Book 6 - Hieroglyphics might be clue

[khinterberg]

No: HPFGUIDX 122353


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:
> 
> This might be a bit OT. List elfs are down the hall having a 
> butterbeer..  shhhhh...  I looked on the Firebolt broom. The 10 
> symbols are not runes. They are Hieroglyphics.  I can not understand 
> them, but it might be a clue to what is coming. oops.. thought I 
> heard an elf coming..  WB consults with JKR before authorizing any 
> item, so there must be a reason the symbols are there.
> 
> Wonder if we will see Egypt again. Must be some reason that was in 
> the books. and on the broom..
> 
> oh, here comes the elf.. gotta go.
> Tonks

I have actually read a fascinating essay linking the Chamber of
Secrets to the Chamber of Thoth--an ancient Egyptian legend.  It is in
the Mugglenet book The Plot Thickens, and is written by S.P. Sipal. 
It shows the many similarities between the two chambers, and also ties
it to the comment that Ron thought he had heard of the Chamber
before...that it "might've been Bill" who told him...Bill who works in
Egypt.  Get a copy of that book!

khinterberg