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At a pullout along the Capitol Gorge Road with a view looking to the northwest through some nearby cliff walls to the Golden Throne off in the distance. My thinking in composing this image was to pull back a little on the focal length, including some of the nearby cliff walls to frame the setting of the foreground, and draw the viewer into the image with the more distant sandstone formation of the Golden Throne. This is in Capitol Reef National Park.
A setting looking to the north-northwest while taking in views across sandstone cliff walls and other more distant eroded formations along the Capitol Gorge Road in Capitol Reef National Park. The more distant formation framed between the cliff walls is the Golden Throne.
The light-colored, rounded knob in the distance, dubbed the Golden Throne (no reference to a certain modern-day American politician), is very similar to the Capitol Dome formation in that it is an outlier from the overwhelming rust-redness of the majority of Capitol Reef National Park's landscape. I believe it too is comprised of Navajo sandstone.
The Golden Throne is carved in wood and gilded in gold with semiprecious stones adorning a mural on the back. The mural displays the king being anointed by his wife, Ankhesonamun. This naturalistic pose is typical of the Amarna Period, the era of the reign of King Tut’s father, Akhenaten (1353-1336 BCE), known as the heretic king. The religious reforms Akhenaten initiated would not last beyond his death. His son and successor King Tut (c. 1336-1327 BCE) reversed his father’s policies and brought back traditional religious practices.
"Treasures of Egypt" exhibit in the Las Vegas Natural History Museum.
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Egyptian archeologist Zahi Hawass just announced the discovery of a secret corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza which could lead to even more discoveries. It just so happens that Dr. Hawass, Egypt's former Minister of State of Antiquities Affairs, will be touring the USA in May & June 2023 lecturing on the "Secrets of Ancient Egypt -- New Discoveries."
The scene on the backrest depicts the king relaxing on his throne with his feet resting on a low stool with cushions. He is wearing a short wig surmounted by a composite crown and the typical pleated robe of the time, which left his prominent stomach uncovered, a feature typical of the Amarna period.
Ankhesenamun stands in front of the king, rubbing ointment on the left shoulder of her young consort. The queen is leaning slightly forward and in her left hand she holds the cup containing the unguent. She is wearing a wig cut diagonally at the back and surmounted by a crown featuring the emblem of the goddess Hathor (a diadem of uraei on which a solar disc rests, enclosed within a pair of horns, and from which two tall plumes project). The queen's pleated robe in silver features a subtle play of transparencies around her legs.
Behind the queen is a small table with long legs on which a necklace has been placed. The entire scene is enclosed within an elaborate frame of floral motifs, open in the upper centre section where the Aten solar disc is situated.
18th dynasty
Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tutankhamun, KV62
JE 62028
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
One of the apotropaic lion heads at the front of the golden throne
18th dynasty
Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tutankhamun, KV62
JE 62028
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Trek Day 8 - Concordia (4700m).
Glacial gullies.
In the heart of the Karakorams of northern Pakistan lies an amphitheatre of high mountains which truly has no parallel. The American climber and photographer Galen Rowell described it as the ‘Throne Room of the Mountain Gods’. When you stand at the glacial junction known as Concordia and survey the phenomenal array of summits which includes four of the world’s 12 mountain peaks more than 8000 metres high, it is difficult to disagree with him. The four mountains are: K-2 (8611m), Gasherbrum-I (8086m), Broad Peak (8047m) and Gasherbrum-II (8035m).
For orientation, imagine Concordia as a 'T' junction of glaciers. The bottom of the 'T' represents the snout of the 60km long Baltoro Glacier. As you make your way up to the junction, Gasherbrum-IV ((7925m), resembling an inverted 'V', lies directly in front of you. At the left and right corners of the junction are Marbal Peak (6256m) and Mitre Peak (6010m) respectively. On the right of the junction is the Vigne Glacier and you can see the Golden Throne (7312m) and Chogolisa (7653m) lie on its either side like guardians to a throne room. On the left of the junction is Godwin-Austin Glacier. At the head of Godwin-Austin Glacier is the majestic pyramid of K-2. At 8611m, K-2 is the second highest mountain in the world. Chagori, the Balti name of K-2, means the King of Mountains.
There is no good abandonment without a good specimen of fours. A Golden Throne appeared before our eyes in a room of infinite light.
Thanks to my friend Alvaro's Pix for your advice and help preparing lighting.
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No hay un buen abandono sin un buen ejemplar de cuatro patas. Un trono de oro apareció ante nuestros ojos en una sala de luz infinita.
Gracias a mi amigo Alvaro's Pix por sus consejos y ayuda a la hora de preparar la iluminación.
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The most spectacular of Tutankhamun's six chairs is the so-called 'Golden Throne'. It is an elaborated armchair of wood overlaid with sheet gold and silver and inlaid with the usual blend of coloured glass, faience and semi-precious stones. The animal legs, originally linked by grilles (removed in antiquity by the tomb robbers) representing the 'binding of the Two Lands' (sma-tawy), are of a type that goes back to the beginnings of Egyptian furniture design. Here they adopt a leonine form, a theme continued in the apotropaic lion heads which protrude from the front. The openwork side-panels of the char take the form of winged uraei adorned with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, which present the nomen of the king in its earlier, -aten form. Four more uraei decorate the back of the throne, two on either side of the central stile.
The focus of this chair is the sloping back with its inlaid scene (in the relaxed Amarna style) of the queen anointing her young husband with perfume within a floral pavilion open to the rays of the Aten, which is here referred to in its later name-form. Certain details of this panel have been altered since it was first made - most noticeably the head-ornaments worn by the royal coupe which in their final form cut through the life-giving rays of the disc. The queen's wig appears also to been reduced in size, leaving the pleated ribbons of the fillet hanging unattached. The repoussé inscriptions to the left and right of the couple refer to them with the -amun forms of their names; these names too appear to been altered. These alterations are perhaps to be construed as part of a refurbishment (not fully completed) to which the chair had been subjected before it was introduced into the tomb, and to which two hieratic notations on the rear right legs perhaps relate.
Text from: Nicholas Reeves: The complete Tutankhamun
18th dynasty
Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tutankhamun, KV62
JE 62028
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
The footrest of the throne of Tutankhamun is constructed of heavy wood, gessoed, gilded and inlaid with blue faience and yellow stone. The top surface carries a design consisting of three Nubians and three Asiatics, the chieftains of 'all foreign lands (who) are under his (the king's) feet'.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo"
The footrest of the throne of Tutankhamun is constructed of heavy wood, gessoed, gilded and inlaid with blue faience and yellow stone. The top surface carries a design consisting of three Nubians and three Asiatics, the chieftains of 'all foreign lands (who) are under his (the king's) feet'.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Trek Day 8 - Concordia (4700m).
Glacial gullies.
In the heart of the Karakorams of northern Pakistan lies an amphitheatre of high mountains which truly has no parallel. The American climber and photographer Galen Rowell described it as the ‘Throne Room of the Mountain Gods’. When you stand at the glacial junction known as Concordia and survey the phenomenal array of summits which includes four of the world’s 12 mountain peaks more than 8000 metres high, it is difficult to disagree with him. The four mountains are: K-2 (8611m), Gasherbrum-I (8086m), Broad Peak (8047m) and Gasherbrum-II (8035m).
For orientation, imagine Concordia as a 'T' junction of glaciers. The bottom of the 'T' represents the snout of the 60km long Baltoro Glacier. As you make your way up to the junction, Gasherbrum-IV ((7925m), resembling an inverted 'V', lies directly in front of you. At the left and right corners of the junction are Marbal Peak (6256m) and Mitre Peak (6010m) respectively. On the right of the junction is the Vigne Glacier and you can see the Golden Throne (7312m) and Chogolisa (7653m) lie on its either side like guardians to a throne room. On the left of the junction is Godwin-Austin Glacier. At the head of Godwin-Austin Glacier is the majestic pyramid of K-2. At 8611m, K-2 is the second highest mountain in the world. Chagori, the Balti name of K-2, means the King of Mountains.
One last look before the drive to Bryce Canyon (I started the day at Arches, and hiked Goblin Valley before reaching Capitol Reef)
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Built from fastened pieces of wood and then covered in gold sheeting or painted gilding, the detail was then carved and completed with semi-precious stones and coloured glass. The throne is almost completely intact, with the only missing piece being the vertical struts between the seat and the leg braces.
Trek Day 8 - Concordia (4700m).
Glacial gullies.
This image is published in NASA Earth Observatory website.
In the heart of the Karakorams of northern Pakistan lies an amphitheatre of high mountains which truly has no parallel. The American climber and photographer Galen Rowell described it as the ‘Throne Room of the Mountain Gods’. When you stand at the glacial junction known as Concordia and survey the phenomenal array of summits which includes four of the world’s 12 mountain peaks more than 8000 metres high, it is difficult to disagree with him. The four mountains are: K-2 (8611m), Gasherbrum-I (8086m), Broad Peak (8047m) and Gasherbrum-II (8035m).
For orientation, imagine Concordia as a 'T' junction of glaciers. The bottom of the 'T' represents the snout of the 60km long Baltoro Glacier. As you make your way up to the junction, Gasherbrum-IV ((7925m), resembling an inverted 'V', lies directly in front of you. At the left and right corners of the junction are Marbal Peak (6256m) and Mitre Peak (6010m) respectively. On the right of the junction is the Vigne Glacier and you can see the Golden Throne (7312m) and Chogolisa (7653m) lie on its either side like guardians to a throne room. On the left of the junction is Godwin-Austin Glacier. At the head of Godwin-Austin Glacier is the majestic pyramid of K-2. At 8611m, K-2 is the second highest mountain in the world. Chagori, the Balti name of K-2, means the King of Mountains.
Visit Heritage Key to see more of my exclusive photography of the Golden Throne of King Tutankhamun!
Winged cobras form the arms of the throne, and they wear the double crowns that represent a united Egypt. The theme continues along the back support with smaller cobras peering out, with one wearing the silver crown of Upper Egypt, and the other adorned with the gold crown of Lower Egypt.
Visit Heritage Key to see more of my exclusive photography of the Golden Throne of King Tutankhamun!
Winged cobras form the arms of the throne, and they wear the double crowns that represent a united Egypt. The theme continues along the back support with smaller cobras peering out, with one wearing the silver crown of Upper Egypt, and the other adorned with the gold crown of Lower Egypt.
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The Golden Throne
This chair is by far the most spectacular of the six found in Tutankhamun's tomb. The wood frame was wrapped with sheets of gold and silver and then inlaid with an array of semiprecious stones, faience and colored glass, which together were worked into a wealth of symbolic and decorative elements. Finely detailed lion's legs support the chair, while the arm panels take the form of winged uraei (or cobras) surmounted by the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Partially visible is the exquisitely rendered chair back, which depicts Queen Ankhesenamun anointing her husband beneath the life-giving rays of the sun disc.
View from the aptly named Sunset Point. While I would have loved to stay, I had to get to the Bryce Canyon Lodge at a reasonable hour :) (plus it snowed that night anyway)
Visit Heritage Key to see more of my exclusive photography of the Golden Throne of King Tutankhamun!
Dating from the start of Tutankhamun's reign, the throne bears the name of King Tutankhamun and his wife Ankhsenamen (The actual inscription reads "Tutankhaten" and "Ankhsenpaaten" - the names given to them at birth)
Trek Day 8 - Concordia (4700m).
Glacial gullies.
In the heart of the Karakorams of northern Pakistan lies an amphitheatre of high mountains which truly has no parallel. The American climber and photographer Galen Rowell described it as the ‘Throne Room of the Mountain Gods’. When you stand at the glacial junction known as Concordia and survey the phenomenal array of summits which includes four of the world’s 12 mountain peaks more than 8000 metres high, it is difficult to disagree with him. The four mountains are: K-2 (8611m), Gasherbrum-I (8086m), Broad Peak (8047m) and Gasherbrum-II (8035m).
For orientation, imagine Concordia as a 'T' junction of glaciers. The bottom of the 'T' represents the snout of the 60km long Baltoro Glacier. As you make your way up to the junction, Gasherbrum-IV ((7925m), resembling an inverted 'V', lies directly in front of you. At the left and right corners of the junction are Marbal Peak (6256m) and Mitre Peak (6010m) respectively. On the right of the junction is the Vigne Glacier and you can see the Golden Throne (7312m) and Chogolisa (7653m) lie on its either side like guardians to a throne room. On the left of the junction is Godwin-Austin Glacier. At the head of Godwin-Austin Glacier is the majestic pyramid of K-2. At 8611m, K-2 is the second highest mountain in the world. Chagori, the Balti name of K-2, means the King of Mountains.
Trek Day 8 - Concordia (4700m).
Golden Throne (7312m).
In the heart of the Karakorams of northern Pakistan lies an amphitheatre of high mountains which truly has no parallel. The American climber and photographer Galen Rowell described it as the ‘Throne Room of the Mountain Gods’. When you stand at the glacial junction known as Concordia and survey the phenomenal array of summits which includes four of the world’s 12 mountain peaks more than 8000 metres high, it is difficult to disagree with him. The four mountains are: K-2 (8611m), Gasherbrum-I (8086m), Broad Peak (8047m) and Gasherbrum-II (8035m).
For orientation, imagine Concordia as a 'T' junction of glaciers. The bottom of the 'T' represents the snout of the 60km long Baltoro Glacier. As you make your way up to the junction, Gasherbrum-IV ((7925m), resembling an inverted 'V', lies directly in front of you. At the left and right corners of the junction are Marbal Peak (6256m) and Mitre Peak (6010m) respectively. On the right of the junction is the Vigne Glacier and you can see the Golden Throne (7312m) and Chogolisa (7653m) lie on its either side like guardians to a throne room. On the left of the junction is Godwin-Austin Glacier. At the head of Godwin-Austin Glacier is the majestic pyramid of K-2. At 8611m, K-2 is the second highest mountain in the world. Chagori, the Balti name of K-2, means the King of Mountains.
The chair is of wood overlaid with gold sheet and lavishly decorated. The scene is of Ankhesenamun the wife of Tutankhamun anointing the young seated king beneath the life giving rays of the golden sun disc. The 18th Dynasty Pharaoh ruled Egypt c1333-1323 BC.
Not a very satisfying photograph: taken in 2001 when photography without flash was allowed in the museum (although many automatic-camera owners flashed away regardless). More recently, photography in the Museum has been banned.
Trek Day 8 - Concordia (4700m).
In the heart of the Karakorams of northern Pakistan lies an amphitheatre of high mountains which truly has no parallel. The American climber and photographer Galen Rowell described it as the ‘Throne Room of the Mountain Gods’. When you stand at the glacial junction known as Concordia and survey the phenomenal array of summits which includes four of the world’s 12 mountain peaks more than 8000 metres high, it is difficult to disagree with him. The four mountains are: K-2 (8611m), Gasherbrum-I (8086m), Broad Peak (8047m) and Gasherbrum-II (8035m).
For orientation, imagine Concordia as a 'T' junction of glaciers. The bottom of the 'T' represents the snout of the 60km long Baltoro Glacier. As you make your way up to the junction, Gasherbrum-IV ((7925m), resembling an inverted 'V', lies directly in front of you. At the left and right corners of the junction are Marbal Peak (6256m) and Mitre Peak (6010m) respectively. On the right of the junction is the Vigne Glacier and you can see the Golden Throne (7312m) and Chogolisa (7653m) lie on its either side like guardians to a throne room. On the left of the junction is Godwin-Austin Glacier. At the head of Godwin-Austin Glacier is the majestic pyramid of K-2. At 8611m, K-2 is the second highest mountain in the world. Chagori, the Balti name of K-2, means the King of Mountains.
The Topkapı Palace is a large museum in Istanbul, Turkey. In the 15th and 16th centuries it served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans.
Construction, ordered by the Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, began in 1459, six years after the conquest of Constantinople. Topkapı was originally called the "New Palace" to distinguish it from the Old Palace in Beyazıt Square. In the 19th century it was given the name Topkapı, meaning Cannon Gate. The complex expanded over the centuries, with major renovations after the 1509 earthquake and the 1665 fire. The palace complex consists of four main courtyards and many smaller buildings. Female members of the Sultan's family lived in the harem while leading state officials held meetings in the Imperial Council building.
After the 17th century Topkapı gradually lost its importance. The sultans of that period preferred to spend more time in their new palaces along the Bosphorus.
Trek Day 8 - Concordia (4700m).
In the heart of the Karakorams of northern Pakistan lies an amphitheatre of high mountains which truly has no parallel. The American climber and photographer Galen Rowell described it as the ‘Throne Room of the Mountain Gods’. When you stand at the glacial junction known as Concordia and survey the phenomenal array of summits which includes four of the world’s 12 mountain peaks more than 8000 metres high, it is difficult to disagree with him. The four mountains are: K-2 (8611m), Gasherbrum-I (8086m), Broad Peak (8047m) and Gasherbrum-II (8035m).
For orientation, imagine Concordia as a 'T' junction of glaciers. The bottom of the 'T' represents the snout of the 60km long Baltoro Glacier. As you make your way up to the junction, Gasherbrum-IV ((7925m), resembling an inverted 'V', lies directly in front of you. At the left and right corners of the junction are Marbal Peak (6256m) and Mitre Peak (6010m) respectively. On the right of the junction is the Vigne Glacier and you can see the Golden Throne (7312m) and Chogolisa (7653m) lie on its either side like guardians to a throne room. On the left of the junction is Godwin-Austin Glacier. At the head of Godwin-Austin Glacier is the majestic pyramid of K-2. At 8611m, K-2 is the second highest mountain in the world. Chagori, the Balti name of K-2, means the King of Mountains.
Trek Day 8 - Concordia (4700m).
In the heart of the Karakorams of northern Pakistan lies an amphitheatre of high mountains which truly has no parallel. The American climber and photographer Galen Rowell described it as the ‘Throne Room of the Mountain Gods’. When you stand at the glacial junction known as Concordia and survey the phenomenal array of summits which includes four of the world’s 12 mountain peaks more than 8000 metres high, it is difficult to disagree with him. The four mountains are: K-2 (8611m), Gasherbrum-I (8086m), Broad Peak (8047m) and Gasherbrum-II (8035m).
For orientation, imagine Concordia as a 'T' junction of glaciers. The bottom of the 'T' represents the snout of the 60km long Baltoro Glacier. As you make your way up to the junction, Gasherbrum-IV ((7925m), resembling an inverted 'V', lies directly in front of you. At the left and right corners of the junction are Marbal Peak (6256m) and Mitre Peak (6010m) respectively. On the right of the junction is the Vigne Glacier and you can see the Golden Throne (7312m) and Chogolisa (7653m) lie on its either side like guardians to a throne room. On the left of the junction is Godwin-Austin Glacier. At the head of Godwin-Austin Glacier is the majestic pyramid of K-2. At 8611m, K-2 is the second highest mountain in the world. Chagori, the Balti name of K-2, means the King of Mountains.