Anubis, the Eyptian god of the dead, seems to be making something of a comeback in London. Right now, he is floating down the Thames. As part of a new promotional scheme to spark interest in the "treasures" found in the tomb of the ancient Eygptian king (pharaoh) "Tutankhamen" (which actually links his name, "Tut" with the ankh -- a cross-like symbol with a rounded head -- and "Amun" -- another of the many Egyptian "deities" of the pantheon), the fiberglass Godzilla is scheduled to spend a short while at various locations in and around the capitol.
Yes, he looks a bit like a dark Jackal. But that's only because he is. This replica of the Egyptian patron saint of the "nitrogen journey" was said to protect the recently deceased on their travels to the underworld. Good thinking Egyptians, we wouldn't want the recently DECEASED getting injured -- or even killed -- on their way to the underworld. That would be redundant.
Dialectical tensions of the silliest sort aside, we should just melt down the gold in the many artifacts found there, and begin backing national currencies with it, so that our money is actually worth something, unlike our worthless statues and monuments to deities who do not exist, and whose legends cannot avoid major dialectical tensions in their mythological descriptions.
Christian cynics of the world, unite.
If you wish to see a fiberglass "Ronald MacDonald-turned-Goth" on tour in London, just click here for the original article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7022829.stm. Read more?
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