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🗓️ 5 August 2023
⏱️ 82 minutes
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0:00.0 | One of the fascinating experiences of visiting Egypt are the monolithic sculptures, very |
0:07.0 | few people talk about them. |
0:08.9 | Of course, visiting the Cairo Museum is filled with beautifully cut granite sculptures |
0:14.9 | of all shapes and sizes. |
0:17.1 | But I'm talking about the monoliths, the real mega-lithic sculptures that are not reviewed |
0:22.7 | enough, not discussed enough, and today we have an expert who's going to bring us the |
0:29.2 | details, the colossal sculptures that are a part of ancient Egypt that have to be seen |
0:36.9 | to be appreciated. |
0:38.6 | We're talking about the Sphinx, we're talking about Abu Simbil, we're talking about the |
0:45.2 | Colossae of Mimnan, the Ramzim, the various monstrosities that are attributed to the pharaoh |
0:55.1 | Ramzis and just how huge and amazing these sculptures are. |
1:02.4 | Today, my guest is Muhammad Ambrian returning to talk about these amazing sculptures, how |
1:09.6 | they were carved, what techniques were used, and why we have to look beyond our current |
1:16.8 | science and technology to appreciate them. |
1:21.3 | All this and more today on Earth Ancients. |
1:39.6 | For August 5th, 2023, this is Earth Ancients. |
2:04.8 | I'm your host, Cliff Downing. |
2:14.8 | Hey, here you are, welcome to the program today. |
2:20.4 | This is a special time of year, August is our tour launch, it's our Grand Egyptian tour |
2:28.2 | number five launch, that is going to be April 28th through May 9th, 2024, and as part |
2:38.2 | of today's presentation, we are officially launching this tour and this is important. |
2:48.3 | Part of the year for us because our Egypt tour not only is it a sacred tour and for those |
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