Linda didn't really like camels a whole lot
You would think that, at my age, a
person would have learned how not to become voluntarily self-overburdened with “projects”. You might think that – but you would be
wrong. At present I am juggling my
cancer blog (MyrlsBlog), as well as several other topics, “The minimum you need
to know in order to get the most out of a trip to Egypt”, and a collection
called ‘Terranes”, supplemental to Nick
Zentner’s You Tube geotectonics lectures (“Nick from Home”). Now has arisen another topic, one which I
really want to pursue – my personal recollections and reflections on the birth
of what became plate tectonics. I was an
observer, not (until much later) a participant – but my observations may be of
some little historical value someday, and with luck will be interesting right
now. I will post them on my “Frivolities”
blog, maybe under the title of “The birth of plate tectonics, as virerd from
way up in the bleachers”.
But, in the meantime, if you are
planning to visit Egypt any time soon, in lieu of personal advice I suggest
several books:
Mertz, Barbara, Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs.
Perhaps a little dated, but beautifully written
Tyldesley, Joyce, Egypt: How a lost civilization was rediscovered. History of Egyptology
Clayton, Peter, Chronicle of the Pharaohs. Probably more than you really wanted
tp know about 3000 years of Egyptian history.
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