What question would you ask?

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What question would you ask?

Post by Horus »

OK this is a bit of a fantasy thread, you are allowed ask a simple question of any person from ancient Egypt or someone having a connection to it, so for example you may ask a question of say Khufu or the Roman, Mark Anthony. :)

The idea is that if they could answer, it would then lead us to prove or to disprove some existing theory or clear up some other mystery.

So say who your question is directed at, then ask your question and then say why you would like to know the answer, I will start us off.
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My question is to Ramesses the Great

My question is: Did you ever meet a Jewish leader called Moses?

My reason for this question is that there is so much controversy over the biblical ‘Exodus’ that if he had met him, then it would give us an accurate timeline for many other events that seem to fit his own reign as pharaoh, but conflict with biblical dates.


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A good question Horus :)
My question would be to Khafre :- " Why did your family appear to build their Pyramids inline with Orions Belt?"

My reason for asking Khafre rather than Khufu this question is that if Khufu had not built his Great Pyramid for that intention the 2 that followed seemed to have?

The reason for asking this question in the first place is whether they had an insight that had been past down to them which as now been lost?
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Interesting question JoJo and a good reason for asking it :)
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My next question is to Queen Hatshepsut.

"were you and the architect Senemut actually lovers?"

My reason for asking is because there has always been much speculation as to why he is depicted on her mortuary temple, the discovery of graffiti that seems to show him having sex with the Pharaoh and he appears never to have married. Also he was from a very humble background and after she took over the throne, his importance and influence grew considerably.
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Well seeming as you had two then I'm going to go for another one then........................."Cleo remind me again where did you send those lackies to get digging out your tomb"?
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Post by Horus »

You can have as many separate questions as you like, the more the better :)

So do you mean Cleopatra VII ?
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Horus wrote:
So do you mean Cleopatra VII ?
I did. Just thought it would save Hawass an exhausting job of searching for it.
It wouldn't surprise me if he hasn't found it already and he's just waiting to announce it so he can go out with a big bang. :)
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Post by LovelyLadyLux »

I'd ask a question of a worker or foreman type man working on the pyramids: Tell me your job description AND tell me how you are moving each of these stones?

I just NEED to know 'how' the pyramids were built! ;)
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Post by Horus »

:lol: :lol: JoJo, I can just imagine Zahi sitting on a bunch of discoveries and slipping them out one at a time to keep himself on TV :roll:

LLL, yes it would certainly answer a few questions about their construction. :)
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Post by LovelyLadyLux »

Zahi is really popular on the TV here! He IS sitting on a veritable TV series empire ;) cause everything he does that comes on TV here makes prime time.

I would want to ask the common man (the blue collar worker) about his daily day? I want to know what his daily pattern of living was like? Was he paid daily? How many hours did he have to work? What happened when he got too old? What tools did he use? Did he have to bring his own?

I have an insatiable curiosity about 'daily living' of people now and in the past.
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I would ask Akhenaten what happened to Nefertiti as she seems to disappear so suddenly after being so prominent.
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Winged Isis wrote:I would ask Akhenaten what happened to Nefertiti as she seems to disappear so suddenly after being so prominent.
Good question WI and why you had his attention we could slip in a few more questions as well! ;)
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We could ask Tutankhamun "Who was your father?"
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I'd ask King Tut who his wife was too and I'd like to know his medical history. I'd ask him if he suffered any chronic debilitating conditions and 'who' he actually trusted and talked to.
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I would ask Dr Zahi Hawass if he as 1 denim shirt or 2?
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Ooops I've just realised that twice in this thread I have mentioned Zahi- Zahi, blimey first name terms now, I'm getting rather obsessional :oops: :lol:
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If I could ask Akhenaten a question that all could hear the answer to, the it would be "how old are you this year" ?

I actually have a barrage of questions for this person, some I have managed to work out, but others that still remain a mystery to me..
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Post by Horus »

An interesting question BillH, :) but would that not be like saying "My granny would have been 120 years old this year, if she had not died when she was aged 53 years"
What I mean to say is, are you implying that you still think he is alive? or would you be using the year 2011 to count backwards to obtain the exact year of his birth?
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I would indeed be using 2011 as the start line for counting backwards to his birthdate, Horus
I have always had a huge issue with this period in the Pharonic timeline, and the whole Akhenatenen story seem just a bit too incredulous to me.
Including his alleged son Tutankhamun.
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BillH wrote:If I could ask Akhenaten a question that all could hear the answer to, the it would be "how old are you this year" ?
A good question BillH which inturn could straighten out other dates but could possibly turn everything we thought we knew on it's head!
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