Quote Originally Posted by Flying Mullet View Post
After seeing the statue and rewinding and pausing to get a closer look, my wife and I decided that it looked like an Egyptian god from the back. Now I'm wondering if the island "lived" in the Mediterranean during ancient Egyptian times and was moved at some point. When the Oceanic 6 watched it "move", it looked like it sank, and this could be the show's explanation of where the Atlantis legend comes form.
Definitely an Egyptian God. It was just one of the many Egyptian symbols that we got from this episode (and others). The statue is holding ankhs in each hand, and Paul had the ankh, as well. We also have the prominence of Horace (Horus). Remember the timer in the hatch went to hieroglyphics after it hit 0 in Season 2.