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Despair

Despair

I am sort of reminded of Ozymandias

Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains: round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.


Except that, despite some of the statues being damaged, the Temple of Karnak is a lasting monument to...the amazing building skills of a civilisation thousands of years old, one that attracts that visitors by the millions, is massive - no photo can ever do its size justice - and serves as a reminder of how transient our own civilisation,and perhaps our own religions, are.

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