Cairo – Maxine the Magnificent

The Boring Life of a… Button?

I was made in France around the thirteenth century. I was the proud craft of the button makers guild and I remember King Louis IX of France, pointing to myself and my brothers, proclaiming loudly that we would be used to make his jacket. I was excited as I was sewn strongly and wth prideContinue reading “The Boring Life of a… Button?”

Abu Rawash

Location – Egypt (at the northern edge of the great Egyptian necropolis of Memphis, about 8 km northwest of the Giza Plateau) Coordinates – 30.04034, 31.09242 Built by – Redjedef (third king of the 4th dynasty of ancient Egypt who ruled c. 2482–c. 2475 bce) Structure – At Abu Rawash, Redjedef started a pyramid aboutContinue reading “Abu Rawash”