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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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View fullsize The Fountain of Neptune in Bologna in the grand plaza.. from the 16th century. The logo for Maserati cars comes from the tip of that trident! 🔱

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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ancient Egypt

Building the Empty Crescent

December 15, 2024
Tags: ancient Egypt, river, palace, city, archeology

City of the Sun

December 15, 2024
Tags: ancient Egypt, city, religion, archeology

Glass Mastabas

December 01, 2024
Tags: cairo, ancient Egypt, tourism, hotel, development

The Shaped View

November 30, 2024
Tags: cairo, ancient Egypt, tourism, museum, view, pyramid

At the Train Station

November 29, 2024
Tags: cairo, public art, public space, nation, Egypt, ancient Egypt, railway

A Pyramid Theme

November 27, 2024
Tags: cairo, ancient Egypt, museum, design, pyramid

The Gods Abandon the Museum

November 26, 2024
Tags: museum, ancient Egypt, construction, tourism

Order to the Desert

November 25, 2024
Tags: museum, ancient Egypt, power, art, desert

Ditching Complexity

November 25, 2024
Tags: cairo, ancient Egypt, military, public art, power

A Touch of Gentleness

November 24, 2024
Tags: cairo, museum, ancient Egypt, theology, chairs, gold

The Egyptian Museum

November 20, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, ancient Egypt, museum, art, colonialism

Olea Europea

November 08, 2024
Tags: Egypt, ancient Egypt, nation, identity, tree

The Portraits on the Wall

June 17, 2023
Tags: creationism, design, imagination, history, ancient Egypt, bible

Past as Foreign Country

June 16, 2023
Tags: museum, history, ancient Egypt, modernity

The Perspective of Graffiti

November 27, 2022
Tags: Egypt, ancient Egypt, graffiti, desert, birds, travel
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