Hamilton Gardens are noted for their various themed gardens,
and a new one opened last May. Today I had
my first opportunity of visiting it.
The Egyptian Temple Garden of 4000 years ago was a place that
celebrated the meeting of this world, the heavens, and the underworld. Only priests and royal persons were allowed
to enter, and it was, of course, much much bigger than what is represented
here.
So much attention has been paid to getting the details correct
that the place was measured in the ancient Egyptian system of cubits. The garden director visited Egypt to meet
with experts in antiquities to make the garden as authentic as possible.
Possibly the most surprising part of the garden is the
brilliant colours. In many old tombs in
Egypt the colour has now faded, but chemical analysis reveals how vibrant the
colours used really were.
Our themed gardens make an awesome place to wander around,
and there were quite a few people out and about today (I was quite pleased with
myself for avoiding photographing any of them!).
Margaret 😊
Enjoyed looking at your photos. I look forward to visiting the wonderful Hamilton Gardens again on a future trip.
ReplyDeleteThat is truly amazing - a must see that I will put on my 'returning home' list. Also impressed by that escarpment photo on your new header. xxx F (and Mr T)
ReplyDeleteThe themed gardens are really worth visiting. I think you would enjoy them.
DeleteThe pharaohs could never have grasped that their grandeur would be reflected in New Zealand - in fact back then they didn't know that New Zealand existed.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great place to explore. You did well to avoid others in the photos! Take care, Margaret.
ReplyDeleteQuite the interesting place. Some of the structures they had on Egypt back in the day were incredible!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you got to visit here....
ReplyDeleteIn some of the tombs in Egypt the colours are not faded and they are spectacularly vibrant. How wonderful the Temples must have looked in their heyday.
ReplyDeleteWow, going into one of those tombs would be so awesome.
DeleteWow! That is really wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThe Egyptian Temple Garden is amazing! It's the kind of place you want to go back to and wander around again and again. I like the colourful drawings.
ReplyDeleteI am trying to figure out what the round, yellow circular things are in the paintings on the wall.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid your guess is as good as mine!
DeleteI haven't managed to get around the whole place, we only visited one portion of it a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteWow! Fantastic and nice to find a calm place :)
ReplyDeleteLove from Titti
Very Interesting!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this site seeing trip Margaret. I think a family holiday in Hamilton would be a very good idea.
ReplyDeleteLovely post
ReplyDeleteI would love to visit this place...or any garden for that matter.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun!
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