Picture Notes

Is it here or just a dream?

I wonder how the war in Iraq will go down in the history books. Will historians talk about a Congress that ignored the people they were supposed to represent? Will those that follow us ever know the real story and the real cost of the war? Will they be able to see who made the most money off the war and write about that?

Will it be like the war pictured on this column, of the Trojans or Romans or another ancient civilization that is no longer a world power. This is a bad moment not just for the Iraq people but for all the people of the world who thought of the United States as a country that helped to create peace, wealth and stability in the world.

Why are the people who are paying for the war ignored by the people who are waging the war?

Afterlife at the British Museum

The paintings on this Egyptian coffin make me wonder if this art was for our eyes or was the art for their God’s eyes? The ancient Egyptians were trying to achieve an everlasting life and what better way that to build stone monuments and fill burial chambers with precious metals and jewels. King Tutankhamun was found wearing a gold mask and his was a short reign and he has been called a minor king who died in a possible riding or chariot accident. There are probably more people who know of him today than in his lifetime and his artifacts will continue on through time, well past the ends of our lives. Is that everlasting life? Is heaven the 2nd floor of the British Museum?

This is in the mummy room at the British Museum which is an exciting place of discovery for most who visit.

What if photographs of the drawings from ancient Egypt were made part of the esp game. What would the guesses be, would the data that is verified have any real meaning?