Tomb of Lihyan son of Kuza, asleep in the desert.

Tomb of Lihyan Son of Kuza, Hegra largest tomb. Al-Hijr - Mada’in Salih. Arabian Desert, Saudi Arabia.

 

Image dédiée à Pat. Joyeux Noël. Bisou, jolie.

 

Asleep In The Desert - ZZ Top

 

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La neblina blanca y difusa en el asfalto era un lago y la arena era de un tono azul más gris. Los espíritus mantenían el deseo mientras mis ojos admiraban la tarde que sólo creíamos conocer. Más allá del mar, oí las alas de los pájaros sobre mí. Las vibraciones en el aire hasta mis oídos. El sol estaba saliendo, escabulléndose. El día estaba preparado para partir. Desaparece el solitario anochecer del desierto.

Cierra los ojos y vuela para que los diamantes hagan la noche. El azul cristalino se convertirá en rojo rubí. Las plantas se convierten en un laberinto bajo el cielo estrellado avellana. Pegaso galopa por encima. El búfalo, de noche, sigue de cerca la orilla del río mientras el azafrán crece lentamente dentro de las cuevas. Las mentes estrelladas de jacinto, la luna debajo del eclipse de sol, el cañón arenoso, flotan más allá de las olas. El cuervo que vuela por los cielos del desierto... és más sabio que tú o que yo.

 

Desert Raven - Jonathan Wilson

 

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Low Desert - R. E. M.

Desert Rose - Cheb Mami & Sting

The Desert Song - Dead can Dance

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Gediel - Bar Kokhba Sextet (John Zorn)

Desert Montage · John Zorn

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"Lawrence of Arabia" Soundtrack (1962) / Overture - Maurice Jarre

 

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Nabatea or Nabataean Kingdom, remained independent from the 4th century BC until it was annexed by the Roman Empire in 106 AD. The successive occupation of the Nabataean Kingdom by military detachments of different origins and provenance led to the decline and eventual disappearance of a unique and different civilisation. Their records are gradually lost in the sad obscurity of history, until they disappeared forever. In 1812 the Swiss explorer Jean Louis Burckhardt found the abandoned and hidden city of Petra, the ancient capital of the Nabataean kingdom- The last written record in the Nabataean alphabet dates back to 356, in Hegra (Mada’in Salih)

 

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This is the end, beautiful friend. This is the end, my only friend. The end of our elaborate plans. The end of everything that stands. The end. No safety or surprise. The end. I'll never look into your eyes again. Can you picture what will be? So limitless and free. Desperately in need of some stranger's hand in a desperate land... Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain.

 

The End - The Doors / The Doors (1967) / Apocalypse Now (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1979)

From The Beginning - Emerson Lake & Palmer / Trilogy (1972)

 

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There might have been things I missed. But don't be unkind, it don't mean I'm blind. Not been such a fool. Whatever was done is done, I just can't recall. It doesn't matter at all. You see it's all clear. You were meant to be here... from the beginning... until the end.

 

Tomb of Lihyan son of Kuza

Done