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August 2024

August 28, 2024

A Week in Paris–Part Eighteen (the Park)

On our first day in Paris we went for a walking tour in the Luxembourg...

August 27, 2024

A Week in Paris–Part Seventeen (the Louvre)

O.K. So there was more at the Louvre that I had good pictures of, particularly...

August 26, 2024

A Week in Paris– Part Sixteen (the Louvre)

Let's start off with celestial glory, which is the name of this work by Michel...

August 25, 2024

A Week in Paris–Part Fifteen (the Louvre)

Certainly one of my favorite paintings based the NT Apocrypha is Joseph and the boy...

August 24, 2024

A Week in Paris– Part Fourteen (The Louvre)

The Louvre, besides being one of the world's largest museums, now divided into three major...

August 23, 2024

A Week in Paris–Part Thirteen ( Eglise Jerusalem Brothers)

Yuliya wanted to show us this church for several reasons-- firstly, she was baptized here,...

August 22, 2024

A Week in Paris–Part Twelve (Lunch and the Jewish Quarter)

Man cannot live by art alone, and so we did some window shopping, and stop...

August 21, 2024

A Week in Paris– Part Eleven (St. Sulpice)

There is a French website of sacred sites, that says, there are 14 must see...

August 20, 2024

A Week in Paris– Part 10 (Notre Dame)

Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll already know about the terrible fire that...

August 19, 2024

A Week in Paris– Part Nine (Orsay)

There are not many Renoir paintings in this museum, but then there was a debate...

August 18, 2024

A Week in Paris–Part Eight (Orsay)

  As I said earlier, Orsay is the go to place to see the Impressionists,...

August 17, 2024

A Week in Paris– Part Seven (Orsay)

Well let's start with the sculptures in Orsay which are considerable.  Orsay  is  a big ...

August 16, 2024

A Week in Paris–Part Six

The go to museum for Impressionist lovers is Musee d'Orsay. Hands down. And it is...

August 15, 2024

A Week in Paris– Part Five (more Cluny)

One of the things I like least about the middle ages era of church history...

August 14, 2024

A Week in Paris–Part Four (Cluny)

One museum I had never visited in Paris was Cluny, which was once a monastery...

August 13, 2024

A Week in Paris–Part Three (Ste.-Chappelle)

There are churches with members, and then there are special chapels built as reliquaries, that...

August 12, 2024

A Week in Paris– Part Two

The water lily pond at Monet's Giverny home is of course the center of the...

August 11, 2024

A Week in Paris– Part One

On the way home from Turkey, we stopped in Paris to see our gal Yuliya...

August 10, 2024

The Ankara Museum and Others Revisited

There is much more in the Ankara museum than just Hittite remains, and this post...

August 09, 2024

Mt. Nimrud– A Rude Awakening

Sometimes, your mind writes checks your body can't cash any more.  And this happened to...

August 08, 2024

Commagene Cities/Sites– Part Three

You can just see the tumulus in the distance behind the sign.

August 07, 2024

Commagene Cities– Part Two

Arsemeia in some ways was the capital of the Commagene kingdom, located way up on...

August 06, 2024

Commagene Sites— Part One

Yes I know, you've probably never heard of the Commagene kingdom, and you are confused...

August 05, 2024

The Attaturk Dam and its Consequences

There are in fact five such dams, but here pictured is the main one. These...

August 04, 2024

Hattusha– Part Four

The most memorable parts of Hattusha are the wall carvings in Chambers A and B. ...

August 03, 2024

Hattusha– Part Three

There are some significant tunnels in the upper city, one of which has interesting paintings...

August 02, 2024

Hattusha– Part Two

The upper city reveals a lot more including some impressive gates. Here's first my wife,...

August 01, 2024

Hattusha– Part One

Hattusha, like the Hittite empire is a huge and sprawling site that one cannot cover...

July 2024

July 31, 2024

More Adana Museum

Then there is this monumental inscription involving Ashurbanipal, the king of Assyria in the 7th...

July 30, 2024

Antioch Part Two

The Museum Hotel in Antioch is a spectacular place-- a hotel which was built over,...

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