65 million years ago and did not live along side the Ancient Egyptians. The glyph is not the Plesiosaur which historically, died out aprox. The glyph circled in yellow is G54 and the text surrounding this glyph reads: snD.n.f nTrw imitw Hwt aAt – “He respects the Neteru amidst the great temple.” Here is another picture of a different section of the text of the sarcophagus where we see the glyph and those around it are facing toward the right which indicates the glyphs are to be read from the Right toward Left (read into the facing of the glyphs). In other words, those who make this claim are not familiar with the direction in which the hieroglyphs should be read which is from the direction the glyphs are facing. This claim can be ruled out due to the fact in order to perceive it to be a lizard, one would have to assume what is the neck and head of the bird is a tail and the glyph is facing the opposite direction. Going back to the claim of the glyph being a pre-historic creature – Plesiosaur, one explanation that has been offered is the glyph represents a lizard, hence the claim that it is a Dinosaur (“terrible lizard”). The above pictures are just some of the examples used to show the everyday lifestyle as it relates to eating and preparing birds for food or offerings. Here is a picture of a trussed bird without neck and head: There are many depictions various birds in different positions for offerings found on temple walls and tombs in Egypt to confirm this. Therefore the glyph represents a specie of bird prepared for offering or meal. The Ancient Egyptians are known for eating various fowls such as cranes, ducks, geese, quails, etc. There is also the Trussed Goose Palette dating from circa 3000 BC that is located in the British Museum. It is used as a determinative in words such as wshn “ushen” which means “to twist/break the neck.” You can also find this glyph used in The Prophecies of Nefertari line 62-63 which state: wAyw r Dwt kAyw sbiw sxr.n.sn rw.sn n snDw.f – “Those who fell into evil and plotted rebellion have lowered their voices for fear of him.” It became known as the “trussed goose” glyph due to modern applications of consuming various birds where buying and preparing chicken, duck, turkey, etc from the market, they are usually trussed – their wings and legs bound or tied. This glyph is used to represent the phonetic sound snD which means “to fear, to respect.” Here are some variations and meanings: The actual glyph is listed in Gardiner’s Sign List as (G54). The glyph is actually a depiction of a specie of bird prepared for an offering or meal.

Egyptian glyphs