from “The Giza Pyramids: Accommodating Tourism, Leisure and Consumption” by Petra Kuppinger, Franklin and Marshall College.
"Hieroglyphics were a mystery for so many years because it is a hybrid system. Some of the pictures represent concepts and others represent phonetic sounds as part of words. More than twenty-four hundred hieroglyphs have been found. Translation is therefore extremely difficult." Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt by Maria Carmela Betro.
"The hieroglyphic texts found at Philae date from the fourth century A.D. In the course of almost four thousand years, the system was subject to contrasting forces: the conservative tradition which wanted the writing fixed forever as it had been created and those who wished to update the code and adapt it to Egypt's new horizons." Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt by Maria Carmela Betro.
"We're all from Africa," she answered gracefully. "It's the Mother Country. Everyone, in one way or another, can be traced back to Africa." Donald C. Johanson, Ph.D., professor of anthropology and Director of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University. Dr. Johanson is best known for his discovery of "Lucy", a 3.2 million-year old Australopithecus afarensis skeleton he found in 1974 in Ethiopia. His books include Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind and, most recently, From Lucy to Language. Dr. Johnason hosted Emmy-nominated NOVA television series In Search of Human Origins. http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/fghij/johanson donald.html.
"It was a scene of starving people and teams of men dragging the pyramid capstone in great detail. All representational forms were drawn in accordance with a strict canon for the human figure, by which the ratio between different parts of the body was always the same, no matter the size. The human body was drawn with the head in profile, the shoulders and chest frontally, and the lower torso and legs in profile. Though anatomically impossible, it was remarkably lifelike." p. 53, Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Edited by Francesco Tiradritti, Publishers: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
"Well," began Mr. Mariette with some apprehension, "a rider's horse stumbled into a hole, revealing a mud-brick wall. When we investigated, we uncovered a small, densely packed cemetery of mud-brick and stone tombs in various shapes and sizes. It appears to be a burial ground." p. 53, Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Edited by Francesco Tiradritti, Publishers: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. The discovery was actually made in recent times but in the same manner and location as described, a burial ground covered by sand. I was unable to find the actual date of excavation and the length of time the excavation required.
"It appears to be a series of magical spells and utterances based on solar and Osirian religious beliefs which seek to ensure a prosperous afterlife for the king." "The Pyramid Texts", p. 53, Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Edited by Francesco Tiradritti, Publishers: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
"So powerful was the magic of the written word that its presence alone made the expressed thought a future reality." "The Pyramid Texts", p. 53, Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Edited by Francesco Tiradritti, Publishers: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
"Sweet Princess, if through this wicked witch's trick, a spindle should your finger prick, a ray of hope there still may be in this, the gift I give to thee. Not in death, but just in sleep, this fateful prophecy you'll keep. And from this slumber you shall wake, when true love's kiss the spell shall break." Merryweather, Disney's Sleeping Beauty, 1959.
"Gloria in excelsis Deo" (Latin for "Glory to God in the highest")
Wonderful website on British garden birds:
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/
I don't call too many websites "charming", but this one truly is - because you also get to hear to sounds each bird makes! And this website has both the song and the alarm call of each bird. If you have been dying all your life to know what a nightingale sounds, you can hear it here.
All these men's perfumes are Guerlain, all over 80 years old but actually a bit more recent than the time of this book:
eau du coq (1894), water of cock?
Mouchoir de Monsieur (1904), Mister's Handkerchief, (Handkerchief of Mister).
Vol de Nuit (1933), a green leather semi-ambered chypre.
Chypre is the name of a family (or concept) of perfumes characterized by a hesperidic top note of citrus notes such as bergamot, orange, lemon or neroli,
William Ewart Gladstone was prime minister: 1868 – 1874, 1880 – 1885, 1886 – 1886, 1892 – 1894. Gladstone supported Irish Home Rule.
Even though Harrods is a luxury store, Harrods probably did have fishing poles - they carried sporting gear, and their motto is The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique—All Things for All People, Everywhere. Several of its departments, including the seasonal Christmas department and the Food Hall, are world famous. - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrods
Thubten Gyatso would have actually been very young in 1882 (approximately 6 years old). Thubten Gyatso was the 13th Dalai Lama (1876-12/17/33). He was a great reformer who was responsible for restoring discipline in monastic life and for increasing the number of lay officials to avoid excessive power being placed in the hands of the monks. Also, legislation was introduced to counter corruption among officials, a national taxation system was established, and a police force was created. As a result of his contacts with foreign powers and their representatives, he showed an interest in world affairs and introduced electricity, the telephone and the first motor car to Tibet. nationmaster.com. Ideas represented here as partially Val's were probably Thubten Gyatso's who most assuredly instigated them.
" . . . as she recalled their trek to Tibet following an initial brief first assignment in Kashgar of Chinese Turkistan. A lonely Kirghiz herdsman wandering with his flocks beheld a determined Englishwoman striding towards the very top of the 12,000-foot Terek Dawan pass carrying a parasol and wearing an outfit of her own invention which consisted of woolen puttees, fur-lined gloves, a riding habit of the stoutest English tweed covered by a leather coat, a gauze veil, and goggles. If the herdsman had been able to see beneath the gauze and goggles, he would have seen that her cheeks and lips were swollen and her skin sunburnt. But her eyes sparkled . . ." A direct quote from Daughters of Brittania: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives, by Katie Hickman, referencing Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia, Miss Ella Sykes and Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes, KCIE CB CMG.A traveler would actually not have taken this route until the outbreak of World War 1 when the normal route was too dangerous. In 1915 a trip to Kashgar was one of the most difficult journeys on earth. Despite the discomfort, Ella Sykes later recorded, "Such slight drawbacks matter little to the true traveler who has succumbed to the lure of the Open Road, and to the glamour of the Back of Beyond." This is a fascinating book and highly recommended.
About the Author
Suzette’s goal in writing historical fiction is that you, the reader, will engage in a magical journey and time travel through her books.
Suzette Hollingsworth grew up in Wyoming and Texas, went to school in Tennessee (Sewanee), lived in Europe two summers, and now resides in a Bavarian theme town in beautiful Washington State with her cartoonist/author husband Clint, Barney D. Barncat, and Rambo Velcro the Bijon Frise/Yorkie (definitely not the Alpha).
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