Recreation of ancient Egyptian garden on display for the first time

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18 hours ago, Helxig said:

WHAT THE F.UCK?!!

I LIVE HERE

THIS IS A 1 MIN DRIVE FROM MY HOUSE 

Never did I EVER expect to open a GGD thread about HAMILTON NZ 

But that reminds me... I haven't gone to see the new gardens yet. I forgot they'd opened

You can keep us updated if you go and experience them first hand.

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9 hours ago, Sneaky Oliver said:

Wasn't blue a very difficult color to get? But other than that, it looks cute! It's hard for me to imagine human kind has lived in a very different way than we do today 

According to edu.rsc.org,

After 2500 BCE, the Ancient Egyptians went into mass manufacture of blue pigments and produced three different hues of blue. One was manufactured from the mineral lapis lazuli and was a rich deep blue, a second was a complex silicate or glass compound which could be used to make blue faience, and a third was a blue silicate complex with natron contaminated with cobalt, producing a deep blue similar to that of Delft pottery.

The earliest evidence for the use of Egyptian blue is in the Fourth Dynasty (c.2575-2467 BCE). It appears on limestone sculptures from that period, as well as being shaped into a variety of cylinder seals and beads.

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On 7/9/2022 at 4:13 PM, Julia Fox said:

it doesn't seem historically accurate enough

One would say New Zeeland's climate isn't necessarily a 1 to 1 match to Sahara but still.  

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34 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said:

One would say New Zeeland's climate isn't necessarily a 1 to 1 match to Sahara but still.  

good point