had?

wolf · 06-10-2004, 01:15 AM

I'm guessing there is an elaborate visual pun expressed there, having to do with a male "grinding flour" for which we lack the cultural context to find the humor.

Torrere · 06-10-2004, 01:32 AM

Hm? I thought that the figure was a female.

wolf · 06-10-2004, 01:38 AM

Men wore the skirt things too ...

That, no upper garment, plus the short hair, no beard, and lack of boobage led me to that conclusion.

Torrere · 06-10-2004, 02:53 AM

She seems to have a thin waist, and the short hair indicated to me that she was female. (I don't know exactly why I made that latter assumption).

Shaving was supposed to have been very popular during most of ancient Egypt. They shaved with stone razors! Yeoch.

Griff · 06-10-2004, 06:27 AM

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Originally posted by wolf
"grinding flour"

Nudge nudge wink wink say no more.

Beestie · 06-10-2004, 07:22 AM

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The ancient Egyptians had a special fondness for animal humor, given the many examples of sketches on papyrus,...animals drinking and dining."

Hey, I know I've seen that somewhere before...

SteveDallas · 06-20-2004, 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by SteveDallas
I have a book that includes a graffiti suggesting that one of Queen Hatshepsut's viziers was boinking her. (Let's just say she seemed to--allegedly--have some preferences in common with some of the ladies over on the Group Sex thread.) I will try to get a scan at some point. (My cheap old parallel port scanner doesn't have Windows XP drivers.)

Here you go. Slightly NSFW. From Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet by Nicholas Reeves.

http://www.barks.org/photos/hatsh.jpg

richlevy · 06-20-2004, 12:57 PM

One set of hieroglyphics translates as "Osama hasn't seen his wife in months. He'd walk a mile for a camel".

This was later taken out of context and used for tobacco advertising.

06-09-2004, 03:56 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Archeological Discovery The Ancient Egyptians Had a Sense of Humor. I particularly enjoyed this article because so much of what we learn via popular sources about ancient cultures (and usually wildly misinterpreting them) depict those who came before as being serious, stodgy, businesslike kings and priests/esses ... only rarely (Pompeiian grafiti declaring "Lydia is a pig") do we get to see the more human side of our ancestors. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-09-2004, 04:22 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I am in agreement with that one. Perhaps they are NSFW? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-10-2004, 01:08 AM	#5
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Hehe. Those would be very funny to see. Did anyone 'get' the one picture that they had? Attached Images

06-10-2004, 01:15 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm guessing there is an elaborate visual pun expressed there, having to do with a male "grinding flour" for which we lack the cultural context to find the humor. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-10-2004, 01:38 AM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Men wore the skirt things too ... That, no upper garment, plus the short hair, no beard, and lack of boobage led me to that conclusion. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-09-2004, 04:02 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I want pictures! How can they write an article about funny ancient pictures without showing them?!

06-09-2004, 04:34 PM	#4
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I have a book that includes a graffiti suggesting that one of Queen Hatshepsut's viziers was boinking her. (Let's just say she seemed to--allegedly--have some preferences in common with some of the ladies over on the Group Sex thread.) I will try to get a scan at some point. (My cheap old parallel port scanner doesn't have Windows XP drivers.)

06-10-2004, 01:32 AM	#7
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Hm? I thought that the figure was a female.

06-10-2004, 02:53 AM	#9
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	She seems to have a thin waist, and the short hair indicated to me that she was female. (I don't know exactly why I made that latter assumption). Shaving was supposed to have been very popular during most of ancient Egypt. They shaved with stone razors! Yeoch.

06-20-2004, 12:57 PM	#13
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	One set of hieroglyphics translates as "Osama hasn't seen his wife in months. He'd walk a mile for a camel". This was later taken out of context and used for tobacco advertising. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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