The city of Tanis is relatively unknown among Egypt’s wealth of historical sites, though it yielded one of the greatest archaeological troves ever found. Once the capital of all Egypt, Tanis’s royal tombs have yielded artifacts on par with the treasures of Tutankhamun.
Ceremonial axe of king Ahmose I,
the founder of the Eighteenth dynasty.
Made from gold, wood and precious stones. Decorated with scenes, the king appears in the form of a sphinx, vulture over lily as symbol of Upper Egypt, cobra over papyrus as symbol of Lower Egypt, finally scene “Heh” the god of eternity holds the plant signifying millions of years.
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550-1524 BC. Now in the Luxor Museum.
I went to the local zoo earlier this week (I like to go when I’m having a really rough time in life), and got to visit the hyena boys there. They were asleep the entire time but I did get some super cute photos (below)!
There’s a little dig out by the enclosure, almost like a cave, with glass(?) panelling. I went and sat down in the cave for a while, one of the boys was right near the glass, it definitely helped with my mental state. But whenever people came along (it wasn’t a busy day) I would talk to them about hyenas and converted a few people into hyena lovers too!
Godzilla is finally back on the Film Focus! This week’s film is GODZILLA: TOKYO SOS, which was directed by Masaaki Tezuka, and originally released in Japan on the 13th of December, 2003 (as GODZILLA X MOTHRA X MECHAGODZILLA: TOKYO SOS). Here’s the film’s Japanese theatrical poster.
