I had the pleasure of seeing the WA Art Gallery's Ancient Egyptian Artifacts exhibition on Friday.The artifacts on display, from the Louvre, were absolutely amazing.
At one point I was standing in front of an intricately carved piece of limestone that dated back more than 4000 years.
It's quite humbling to think of the time passed between then and now. The civilisations that have risen and fallen. The people - from leaders to peasants - that have come and gone.
The picture above is an army of individually carved statues, each about 25cm in height. There were hundreds of them, lined in rows in the one display, and they were each carved with individual markings to signify the army of a former king or pharoah.
It's amazing the effort the ancient Egyptians put into carvings, writings and paintings.
And even more amazing to think that 4000 years on, they're still around.
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