Rodney, Photographs and Possible New Tattoos - It Was a Wonderful and Productive Friday

It was excellent seeing Rodney (my tattoo artist) again yesterday. The first thing we did was hug - a nice long friend hug. He introduced me to several of the other artists working at his new studio, and they're a great bunch of people - some very talented artists there. The studio itself is a block from the U of MN campus, so well placed for walk-in traffic, and there is a lot of on-street paid meter parking  (electronic/digital) too. I found a space two blocks away, which wasn't bad at all. In deep winter with icy winds and a blizzard, I probably won't be as happy - LOL. 

I noticed a "Nauti-Cal" location just 1/2 block west of 
Rodney's tattoo parlor. If it hadn't been a biting cold day, 
I would have dropped in there for a treat. I do love their 
food. Maybe next time. 

We chatted for more than a half hour, catching up on each other's lives. He just got engaged to his long-time girlfriend, so congratulations were given to both of them. I also had to find out how his two Huskie dogs were doing. Then he started taking photos and movies of my scarab. When he edits it all and puts it up on his Instagram, I'll let you know. We also spent quite a bit of time talking about the next two jobs I want him to do for me. 

False doors have many different appearances. I gave 
him two images, this one and the next photo to give 
him two looks. Of course, I want to stay in greyscale 
only, but it's the concept I wanted to bring across. 
This particular false door was on a later tomb and 
was only painted on, not carved in. Still, it served the 
same purpose - the location of prayers and offerings 
for the deceased. 

I want a false door with my hieroglyphic name, "Fierce Woman" in the center of it. I want it to look weathered and imperfect, but recognizable as an Egyptian false door. For those who may not know what a false door is, it is the place where offerings for the dead are placed and prayers are made for the deceased who is entombed behind the wall and the true door. There were a lot of iterations of false doors over the centuries, but the concept remained true. Although we talked about the back of my head, I messaged him this morning telling him I want it on the upper back of my neck instead. I want my scarab to remain the star of the show. Everything else bows to the scarab. 

I also gave him this photo which in many 
ways is closer to what I'm looking for in 
my mind. I want it looking more 
weathered and crumbling. I am only
putting in seven hieroglyphic symbols 
for my name, so it doesn't need a
great deal of space. 

We also began a discussion for a large back piece I'd like down the line. I don't know if I'll ever get to this one, and DH will totally throw a fit, but I want the "weighing of the heart" on my back, with the triple goddess symbol I got as my second tattoo decades ago as the fulcrum of the scales. He also photographed two lines from "The Book of the Dead" that I want running down the back wall of the back piece which is my tie-in to the scarab because the lines celebrate "Khepera", the name for the scarab - the creator of all. 

I want Anubis, the scales and the beast in the back 
piece. The scale must feature the heart on one side 
and the feather of Ma'at on the other. Putting 
Ma'at herself into it is optional, Thoth isn't necessary
either. The hieroglyphics behind Anubis should be
the two lines from "The Egyptian Book of the
Dead". He photographed them from one of my
three copies of the book (overkill, I know). 

So, it was a busy morning and early afternoon. When I finally returned home after a couple of other errands, I settled down at my laptop and finished the grid sheets for the 4mm bicone crystals. I only have the 3mm bicone crystals still remaining for their grid sheets, then I can dive into photographs - lots and lots of photographs. 

This particular image of the "weighing of the heart" is 
more familiar to most people. It's one of my least 
favorite plates, though. There's a lot that I like, but 
a lot that I don't in this image. 

I hope you have a truly fantastic Saturday and a wonderful weekend ahead of you. I'll attend the American Craft Council show on Sunday, and plan on being back with you on Monday. Slava Ukraini. 

I'm Tired, I'm Under Deadlines, and Decisions Need to be Made ASAP

I'm really tired today. I wish I had the option of grabbing another 1-2 hours of sleep, but that's not going to happen. Unfortunately. I was up as usual, did my morning meditation, hit the treadmill for a rather poor showing of only 1-1/2 miles instead of my more usual 2, showered, washed and ate my breakfast (fruit), and settled down at my keyboard to catch up with emails, customer queries and my daily blog. I have no good reason to be "blah" or "run down" today. I'm feeling much better, I'm at a really great weight, I'm eating properly, I'm getting my six hours of sleep every night. I'm going to blame it on the temperature. We're colder now. It's Autumn, and my body wants to hibernate. Unfortunately, life goes on in the "Frozen Northlands", and whether I'm warm or cold, I still have to be functional. 

No real reason to be feeling "Blah", but I am, 
anyway. Maybe it's Fall getting me down, or 
maybe I'm just cold, but I'm unenthusiastic about 
today in general. Sorry, Tuesday. 

I'm going to try to talk to Chickie today about her taking a few more days off. She's got a week off scheduled for mid-October, but I'd like her to sprinkle a few more single days off in there as well. She's due some more time off (we don't allow time off during November-December - just too much that needs to be done at that time of the year). I might be able to pull a single day off in November for her, but really, I need the majority of her vacation days to be from now through Halloween. 

I love Halloween, it's one of my favorite holidays. 
Maybe if I just look ahead and see it beckoning 
me onward, I'll be more enthused about going to 
work today - LOL. 

I may be tired, but at least I'm feeling much better. I finish my antibiotic regime on Thursday morning, and the antibiotic ointment can continue on my body past then, but Thursday is the final day I'm allowed to put the ointment on my head. I'm looking and feeling like a human being again, though, and I'm very grateful for modern science - LOL. I received a long, two-page questionnaire from the Allergist in yesterday's mail, so I'll try to get started filling that out today. It's a good thing I don't take medications. I have to list all of them, and for someone else, that could be a real time consuming project, right there. I do use a few supplements, but those are easy to list out. 

I need to settle on the size paper I need to order and get 
that going ASAP (along with envelopes). I know the image(s) 
I want to use on this year's card, but assembly will be 
required and that always takes time. I'm going to leave 
things minimal in the detail work, but there are some things 
I have to make decisions on RIGHT NOW and doing 
a couple of quick tests will save me heartache in
crunch time. 

I need to put together a mock-up of the paper size I'm thinking about ordering for my holiday cards. I need to know how much I need to order and exactly what I'm going to do with it, but I can do that. I also need to get some smaller pieces of artwork into the shrink-wrap, slap some price tags onto them, and get them out onto the sales floor. I really need to move ahead with my cards, though. I'm going to be super time crunched on them as it is. Cards might be late this year, so I'm apologizing in advance. 

I don't have a "true" Denver 
Broncos hoodie, but all of my 
hoodies are Broncos oriented. 
It occurs to me that I don't have 
a zip-up style of Broncos 
hoodie. I'll have to look into 
that after this season. So far, my
team is playing VERY well! 

So, I'm off to start my day. I think I'll pull on a hoodie. Maybe getting a bit warmer will help me get into the rhythm of the day. I know I need to load a new book onto my iPod - I listen to books when I run, and today's selection just didn't cut it for me. I think I'll download the first of the Amelia Peabody books by Elizabeth Peters. I own the full series on Audible (and most of the paperbacks as well), and haven't listened to them for years. I love the books, so yeah. Some warm Egyptian desert scenes mixed with high tea and archaeology could be just the ticket. That sounds like a perfect decision. Have an excellent day and I'll be back tomorrow, hopefully much warmer and a bit better rested - LOL. 

Finishing the "Me"me and What I Did On My "Day Off"

I want to finish this "Me"me and have only a few more questions, so here I go. 

What do you like to do with friends?

It's probably terrible to admit, but I don't really have a lot of in-person friends. When I was younger and worked in offices with lots of people around, I had a lot of friends. But I'm much older now, and self-employed, so my physical circle of friends is quite limited. I do have a lot of cyber friends, and they are quite dear to me, but I can't invite them over for coffee or meet them for lunch. I prefer to spend my time on my own, but do go to see films with Chickie on occasion (obviously NOT since COVID, but hopefully once again sometime in the future). I'm no longer the life of the party, but my life is pretty good. 

What's your dream job?

I never really envisioned myself working in my own retail business, but I've been doing that since the mid-1980's. I would love to work in the art field, though - museum curator, even in a museum gift shop (although that wouldn't be as fun as actually working with the artwork). But, looking back over my life, I really can't complain too much. 

At what job would you be terrible?

Although I do very well behind the scenes in hospitals and have worked in hospitals in the past, I could never be directly in patient care in the health care industry. I don't do well with sharp and pointed instruments, pain, and sickness. I fully admit that I'd make a poor apprentice in Elrond's House of Healing. 

I want to see Abu Simbel in person. I want to wander 
through the Valley of the Kings, and marvel at the 
pillars at Karnak Temple. I want to walk up the 
steps to Hatshepsut's Temple and marvel at the 
Great Pyramids. I hope to someday stand in Egype 
 and close my eyes against the grit of sand spurred
up by a stray breeze. 

What's something you say you'll do, but never will?

I suspect traveling the way I always wanted to - long stays in a variety of countries and cities around the world. I'd still love to do it, but with the world as it is today and my age, it's highly unlikely. I still want to go to Egypt, that's at the top of my bucket list, and I'd love to ride a horse into Petra (shades of Indiana Jones), it brings a smile to my face just to think about it. There are other places I would love to visit for good memories or for a visit of extreme heartbreak (Auschwitz comes to mind for that one since my family was killed there), but my Hubby is very much a stay-at-home guy, so it's likely that any travel I do will be minimal, and mostly domestic. 

I've been in love with Egypt since I was a small child. It 
was my love of Egypt that pulled me into Anthropology/
Archaeology as a college major and a profession in the 
first place. To see the monuments in person would be 
the culmination of a life-long dream. 

How would you describe your style?

Boring - long-sleeved t-shirts in warmer weather, turtlenecks with pullover sweaters in colder times. Leggings or long skirts, also climate dependent. Sorrel snow boots in winter, pull-on flats in summer, and hats - lots of hats. Yeah - boring. I adore fashion, but I'm no fashion-plate. 

The Temple of Hatshepsut is stunning, placed against 
the Egyptian cliffs. The architecture is superb, something 
even Frank Lloyd Wright would love. 

What are your hobbies?

OMG, almost too many to list. Beading, of course. Fiber arts - weaving, knitting and spinning. Metal working - soldering, etching, enameling, making jewelry and assemblages. Then there are my boxes - that's where I allow my multi-media side to really play. I love combining things into new things, so I remake boxes and give them new lives and purpose. Eventually I'll set up an Etsy store for my creations, after I've retired and can actually work on projects for more than three hours a week. I write too, but I suspect mine will be a novel that never actually sees print. 

This is the knit side of the sweater. I made 
one error in the ribbing, and I bound off 
the shoulders incorrectly (but I won't lose 
stitches, so that's OK). It's far from perfect, 
but I'm having a lot of fun. 

So ... that's the end of the "Me"me. I have a couple of pictures to share of what I did on my "day off" this week. As you may know (unless you've been under a rock for the past month), I have a knitting machine that I've been trying to get comfortable with. On Wednesday I cleared the few things out from in front of Sewing Cabinet #3 and pulled out one wing of the table that I have in that area, setting my machine up on top of it. I started knitting a specific project and got a LOT done in my three hours of time. 

This is the pearl side of the sweater. When 
working with a knitting machine, it's this 
side that is facing you. I do know how to 
hand knit, but I wouldn't have gotten farther 
than a few rows in three hours. Here I 
managed the entire back of the sweater - 
almost 100 rows of actual sweater, not 
counting the bottom "waste yarn" or top 
shaping yarns that only hold things 
together. 

I've been working on a beginning project - a size 2 sweater for my nephew's baby who was born in May. It looked like a reasonable project to tackle and I'm learning a lot by doing it. I did the back of the sweater on Wednesday, and I'll tackle the front of the sweater next week. It's not perfect, but I wouldn't expect perfection in a first effort. I'm gaining confidence with the equipment, though, and knitting this much in only three hours is amazing to me. I'm having a BUNCH of fun! 

So, as always, I plan on being back tomorrow. Please be kind, stay safe and wear your mask. I'll be back tomorrow. 

Fine Craft and Egypt Was a Perfect Sunday

Yesterday DH and I attended the annual American Craft Council Show. We attend every year and we always enjoy it, although I strongly suspect I enjoy it much more than DH does. I took my time wandering through the aisles, looked carefully at each booth, and took cards for locations I wanted to return to. DH wizzed through his first run and sat at a side table, playing Bridge on his phone and waiting for me. I finally joined back up with him and we want through at a much faster pace while I showed him several items of interest to me. I didn't buy anything this time, nothing really pulled at me. 

I was looking for some more "statement" style
earrings to wear when I'm not bothering with
a wig. I considered these by Martha Sullivan,
and really liked them, but I didn't want to
spend quite that much. 

Usually we go have an early meal and a drink or two after the show, but since it was raining hard when we left the arena, we decided to just go directly home. After a lazy day and Chinese takeout for dinner, we settled down to watch Discovery Channel's "Expedition Unknown" which had a two-hour LIVE broadcast from Dr. Zahi Hawass's newest excavation in Middle Egypt. The broadcast had a lovely mummy in an above-ground tomb to start, with a beaded, netted gown and pectoral collar. Then they headed underground into various pit shafts and smaller tombs. 

All of the burials had Ushabtis - small statues to serve in the
afterlife. Ideally there should be a minimum of one for each day
of the year. When the deceased is asked to perform a task, the
ushabti of the day will step up and perform it for him. 

The second tomb was a family tomb - father, mother and children. What I really loved in this tomb were the finely painted canopic jars and the fact that the family dog was also in a place of honor. It really was a family tomb. Unfortunately, the family didn't have a lot of money and the mummy of the father that was opened live on the show was a disappointment - not very well preserved and quite skeletal. Still very interesting and I still love that dog. 

Dr Zahi Hawass is the most recognized face in Egyptian
archaeology. Although no longer at the head of the
department, he is still a force. Egypt has managed to
reclaim many of the European and Indonesian
tourists after last year's murders, but the US has
been slower to respond. Last night's broadcast
was one of several planned to get the US tourist
back to Egypt. 

They moved to another vertical shaft, climbed down another long ladder, and Dr Hawass led on a long and very tight crawl through a long horizontal shaft, into a large chamber with a beautifully carved sarcophagus. The entire dig centered around a temple of Thoth, and this interment was one of the high priests of Thoth. After a lot of maneuvering, the multi-ton sarcophagus was moved away to display a perfect linen-wrapped and gold embellished mummy. Stellar! The other thing that really impressed me was the discovery of a wax "reserve head" behind a small false wall. Reserve heads were used in the 4th Dynasty, but this burial was from the 26th Dynasty - a VERY long time later. 

Several Egyptian sarcophagi were opened during the two hour
live show. It actually was pretty darned cool. I didn't go into
Egyptian archaeology because I have such intense
claustrophobia, but I probably could die happy, if I had been
in Egypt at least once. 

All in all, I was totally stoked and what a wonderful thing to watch. It ended at just the right time too - time for me to get to sleep since I have a very busy week ahead of me. I hope some of you had a chance to see the show last night, or that you can catch a rebroadcast of it. It was a lot of fun even if Josh talked over Dr Hawass a bit too much. 

So, that's it for today. It's Monday, I finally have my social security resolved, and I'm ready to hit the machines at the gym and get rid of my Chinese take-out pounds. All's good, at least for the start of the week. Have an excellent day and I'll be back tomorrow. 

Immortal Gods and Goddesses

Yesterday was cold, but I had errands I had to do so I was bundled up against the wind. It's been a crazy winter so far - we're way low on snow but we have the cold temps. Oh well, it's also had a lot of above-normal days, so I'm forging ahead and trying to roll with the punches. I did get my hotel reservations made for my June trip to Milwaukee, so I'm now set for classes and a place to stay. I'm really looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. 

Annubis is related to death and judgment (or course,
many of the Egyptian goes are related to death, so
that's not unusual). The jackal god is represented
in many ways and continues to be a popular
subject by modern artists today. Just do a search
on Deviant Art for Annubis and you'll find 100's
of images. 

I'm a bit stumped about the focus for today's blog - it's not that I have nothing to write about, but I'm a bit tight on time. So I'm going back into my bag of happy things and pulling out some imagery for all of you. 

Isis is one of the powerful female gods in the pantheon. In
ancient Egypt she was associated with a throne headdress,
but in later days she was merged with Hathor and her
headdress changed to cow horns surrounding a solar
disc. She was the wife and sister of Osiris, god of the dead. 

I love ancient things - I suppose that's why I love the ancient gods and goddesses. Since they are still written about, studied, and represented in artwork, their names are still mentioned. According to Egyptian lore, if a name is mentioned and a person/deity is remembered, that person or deity still lives. Going along with that, the Greek pantheon as well as the Egyptian and Norse pantheons are alive and well and stirring things up for their own amusement. 

I'm fudging a bit for my third choice today with the Scarab Beetle.
The beetle itself is not a god or goddess, but it is the concept
that ran beneath all of the ancient Egyptian religious belief -
that of immortality and rebirth. Kephri, the god who wore
the scarab beetle, rolled the sun across the sky each day. When
the sun died each night, the beetle would push it back each
morning - thus a rebirth of the solar disc and start of a new day. 

Of all of these varied line-ups of deities, I seem to fall into love with the Egyptian ones the most frequently. Maybe it's their exotic appearances, maybe it's the stories behind each one, but they are beautiful and fascinating to me. So for this cold and slightly rushed morning, I'm giving you images of some of my favorite Egyptian deities from the far-gone reaches of the past. Enjoy your Thursday, be good to each other, and I'll be back tomorrow. 

A Relaxing Sunday of Discovery

DH and I had a lovely Sunday relaxing and watching a lot of National Geographic television. We got totally pulled into shows on what caused the death of Tutankhamun, what items truly were in his tomb and whether they were his or were hand-me-downs from other tombs, and also a wonderful two hours on locating the burial place of Genghis Khan and the history of China's First Emperor and his huge tomb. It was a day of relearning old facts and discovering new ideas. So fun! 

This death mask of Tutankhamun is the best known
of his artifacts. It features 20 pounds of gold and uses
lapis, turquoise and red carnelian (or agate) for the
colorful bands. It's had a rocky history but
hopefully will now be protected. 

Because I've been studying Egypt and the Pharaohs for what seems like my entire life, I couldn't miss new shows about Tut, but I had forgotten that Egypt was building the "Grand Egyptian Museum" which will open sometime in 2018. When? Well, that seems to be anyone's guess. The old Cairo museum is being emptied and everything on display, including a lot that had just been in storage because of lack of space, will be now displayed on exhibit within the bright, climate-controlled conditions of this new museum which is tucked into the Giza plateau. 

The Grand Egyptian Museum is located just 2 kilometers
from the Pyramids, on the Giza Plateau. It is expected to
have a provisional opening in May, but a firm date is still
unknown. Last week a huge statue of Ramses was moved
to it's new home in the Grand Egyptian Museum. 

Of course Tut is a major draw. Just that death mask would be enough to pull me there. But add in the more than 80% of the items from his tomb that have never been seen since their initial removal, and Egypt will set a magnet up calling me there. Of course that's all kinds of dangerous too, but I might take the chance within the next ten years or so. I've seen a lot of artifacts and several exhibitions on Egypt here in the USA; even followed one specific exhibit from Milwaukee to Denver to see it for several days in a row. I've flown to various cities to see Ramses and other Pharonic exhibitions and have loved each one. Spending a long time in the Grand Egyptian Museum should be phenomenal. 

The current Cairo Museum was built in 1902 and houses 120,000
artifacts, most of which are in storage. It desperately needed 
either an upgrade or full replacement, but Cairo is massive, and
finding room for a new building within the city was impossible.
Placing it closer to the Pyramids will increase tourism and it allowed
for a large, expansive building with climate-controlled storage for
the historic artifacts of this amazing region. 

So I'm dreaming once more - about travel, about Tutanhkamun, and about art - because it all comes down to the art. This coming Sunday won't be as relaxing. I'll be watching Super Bowl and trying to not eat too much during the game. But even if I do, there's always the pool waiting for me on Monday morning. Enjoy your day. I'm going to pepper this post with some photos, and then head out to swim my mile. 

One Day Off, One Day On and Free Books

March is coming to an end, I still have three unfinished B2MeM stories and at least one drabble hanging out there. Things will be late. Oh well. Getting sick for a week+ hit me hard - my brain is still a bit of mush, but it's starting to clear. I've been to the gym all week and that's been great, and I had a day off yesterday (downloaded books) and only have to work today before I get one more day off tomorrow. Yippee!

Having a work day bookended by days off is really quite nice. Usually
I have a longer period of work before I get my day off. Yippee! 

So, downloaded books. I found out that the Metropolitan Museum had 422 of their out of print catalogs, research books, and exhibition description books available for on-line reading or PDF download FOR FREE, and happily spent a few hours browsing the possibilities. I downloaded more than ten onto my laptop since it has the larger hard drive, and am very happy with my choices.

I had a wonderful time perusing the offerings from
the Metropolitan Museum. There were some
wonderful books available that now are on my hard drive. 

Because of my deep love of Egypt, I mostly chose books dealing with hieroglyphics, Egyptian art and history, and some rather obscure books. I also downloaded a few books on European sculpture so that I can use the pics for practicing my drawing skills as if I was at an atelier. I'm really looking forward to flipping through the books. I'll transfer most of them to my secondary drive on my desktop computer within a month or two just to have the ability to pull images into some of my art programs.

One of the best books I downloaded from the Metropolitan
Museum website was this one. I'm really looking forward
to getting into this book in depth. 

Want some fun? Just follow the link to the Metropolitan Museum book list and see if there is anything there you'd like to look through or read. And while you're at it, there are another 200+ books available from the J Paul Getty Museum where I found some great books on sculpture, glassware and design work. The interface is a bit more clumsy, but there are some very nice books available there.

For those of you into illumination, I found this (and several other)
wonderful books on illumination techniques at the Getty website.
If you like tapestries, there were books on weaving tapestries of
the medieval period in both websites, but the Getty had a
great publication about the Unicorn Tapestries. 

So, although I might not be writing right now, I'm still reading novels all the time and now I'm adding art books to the list. It's no wonder I'm looking at my schedule and making alterations. Too much to do, too little time in which to do it. So ... all's good. Have a great weekend.

OY! - I'm Running Late at 5:00 a.m. - Dreams of Egypt

There should be a law. It should be illegal to be running late at 5:00 a.m., but that's what's happening in my life. I stayed up late to watch a wonderful episode of "Secrets of the Dead" about Pharaoh Tutankhamen. Here's the blurb from PBS:

Tutankhamen's golden burial mask was such an outstanding example of
the skill of the Egyptian craftspeople at that time. When I think of the tools
that were in use to make this, I'm awestruck.

Ultimate Tut

Ninety years ago in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the greatest archaeological find in history was made: the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb and its golden treasures. It made Tutankhamen the most famous name in ancient Egyptian history. But the real story has become shrouded in myth -- with many mysteries around the tomb unsolved to this day. This two-hour special combines the latest evidence from a team of archaeologists, anatomists, geologists and Egyptologists to build the ultimate picture of Tutankhamen. Blending 3D graphics, stylized reconstruction and action-adventure forensic investigation, the programs take a 21st-century approach to ancient history, following new scientific research and presenting fresh insights into how Tutankhamen was buried, why his tomb was the only one to remain intact and the enduring enigma around how he died.

It was totally fabulous, but I'm also completely exhausted because I stayed up later than usual. Both DH and I were yawning by the end of the show, but too fascinated to turn it off.   I allowed myself an extra hour of sleep this morning since it's my "day off", but I'll be running hard this morning. Then, once I get home from my errands, I'll be doing load after load of laundry and working on clearing up some of this massive computer backlog from my vacation. I'd like to be current once more so that I can keep up and even comment on people's journals in a somewhat timely manner.

So here are just a few minor pics of my favorite place - Egypt.  Here's hoping their new government will allow the country to once again be peaceful and celebrate their amazing heritage with the rest of the world.

The Great Pyramid and the pyramid complex outside of
Cairo is inspiring, despite the fact that the city of Cairo is
practically on the doorstep now and air pollution is becoming
ubiquitous. Check out the people and animals on the far
left for a sense of the scale of these monuments. 

At the far southern end of the country, near Nubia, is the temple of
Abu Simbel. This amazing structure built by Ramses II is a prime
example of monumental architecture, Egyptian-style. Twice each year the
sun is in the precise position to shine directly through the doorway and
illuminate statues of Ramses II, Amun Ra and Rah-Harakhty, leaving a
fourth statue, that of Ptah, associated with the underworld, in darkness. 

Not all of the Egyptian pantheon were male. This is the lovely Temple
of Isis at Philae. It is an island where the temple used to be only accessible
by boat. When the Aswan Dam was built, a construction project was
started that protected the temple from the waters and the broad
avenues and vast pillars can be accessed by foot now. 

One of the largest temple complexes in Egypt, and one of the more iconic
because of the appearance of its large columns in multiple films, is the
Temple of Karnak. Each Pharaoh added to this temple and the far end was
the inner sanctum of Amun Ra, principle god. This particular image is
by Eduard Hildebrandt from 1852 and was painted with watercolors and gouache.
(Follow the link above to see it in larger format.)

I have to get going and start my busy day, so that ends this small tour of Egypt. Have a wonderful Wednesday and see you tomorrow!