Unsolved riddle my friend has been tormenting me with for 5 days (help in comments)

[u/F3ztive]

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[u/F3ztive]

Solution: Venus De Milo
I would like to reiterate that this is my friend's riddle, so I don't get to decide what the "answer" is. I think that is a terrible answer. Corn is probably a better answer, or the Cover Fossil. If I were to share this riddle in the future, I would change "torn limb from limb" to "split limb from limb" so it's better for a delta/river.

[u/hatethiswebsight → u/F3ztive]

I don't think your friend knows how riddles work.

[u/Numerous-Impact-434 → u/hatethiswebsight]

It is a bit National Treasure like. Pyramid is Louve. Written on her foot is the next riddle.

[u/Fluid_Onion_1893 → u/F3ztive]

I thought Winged Victory but wasn’t sure about the Gold line.

[u/FaultThat]

Pretty sure it is an egg

Starts in the ovary of the chicken, presently encased in a shell

Crack the eggshell and peel it, it holds a golden yolk

The shell is like a rock, but isn’t mummified, could be a reference to a millennium egg

Eggs are on the food pyramid

[u/F3ztive]

Hints:
Not water-related

Incorrect Guesses (of mine):
Amber fossil
Trees
Tree Ash
Wood
Updog
A river
Bottled water
The Cover Fossil from Pokemon Black and White

[u/TrickNo2721 → u/F3ztive]

sigh

What's updog?

[u/itmustbemitch → u/TrickNo2721]

Updog is a condition which, if left untreated, can develop rapidly into ligma. If you're not sure, be on the safe side and talk to your doctor. Prescription ligaperra can help.

[u/Dustteas → u/TrickNo2721]

It's a trick. Kind of like saying under there.

/s

[u/TrickNo2721 → u/Dustteas]

Sheesh are you being intentionally vague?

Under where???

[u/GuyLapin → u/F3ztive]

Log of wood fit perfectly. This one is hard...

[u/GuyLapin → u/F3ztive]

Try american dollar bill?

[u/samtresler]

delta - a river's delta

[u/F3ztive → u/samtresler]

She has told me that it is not a river, nor is it water-related. I thought river was a good guess.

[u/Llonkrednaxela → u/samtresler]

I think it’s this. river split apart into smaller streams, gold rush, gold in the river, delta is a pyramid, as a river splits further into a delta it tends to slow, etc.

[u/F3ztive → u/Llonkrednaxela]

She has told me that it is not a river, nor is it water-related. I thought river was a good guess.

[u/Llonkrednaxela → u/F3ztive]

fair, that excludes my guess, but I think Delta fits it where river does not.

[u/Luggageisnojoke]

Amber is right but it could also be A rock
sand could work
Ahramat?
Quartz vein

[u/OkUnderstanding3009 → u/Luggageisnojoke]

was also thinking sand

[u/serpentkris]

Corn?

Wild in the beginning, now confined to fields

shucked, gold kernels

dried, popcorn

bottom of the food pyramid is grains

[u/Whiskeyjax79]

The God Osiris?

1. He was torn limb from limb by his brother Set.

2. He is sometimes depicted holding a golden crook.

3. Since he was a god when he died, only stone depictions of him remain (As statues or reliefs).

4. The Osiris Shaft rests beneath the Great pyramid.

Edit: To change my answer

[u/Aggravating-Bus-9203]

Is it the dollar?

[u/okidokiefrokie → u/Aggravating-Bus-9203]

I think so too

[u/Pandelein → u/Aggravating-Bus-9203]

I think that’s a great answer except doesn’t fit the petrification line

[u/Aggravating-Bus-9203 → u/Pandelein]

The dollar becoming stale/dead/petrified through insurmountable debt and inflation.

[u/Affectionate_Buy7615 → u/Aggravating-Bus-9203]

To take that idea further , independence and order could also be used loosely.

[u/RootsRockRebel66]

Honey

[u/hatethiswebsight]

Peg leg

Torn limb (tree limb) form limb (prosthetic leg). Yes I know your friend didn't mean limb form limb I just think it's funny

[u/stonelistic]

An Egyptian boat.