Thursday, October 13, 2005

Egyptian motifs on everything

http://www.southflorida.com/attractions/sfl-liegypt-sideoct13,0,7937063.story?coll=sfe-attractions-headlines
"Egyptian motifs are found throughout our culture, he notes, in everything from tattoos (the ankh and the eye of Horus are particularly popular) to the pyramid on the back side of the $1 bill and that towering obelisk, the Washington Monument, far taller than any ancient Egypt ever had." A rather entertaining listing of things Egyptian-influenced in the US.

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