we've all heard the song right?
weel it appears that it is a sublime reference to what only the initiated and the intelligent will understand...
a recent article by Dr G. S. Stanfordbridge reveals that (in a quite hp lovecraftian way) there is an ancient chamber refered to in an hitherto overlooked papyrus found in the fayoum region of Egypt, which has been dated to before the regions transformation by Ptolemy II (he irriagated the area and awarded land to greek settlers). The survival of the papyrus has been attributed to the excellent conditions in which it was preserved from humidity in the sand. Stanfordbridge's excavations in the area for the university of durham in 2003 uncovered a small temple complex which seemed to predate any nearby settlements, and was probably lost long before any of the cultivation work was started.
Stanfordbridge's translation of the papyrus (found in a clay urn with other puzzling artefacts) has not been completed and has already been questioned by other authorities, but he remains insistent that his interpretation thus far is sound. The confusion surrounds the interpretation of only a few hieroglyphs, and some others which have not been encountered before in other texts....this may be due to literary dialectal variation, evident in early periods. Some glyphs were abandoned as standardisation came with unity between lower egyptian temple infrastructures.
Tantalisingly Dr Stanfordbridge has only released what he believes to be part of the first verse of a prayer or song in his article(released in 2006), he believes it could point to a wonderful new discovery in egyptology.
The verse, Stanfordbridge points out refers to a place where something called the Bu'geh is 'contained' though the glyph of one hand and forarm being clasped on the wrist by another, may be better translated as 'imprisoned'.
he believes that later lines of the verse may contain geographical indicators which may help us locate the building in which this bu'geh is contained/imprisoned....though he wont be drawn into revealing that untill his translation is complete.
so if we find it are we about to unleash a great and powerful dark force into the world? or is this guy full of it?....personally i think he is just trying to string us along or get funding for his wild goose chase. Even if he does find some form of clue as to the location of Bu'geh there is no reason to suggest that we today could find it. it might just be a religious artifact or a buried person, though it may not be a king as there was no cartouche surrounding the name.
has anyone else here any more information on this, i could only find one article in an academic journal and have found nothing on the web as yet...and ive checked recent excavations in the fayyoum.
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Yeah, this sounds fake. I can't find anything on this "Dr Stanfordbridge" and the whole scenario sounds hinky to me.
--Jaylemurph
--Jaylemurph
I was at durham university in 2003 and there was no mention of any dig. As a relatively keen Egyptologist i think i would have heard of it. Could be mistaken but i think it's probably a fake.
Sounds like a superstitious theory from a 12th century man to me. 
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did i say durham, i meant california!
did i say durham, i meant california!QUOTE(lil gremlin @ Mar 21 2007, 07:59 PM) [snapback]1593885[/snapback]
we've all heard the song right?
weel it appears that it is a sublime reference to what only the initiated and the intelligent will understand...
a recent article by Dr G. S. Stanfordbridge reveals that (in a quite hp lovecraftian way) there is an ancient chamber refered to in an hitherto overlooked papyrus found in the fayoum region of Egypt, which has been dated to before the regions transformation by Ptolemy II (he irriagated the area and awarded land to greek settlers). The survival of the papyrus has been attributed to the excellent conditions in which it was preserved from humidity in the sand. Stanfordbridge's excavations in the area for the university of durham in 2003 uncovered a small temple complex which seemed to predate any nearby settlements, and was probably lost long before any of the cultivation work was started.
Stanfordbridge's translation of the papyrus (found in a clay urn with other puzzling artefacts) has not been completed and has already been questioned by other authorities, but he remains insistent that his interpretation thus far is sound. The confusion surrounds the interpretation of only a few hieroglyphs, and some others which have not been encountered before in other texts....this may be due to literary dialectal variation, evident in early periods. Some glyphs were abandoned as standardisation came with unity between lower egyptian temple infrastructures.
Tantalisingly Dr Stanfordbridge has only released what he believes to be part of the first verse of a prayer or song in his article(released in 2006), he believes it could point to a wonderful new discovery in egyptology.
The verse, Stanfordbridge points out refers to a place where something called the Bu'geh is 'contained' though the glyph of one hand and forarm being clasped on the wrist by another, may be better translated as 'imprisoned'.
he believes that later lines of the verse may contain geographical indicators which may help us locate the building in which this bu'geh is contained/imprisoned....though he wont be drawn into revealing that untill his translation is complete.
so if we find it are we about to unleash a great and powerful dark force into the world? or is this guy full of it?....personally i think he is just trying to string us along or get funding for his wild goose chase. Even if he does find some form of clue as to the location of Bu'geh there is no reason to suggest that we today could find it. it might just be a religious artifact or a buried person, though it may not be a king as there was no cartouche surrounding the name.
has anyone else here any more information on this, i could only find one article in an academic journal and have found nothing on the web as yet...and ive checked recent excavations in the fayyoum.
weel it appears that it is a sublime reference to what only the initiated and the intelligent will understand...
a recent article by Dr G. S. Stanfordbridge reveals that (in a quite hp lovecraftian way) there is an ancient chamber refered to in an hitherto overlooked papyrus found in the fayoum region of Egypt, which has been dated to before the regions transformation by Ptolemy II (he irriagated the area and awarded land to greek settlers). The survival of the papyrus has been attributed to the excellent conditions in which it was preserved from humidity in the sand. Stanfordbridge's excavations in the area for the university of durham in 2003 uncovered a small temple complex which seemed to predate any nearby settlements, and was probably lost long before any of the cultivation work was started.
Stanfordbridge's translation of the papyrus (found in a clay urn with other puzzling artefacts) has not been completed and has already been questioned by other authorities, but he remains insistent that his interpretation thus far is sound. The confusion surrounds the interpretation of only a few hieroglyphs, and some others which have not been encountered before in other texts....this may be due to literary dialectal variation, evident in early periods. Some glyphs were abandoned as standardisation came with unity between lower egyptian temple infrastructures.
Tantalisingly Dr Stanfordbridge has only released what he believes to be part of the first verse of a prayer or song in his article(released in 2006), he believes it could point to a wonderful new discovery in egyptology.
The verse, Stanfordbridge points out refers to a place where something called the Bu'geh is 'contained' though the glyph of one hand and forarm being clasped on the wrist by another, may be better translated as 'imprisoned'.
he believes that later lines of the verse may contain geographical indicators which may help us locate the building in which this bu'geh is contained/imprisoned....though he wont be drawn into revealing that untill his translation is complete.
so if we find it are we about to unleash a great and powerful dark force into the world? or is this guy full of it?....personally i think he is just trying to string us along or get funding for his wild goose chase. Even if he does find some form of clue as to the location of Bu'geh there is no reason to suggest that we today could find it. it might just be a religious artifact or a buried person, though it may not be a king as there was no cartouche surrounding the name.
has anyone else here any more information on this, i could only find one article in an academic journal and have found nothing on the web as yet...and ive checked recent excavations in the fayyoum.
that sounds like a rejected script from Angel if you ask me........
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