Happy Black History Month ❤
"The Great Sphinx of Giza, a giant limestone figure with the body of a lion and the head of a man wearing a pharaoh's headdress, is the national symbol of Egypt—both ancient and modern—and one of the world’s most famous monuments. Despite its iconic status, geologists, archaeologists, Egyptologists and others continue to debate the Sphinx's enduring riddle: Exactly how old is it? The most common wisdom holds that the monolith is around 4,500 years old, and was built for Khafre, a pharaoh of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty who lived circa 2603-2578 B.C. His pyramid is the second tallest of the pyramids built at Giza, next to his father Khufu's Great Pyramid. To make up for its lesser size, Khafre's pyramid was built at a higher elevation and surrounded by a more elaborate complex with numerous statues, including the Sphinx, the head of which is thought to be built in the pharaoh’s own image." (History.com)
"Be, be, 'fore we came to this country / we were kings and queens, never porch monkeys / it was empires in Africa called Kush / Timbuktu, where every race came to get books / to learn from Black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans / Asian-Arabs and gave them gold when / gold was converted to money it all changed / money then became empowerment for Europeans / the Persian military invaded / they learned about the gold, the teachings, and everything sacred / Africa was almost robbed naked / slavery was money, so they began making slave ships / Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went / he was so shocked at the mountains with Black faces / shot up they nose to impose what basically / still goes on today, you see?" ("I Can" by Nas, 2003)
"The Great Sphinx of Giza, a giant limestone figure with the body of a lion and the head of a man wearing a pharaoh's headdress, is the national symbol of Egypt—both ancient and modern—and one of the world’s most famous monuments. Despite its iconic status, geologists, archaeologists, Egyptologists and others continue to debate the Sphinx's enduring riddle: Exactly how old is it? The most common wisdom holds that the monolith is around 4,500 years old, and was built for Khafre, a pharaoh of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty who lived circa 2603-2578 B.C. His pyramid is the second tallest of the pyramids built at Giza, next to his father Khufu's Great Pyramid. To make up for its lesser size, Khafre's pyramid was built at a higher elevation and surrounded by a more elaborate complex with numerous statues, including the Sphinx, the head of which is thought to be built in the pharaoh’s own image." (History.com)
"Be, be, 'fore we came to this country / we were kings and queens, never porch monkeys / it was empires in Africa called Kush / Timbuktu, where every race came to get books / to learn from Black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans / Asian-Arabs and gave them gold when / gold was converted to money it all changed / money then became empowerment for Europeans / the Persian military invaded / they learned about the gold, the teachings, and everything sacred / Africa was almost robbed naked / slavery was money, so they began making slave ships / Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went / he was so shocked at the mountains with Black faces / shot up they nose to impose what basically / still goes on today, you see?"
("I Can" by Nas, 2003)
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