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Low angle perspective looking upwards along the wall and towards the ceiling, emphasizing the grandeur and height of the reliefs and incised hieroglyphs carved into the stone walls.
Above the walls, a vibrant blue ceiling with horizontal bands, represent a starry blue sky. The blue paint shows signs of age and wear. The vibrant 'Egyptian blue', the first synthetic pigment created by humans symbolized the sky and the primordial waters of creation, crucial elements in Egyptian cosmology. .
Shot from the magnificent temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu, Luxor.
Thanks to Lacey (www.flickr.com/photos/pieceoflace/) for the ID. Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, Mission, TX.
Top find by Rockwolf (one of two seen) on a rather wet Shropshire Invertebrate Group day at Lower Shortditch Turbary, Shropshire.
Luxor Temple is one of the most famous temple complexes in Egypt. This temple complex is situated on the east bank of the Nile River, in Luxor, the main city of Upper Egypt’s fourth nome. Luxor Temple was established during the New Kingdom, and became one of the most important religious complexes in Egypt. This was due to the fact that the annual Opet Festival took place in the temple. After the Pharaonic period, the site of Luxor Temple retained its religious significance, though the gods worshipped there had changed.
The city of Luxor was referred to by the ancient Egyptians as Waset, which translates to mean ‘City of the Scepter’. The Greeks, on the other hand, knew the city as Thebes. This may have been derived from Ta-ope, which means ‘The Temple’. The city’s current name comes from the Arabic ‘Al-Uqsur’, which means ‘The Palaces’ of ‘The Castles’.
Diphthera festiva
I saw kaeagles' shot and wondered if it was the same moth I had shot a while back and if I had the correct ID on mine. But then I found I hadn't posted it so went digging in my archives. It was all ready to upload, even had the ID, just got forgotten about.
Art installation at Eastern State Penitentiary
From the website:
Jared Scott Owens: Sepulture
The artist pulls from his personal experience to create a symbolic burial of an individual once incarcerated. A life-size wooden coffin in the style of a formal Egyptian burial occupies a cell at Eastern State. The coffin is covered in hieroglyphs, and the inmate’s belongings, also rendered in wood, are meant to keep the inmate’s soul satisfied throughout his stay in the afterlife. Visitors to the historic site experience this installation as if attending a funeral, coming to pay their respects to the symbolic loss of this inmate’s life.
Reproduction de la Pierre de Rosette, place des Écritures à Figeac, prés de la maison natale de Champollion.
Hiking in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona, this capture is one of many ancient sightings that I came across. Hope you enjoy the view as much as I did capturing it.
Diphthera festiva
I had an incredible amount of moths come to my moth sheet two nights ago. This was one of them. It was back again last night. The only other time I have seen one was 11 years ago in Louisiana.
Hieroglyph Fairy Lynx Spider (Hamadruas hierglyphica), female guarding newly hatched spiderlings on a suspended leaf. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).