Tuesday, June 12, 2007

The Scribe


Since viewing the King Tutankhamin (King Tut) exhibition in Chicago many years back I've been fascinated by the art and history of early Egyptians. In the Louvre in Paris sits this stunning statue of an Egyptian scibe. At over 4,500 years old its reddish color remain remarkably bright, and the face and eyes so haunting (and lifelike), that I stood in front of it, astonished and literally transfixed for the longest time.

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