Following my ramble on Friday about the Egyptians and other ancient societies building temples and tombs with the idea that they will last forever, I watched a documentary about the discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb from the perspective of Howard Carter. Although it was very American and very overacted, something the actor playing Carter said really interested me:
They built with eternity in mindI already knew this to an extent, but this documentary really put that into perspective for me. The mere fact that it took them so long to find his tomb, and the many that they have yet to find, such as the infamous Cleopatra, really goes to show how much thought was put into their construction.
Here's the video series if you want to watch it (split into 9 parts):
It's given me an idea of what I can do for my piece of work, but I think I need to go away and look at some more information on my subject matter, and try to find some after effects tutorials to support this.
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