duccio

I watched a video about the finding of two mummies buried 2 feet below the sand, in an ancient necropolis in Egypt 4500 years ago. They were a mother and her child.

I wonder how colossal 45's will be? (I'm referring to his mausoleum.) Probably rated more sumptuous than Augustus's, huh, and Mexico's gonna pay for it too.

Ex. 6 is a selection of ephemera found in the mound. There were more of them, but they had faded and were illegible. Ex. 7 is a wadded up pile of napkins, and below, a characteristic example of the many love letters I recieve almost daily. It's penned on the back of an envelope. The napkins appear to have an indistinct image of my default LJ icon on them, or maybe it is another miraculous Sudarium discovery. There are several, why not this one too?

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One of my old work gloves. Left hand. Found deep in the heap.

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A coffee can filled with push pins, labeled as such, with the inclusion of some drawing paraphernalia.

In the tell mound, there is a very small porcelain cat. It was hard to see clearly, so I decided to make a trial drawing to see what I could see. I'll try again for the final; I sent this one off to Kim in Tucson. This will do here for now until I draw another.

Here are a ceramic piggy bank and a silver metal, heart shaped pendant that says "I love you" (must be Rikki's) that I found on my cabinet / tell. The piggy bank was empty; the cork in the bottom gone. What other fascinating finds will there be?

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I think maybe it is from India. The front has an elaborate, primitive chip carving. There's an accumulated mound of this and that on top. It's almost like an archaeological site: a tell. I think I'll excavate the mound over the next few entries.