Showing posts with label antiquities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antiquities. Show all posts

Sunday, October 4, 2009

TRAVEL THE WORLD - BATH, ENGLAND


A visit to these Roman baths will make it easy to imagine what one very important feature of life in ancient Rome was like. The photo was taken in 1997 when my husband Paul, my son Jason and I had a holiday in England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Friday, September 25, 2009

TRAVEL THE WORLD - KARNAK, EGYPT


People are dwarfed by the huge pillars at Karnak, giving an impression that the individual may not have counted for much in ancient Egypt. The scale of the temples and palaces must be admired, and some of the treasures are truly beautiful. Nevertheless, the main impact for me, especially in comparison with the celebration of humanity that must have inspired the sculptures of ancient Greece, is one of brute power and control on the part of the Pharaohs.