| On
18th August 12 of visited the
Millenium Dome to see the King Tut
exhibition.
We
arrived around noon and found a Thai
Restaurant. The food was truly
delicious, we all tried different menus
and enjoyed a glass of wine. Hilary had
her friend Avis visiting her from
Zimbabwe and it was great to meet her.
The
structure of the Dome is the largest of its type in
the world. Externally it appears as a
large white marquee with twelve 100 m-high
yellow support towers, one for each
month of the year, or each hour of the
clock face, representing the role played
by Greenwich Mean Time In plain
view, it is circular, 365 m in
diameter — one metre for each day of
the year — with scalloped edges. It
has become one of the United Kingdom's
most recognisable landmarks. It can
easily be seen on aerial photographs of
London. Its exterior is reminiscent of
the Dome of Discovery built for the
Festival of Britain in 1951.
Tutankhamun
was only eight or nine years old when he
became pharaoh, and reigned for
approximately ten years. In historical
terms, Tutankhamun's significance stems
from his rejection of the radical
religious innovations introduced by his
predecessor Akenhaten and that his tomb,
uniquely, in the Valley of the Kings was
discovered almost completely intact --
the most complete ancient Egyptian tomb
ever found. As Tutankhamun began his
reign at such an early age, his vizier
and eventual successor Ay was probably
making the most of the important
political decisions during Tutankhamun's
reign. |