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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mena7: [QB] [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/bc/bc/d3/bcbcd378844379adeaabf01950ca95c9.jpg[/IMG] A 5.4m tall, 6-tonne pink granite colossal statue of Hapy, a personification of the Nile's flood and the largest statue of an Egyptian god known, as it is installed as part of the BP exhibition 'Sunken cities: Egypt's lost worlds' which opens between May 19 and November 27 2016 at the British Museum in central London [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/9a/f9/29/9af929b97d239795ab2e622d8829a760.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/5c/71/59/5c71591892e49189aba28a584e0eb4c1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/97/74/a2/9774a23c1c941725845f773930b745f5.jpg[/IMG] Ancient Egyptian sunken relief depicting the god of Nile, Hapy, and hieroglyphs, in Denderah, built under the reign of Pepi I (ca. 2250 BC) [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/27/59/6a/27596a59e0c36e241107dddead642d06.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/90/a7/7c/90a77c18573429b17d564d57319f90a9.jpg[/IMG] The two images above show a colossal statue of red granite representing the god Hapy, which decorated the temple of Thonis-Heracleion. The god of the flooding of the Nile, a symbol of abundance and fertility, has never before been discovered at such a large scale, which points to his importance for the Canopic region. Early Ptolemaic period, fourth century BC. [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/25/d1/97/25d1976b14c31f2b4240cdc297f6d544.jpg[/IMG] Hapi Represented as Hap-Meht (Upper Egypt) and Hap-Reset (Lower Egypt) Uniting Egypt by Tying the Lotus on One Side (Upper Egypt) and Papyrus on the Other Side (Lower Egypt) to the Sema Hieroglyph Sign for Unity. Luxor Temple, Egypt [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/3a/14/d1/3a14d1b25a4513d17128325211779dc1.jpg[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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