tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971228219362996721.post1663925246595067336..comments2023-04-25T22:03:46.169-07:00Comments on The Time Traveler Rest Stop: From Memphis to Gaza--the Road to ConquestMarianne Lubanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687639252889658701noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971228219362996721.post-22678699484075117112012-11-30T12:10:15.826-08:002012-11-30T12:10:15.826-08:00I agree that the representations of Thutmose III v...I agree that the representations of Thutmose III vary but the mummy, especially from the profile view, shows it to gave been quite pronounced. If you want to know about Meshullam ben Menachem of Volterra, just do a Google. You can probably find the entire account of his trip from Egypt.Marianne Lubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08687639252889658701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971228219362996721.post-9992517843597286292012-11-20T18:57:14.918-08:002012-11-20T18:57:14.918-08:00I would be interested to learn the source used tha...I would be interested to learn the source used that a traveler in 1482 CE professed to be Jewish. As to the drawing of Thutmose III there is a statue of him in the Museum at Luxor where he is depicted with a pronounced nose and there is a larger statue of him in the same museum without a pronounced nose. Further, there are statues of him at the Museum in Turin and at the Museum at the University of Pennsylvania where he does not have a pronounced nose. I have inspected personally all of these statutes. There are others including a large one of him standing without a pronounced nose that was in the Quest for Immortality exhibit. His mummy I have also viewed and one can argue either way but it looks to be his nose was smashed into his face either during mummification or more likely during the time it was brutally damaged looking for treasure. My conclusion is that his nose was not pronounced in part based on the larger number of statutes of him sans a pronounced nose and what looks to have been a blow or great pressure exerted on the face of his mummy resulting in his nose being distorted.<br /><br />Richard PaschalRichard Paschalnoreply@blogger.com