Disclaimer: This is a really, really long post. If I could insert “Continue Reading” more than once, there would be like 15. I love ancient Egyptian history, so a lot of this is for me, so I don’t forget. Please feel free to skim or just look at the pictures.
In 1979, Mom took me to see the King Tut Exhibit at the De Young Museum and I, like so many who were lucky enough to see it, was bewitched.
Naturally, I was King Tut for Halloween that year, which involved a lot of gold makeup and a difficult-to-keep-on beard as I recall. Although my King Tut poster eventually came down from my closet door (replaced by Andy Gibb I think), seeing the pyramids and the land of the pharaohs remained. At some point (late 30s, 40s?), things that we called “dreams” become items on the “bucket list,” and the Great Pyramid was at the top of mine. Continue reading “Dec 11-16, Egypt: Short trip, LONG post by Cathy”