Once Upon A Champollion. . .

A couple of earlier posts in these pages, if you can find them, took place in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Pere Lachaise came up again today when the subject of a conversation turned to Champollion and his travels in Egypt, the Rosetta Stone, his birth in Figeac, and that after all those astounding years in Egypt, he is buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery. By chance I happened to have photographed his tomb just a few weeks ago. . .
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The subject came up for the simple reason that there is a new and wonderful blog that has been in existence for only a few short days, but which is well worthy of taking note of, and returning to often, because there will be appearing there in the coming days some of the most extraordinary photos of Egypt one is likely to see anywhere. The blog is called "Once Upon A Time In Egypt", presented by none other than Loulou, who also takes care of the blog Indiaphragme. Whether in India, Egypt, or wherever, she is a capable and prolific photographer, offering one masterpiece after another, casting her magic spells which keep people like me coming back day in and day out, like a zebra heading for a waterhole two or three times a day, seeking the essence of life. . .
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