[HN Gopher] Long-lost sphinxes of Egyptian king Amenhotep III un... ___________________________________________________________________ Long-lost sphinxes of Egyptian king Amenhotep III unearthed at Luxor Author : diodorus Score : 59 points Date : 2022-01-27 22:15 UTC (2 days ago) (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com) (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com) | pavlov wrote: | The crack on Amenhotep's face gives him a fitting expression for | an immortal king contemplating his legacy from the netherworld: | | "I spent 40 years building Egypt into a fortress against enemies | internal and foreign, and then my hippie son just throws it all | away by smoking some weed with the sun-worshipping Aten cultists, | becoming a monotheist, and moving into the freaking desert to get | a better tan." | User23 wrote: | It's fair to say Akhenaten's reign sparked a reaction. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-01-29 23:00 UTC)