Martin Stower Wrote:
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> Checking Wikipedia s.v. “Khufu”, I find that
> the “rediscovery” tomfoolery was introduced
> here and edited here, while the
> “drunkards” error turned up here and was
> taken out again by a certain Thanos5150.

Lol. That's funny. I thought I had read it somewhere but couldn't place it. Didn't realize it was so long ago. Yeesh.

> Cited for the Hawass “rediscovery” is Verner,
> this paper:
>
> http://www.gizapyramids.org/static/pdf%20library/verner_archiv_or_69.pdf
>
> “Currently, Zahi Hawass is surveying the
> inscriptions in and on the Great Pyramid.
> According to his kind personal communication, the
> date of the rnpt sp 17, reported by Petrie,
> has not yet been identified in the pyramid. . .
> .”
>
> Excuse me?

That's interesting as this is dated 2001- the year Hawass supposedly "rediscovered" it. Verner does say Hawass had not "yet" discovered it and notes the study was still ongoing at the time. Hawass certainly has something to answer for here.

This is the magic of Wikipedia and why it is not to be used as a source. When I edited it in 2013 I knew the gang name was wrong, but had no reason to doubt the count was there so did not bother to check Verner. This is like a dog chasing its own tail at this point as the lore of Hawass "rediscovering" comes from WP, but the source it uses says this is not the case, but then since this time Hawass is certain it is there and he has seen it and even shown it to others. WTF?



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 30-Nov-19 05:41 by Thanos5150.