Anna Dow
aedbrla.bsky.social
Anna Dow
@aedbrla.bsky.social
Lawyer, Egyptomaniac, LSU graduate student studying the reception of Egyptian art in Europe, and LSU football fan. Also fan of Hoyas and Pelicans basketball.
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Night geometry, Dumaine and N Rampart, New Orleans
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Last night's moon smiling over the lake, New Orleans
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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In honor of Jerry Orbach's 90th birthday, please enjoy him,along with Angela Lansbury, recording Be Our Guest from Beauty and the Beast.
October 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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I am living for the sumo wrestlers having fun playing tourists while preparing for the sumo tournament in London
October 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Architecturally trapped moon, Royal at St Philip, New Orleans
October 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Ripples in the river, New Orleans
September 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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A silent brass band enters Armstrong park after closing time, New Orleans
September 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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NEWS: The Manhattan DA has issued an arrest warrant for a California antiquities collector, Aaron Mendelsohn, alleging he knowing bought a bronze sculpture looted from Bubon, Turkiye and conspired with prominent experts to disguise its illicit history.

A thread...

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/a...
Arrest Warrant Says Buyer of ‘Nude Emperor’ Bronze Knew It Was Looted
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Twilight in the Marigny, New Orleans
September 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Pirates alley under the moon, New Orleans
September 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Moon over Chartres street, New Orleans
August 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Italy has lost one of its fiercest cultural guardians, and ARCA has lost a brilliant friend, mentor, and ally. art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/08/ital...
Italy has lost one of its fiercest cultural guardians, and ARCA has lost a brilliant friend, mentor, and ally.
"A blog about art crimes, illicit trafficking, forgery, art theft and cultural heritage protection."
art-crime.blogspot.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Okay I'm going to join in.

One like, one fact/opinion about portrait panels/Roman Egypt.
I'll play.

One like, one Athenian legal case.
I'm knackered after a full day of travelling yesterday, so let's do this.

One like, one curse tablet.
August 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Man with two dogs, Bourbon street, New Orleans
August 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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If you want to see the full gallery from the August 2025 Cars and Coffee event in New Orleans, I published them in this blog post, but I'll also be publishing some photos here as well.

#photography #fotografia #sonyphotography #automotive #carphotography #nolasky
Cars and Coffee, New Orleans, August 2025
Photos taken at the New Orleans Cars and Coffee event at the lake, August 2025.
www.flowstateneworleans.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Bienville under the moon, Decatur street, New Orleans
July 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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View of the setting crescent moon from the Bywater, New Orleans
July 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Crescent moon setting, view from Algiers, New Orleans
July 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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maybe there's still some good left in this world after all
July 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Allegations of fraud, tax evasion, misappropriation of funds, abuse, and exploitation shatter the polished veneer of Guggenheim-Asher, an ultra-high-end firm whose clients included celebrities like Tom Cruise and corporations such as Sony and Coca-Cola.

news.artnet.com/market/promi...
Prominent Art Advisory Implodes After 37 Years, as Ex-Partners Fire Off Lawsuits | Artnet News
Art advisors Barbara Guggenheim and Abigail Asher are locked in a $20 million legal fight, with explosive claims of fraud, and abuse.
news.artnet.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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And on the other side of the hippo there’s a little butterfly perched on a lotus flower stem! 🦛🦋 💙
July 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Happy weekend! 🦛💙

Here’s a wonderful c. 4,000 year-old ancient Egyptian glossy blue hippo decorated with a little bird perched on the stem of a lotus flower.

Egyptian Museum Cairo 📷 by me

#Archaeology
July 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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The Ancient Egyptians regularly consumed beer, but the English word "alcohol" traces to a different part of their culture: eye makeup!

Egyptians extensively used dark pigments around their eyes, called 'kohl', possibly from an earlier Akkadian term.
July 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM