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Fig. 1 - the Luxor Obelisk in Las Vegas |
OK, let's get silly for a few minutes. I recently did a trip to Las Vegas and I stopped by the Luxor Hotel to get some photos of the "Egyptianizing" decor of the place.
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Fig. 2 - the Great Sphinx of Las Vegas |
The front of the hotel / casino features a giant sphinx and obelisk, while the building itself is shaped lime a giant black pyramid. The front of the building has a temple-like front where taxi cabs can drop off and pick up passengers. The walls of this "temple" are decorated with numerous, well carved, but totally meaningless "inscriptions" (see figure 3).
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Fig. 3 - "inscriptions" on the exterior of the Luxor "Temple" |
On a previous trip to Vegas (many years ago) the hotel had an exhibit that was something like a reproduction of Tutankhamen's tomb. Not a real reproduction mind you, just something that looked like a small scale mock up of the tomb. This is gone now, replaced by places that can sell you something.
In the next post we can take a look inside the hotel at some of the Egyptianizing decor that can be seen there.
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