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Posted by toombb (U13313600) on Thursday, 11th September 2008
Does anyone know of a good short quote that sums up the wonders of Ancient Egypt? I need to find one and have absolutely no idea where to look.
I'm thinking either a primary quotation, for a pharaoh's tomb or something, going on about how powerful he is.
Or a more contemporary quote by some well-known figures, for example Howard Carter saying something about what a magnificent civilization Egypt has...
Can anyone help?
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Well, the best I can come up with is 'Ozymandias', which is, in a sense, the opposite of what you ask. It is about the loss of greatness with the passage of time :
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All men fear time, but time fears only the pyramids.
TP
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Actually the original source for Shelley's sonnet isn't bad:
I am osymandias, king of kings. Should any man seek to know how great I am and where I lie, let him surpass one of my works.
Trouble is, I can't help feeling that Diodorus' is a rather unreliable witness – it doesn't sound much like the kind of thing found on Ancient Egyptian inscriptions that survive today! Also I don't want to confuse things by mentioning osymandias – I know it is just another name for Rameses, but it does confuse matters rather.
Cheers for the suggestion though
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Can I suggest:
Lord Carnarvon: "What can you see?"
Carter: "Wonderful things!!"
Sums it up for me.
Phil
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Thanks for the suggestions
Toom
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