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Maxi is cute, Ella too. The best is me. -Berlin
And the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls...
All dressed up...
with somewhere groovy to go, the
Neues Museum's ancient Egypt collection!
King Amenemhet . 1840-1800 BCE
no weapons or taxes for genocide
would be great
statuette of a hybrid goddess . 3100-2700 BCE
but here are some other museum photos before we hit the streets again
400-200 BCE
colossal fragment (58cm tall), probably Alexander the Great . 200 BCE
1340 BCE
Akhenaten, Nefertiti and three daughters beneath a sun god . 1345 BCE
painted ceramics . 2nd century BCE . Cypress
900-800 BCE . Cypress . but could be Chaco
first half of the 2nd century BCE
statue of a squatting hawk . 1388-1351 BCE
Queen Amanitore . 1-25 CE
sarcophagus detail
papyrus . Book of the Dead . ca 1900 BCE
Tablet with inscription of foundation document of Adad-Nirari I . 1295-1263 BCE
The account ends with a curse: May the gods punish anyone who alters the wording.
Book of the Dead
sarcophagus with writing inside . ca 600 BCE
son of Horus Duamutef (with Jackal head) . 746-332 BCE
Canopic jar (for holding entrails) . 100-800 BCE
young woman with cat . 1292-1186 BCE
sculpture models . 664-250 BCE
Akhenaten . ca 1340 BCE
royals in relief . "Stroll in the Garden" . 1335 BCE
Akhenaten . 1345 BCE
gods on the red carpet . colossal statue of a goddess . 138-161 CE
goddess Sakhmet . 1360 BCE
Helios . 138-161 CE
time wounds all heels
... and adios Berlin. Till next time.
