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1. VMFAAN_100530_074.JPG: Roman (Antioch) Section of a Floor Mosaic Depicting the Four Seasons, Late second-early third century AD This mosaic was once a part of a hallway floor in a house near Antioch, in Roman, Syria. The figures of winged boys represent the seasons: Spring (with a basket of flowers), Summer (with a sheaf of wheat), Autumn (with a basket of fruit), and Winter (cloaked, with a tray of fruit).
2. VMFAAN_100530_104.JPG: Egyptian, New Kingdom Cast of a Relief from the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Pharaoh of Egypt, 1473-1458BC (Dynasty XVIII) This relief shows the return of Hatshepsut's fleet from the land of Punt (probably somewhere on the east coat of Africa). In the two lower bands, ships return from the expedition; in the top band, workers unload exotic goods such as myrrh and a baboon. Hatshepsut was one of the few women ever to rule Egypt. The large male figure at the lower right is one of her attendants. This piece, carved in the raised-relief technique and then painted, decorated a colonnade wall in her temple, where visitors could see the figures at close range.
3. VMFAAN_100530_148.JPG: Egyptian, New Kingdom Cast of a Relief Depicting Seti I from the Temple of the God Amun-Re, 1294-1279BC (Dynasty XIX) This relief from the temple of Karnak shows King Seti I victorious over his enemies. The sunk-relief technique used here was especially appropriate for exterior walls of temples: figures carved this way are visible from great distances in bright sunlight. Although the sunken areas of these reliefs were usually painted, no traces remain on this part of the original.
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2010 photos: My office at the main Commerce Department building closed in October and I was shifted out to the Bureau of the Census in Suitland Maryland. It's good to have a job of course but that killed being able to see basically any cultural events during the day. There's basically nothing of interest that you can see around the Census building. Overnight trips this year: Civil War Trust conferences (Lexington, KY and Nashville, TN), and my 5th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles). Equipment this year: I mostly used the Fuji S100fs until the third one broke and I started sending them back for repairs. Then I used either the Fuji S200EHX or the Nikon D90 until I got the S100fs ones repaired. At the end of the year I bought a Nikon D5000 but I returned it pretty quickly. Number of photos taken this year: about 395,000..
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