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#1 User is offline   neilk 

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Posted 25 January 2010 - 10:53 AM

Hello all


Could anybody please give me any background info to the
statue pic I took in the gardens outside the Cairo museum?

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Posted 25 January 2010 - 06:06 PM

View Postneilk, on Jan 25 2010, 11:53 AM, said:

Hello all


Could anybody please give me any background info to the
statue pic I took in the gardens outside the Cairo museum?

neilk

Don`t know the origin either, but this one seems to be the same from side view.
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Posted 26 January 2010 - 09:54 AM

View PostJoerg, on Jan 25 2010, 06:06 PM, said:

Don`t know the origin either, but this one seems to be the same from side view.
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yeah that's the one joerg, wonder if karen, jane could input, tho they don't visit the site
that often these days.

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Posted 03 April 2010 - 12:00 PM

View Postneilk, on Jan 25 2010, 11:53 AM, said:

Hello all


Could anybody please give me any background info to the
statue pic I took in the gardens outside the Cairo museum?

neilk



anyone any wiser regarding this statue?


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Posted 19 July 2011 - 02:19 PM

Hi! I cannot find this lion in particular, but it was a very common statue, and here you can find more infos about them: http://www.touregypt...ories/lions.htm

Maybe this can give us hints to find out what it is? :P
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Posted 08 August 2011 - 07:06 AM


Hi!

maybe some of the sites oracles such as Jimmy Dunn, Jane Akshar could
answer this one or somebody situated in Cairo?


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