[Note] Dinosaurs in Ancient Egypt? (Obviously not.)

Dinosaurs in Ancient Egypt

Claim:
There are Plesiosaurs in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Context:
The Plesiosaur lived in the Mesozoic Era, 65-200 million years ago. So how is it in Egyptian Hieroglyphs?



While this does look like a Plesiosaur, looks can be deceiving.

This is a common talking point for young earth theorists, and other niche and adjacent circles online.

Sadly this is not a Plesiosaur, as cool as it would be. What it really is, actually, is a goose! A goose thats being prepped for cooking specifically.

The hieroglyph in image 1, occurs commonly in egyptian text and is known to researchers and scholars. Looking at Alan Gardners MASSIVE Egyptian grammar list, (which is used in grad programs for archeology, history and adjacent degrees), you can see that this glyph is G54, G = Bird category, and its the 54th in this list. The Phonetic makeup of this glyph is described as shown in image 2*. This glyph is used as a determinative, which in Egyptian grammar is used to classify words. This sign classifies the verb meaning "to ring the neck of" or "to offer" as in food offering. This glyph is used when talking about cooking or offering food, not identifying sea animals.

Image 2:

This Glyphs meaning is very obvious, even without Gardners grammar list. You can see examples of goose being attributed to food all over finds in the region. A good example is, [Image 3*] a wooden spoon, with a Goose engraved into the back of it, which is a, while more detailed, and differently oriented, a almost exact replica of our Glyph. Another  example is a portrayal of a Egyptian offering scene [Image 4*], you can see what is the same style of goose, along with other offerings being prepped.




While, sadly, the Plesiosaur wasn't chilling with the Ancient Egyptians, we can know that the Egyptians probably had baller Goose.