Yes a real body, mummified in a shallow grave in the desert 5000 years ago.
The Buddha and Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
Egyptian History from the British Museum
King Ramses II
Statues of King Senwosret III
Ptolemy I
Mummy
British Museum
posted in: Observations, Travel
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On a recent trip to London for work, I found myself with an opportunity to explore some of the sights of London. Because of the nature of this trip, and the work commitments I had, there wasn’t a ton of opportunity to arrange anything ahead of time, I had to simply take advantage of whatever gaps of time I could grab up.
As it turns out, I was staying very near the British Museum, and was keen to explore some of it. Since it is free, and near by, as I found myself with a few hours, I could just pop over, and I did.
Now, regardless of how you feel about how the museum went about collecting history from all over the globe, (or stealing it if you prefer), there is no doubt that this is a great place to immerse yourself in an absolutely orgy of historical artifacts. In fact, even after two trips and hour spent there, I haven’t seen everything!
One of the nice things about this museum, however, is that with a few exceptions, photography is encouraged. So I managed to get quite a few shots of cool historical artifacts from all over the world.
I will, over the next series of posts, be sharing some of those shots with you, as well as some of the background. I hope you enjoy them!
Boating on the Columbia
Walking the Beach in the Rain
Latourell Falls
Couple of views hiking down to the base of the falls.
Multnomah Falls
Lovely End To a Great Day on the Oregon Coast
posted in: Landscape, Night Life
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Sunset over Tillamook Bay. Many more shots to come on the blog, if I ever get through the backlog of trip photos!
Detroit Lake
Detroit Lake is a reservoir behind the Detroit Dam near Salem, OR. During the Winter months, the lake is drawn down, purposefully, to make room for Spring rain and runoff from the Cascade mountain snow pack. Since we were there in March, the levels were still really low, which allowed us to get a good glimpse of a unique landscape.
We were even able to see where the cabins that used to sit river-side before the dam was built would have stood, because the foundations were not underwater in these conditions.
Of course, the fact that it was a rainy day, with plenty of fog rolling out of the surrounding mountains added to the effect.
I’m looking forward to a return trip in the Summer to see how different it all looks when the water level is higher, although with the mild Winter and lack of snow up in the Cascades this season, I’m not sure just how much higher it’ll be! Here’s hoping there’s enough rain to get it back close to normal!