https://hollysliteratureblog.art.blog/2019/08/17/blog-1/
Loved reading this Holly! The last two lines are amazing (and your blog presentation is leagues ahead of mine).
I’ve enjoyed a lifelong fascination with the history of Egypt, so I can only imagine what having a direct family connection is like. You’ve really captured that idea of history oozing from everywhere you look (if you know to open your eyes and see). It speaks to the greater appeal of stories locked away in historical sites the world over. Some of them we may never know the full story to, yet it this makes them all the more fascinating and appealing. It’s interesting how the sheer passing of time adds to the story of these places, the ‘remnants of the mountain’, even though the original purpose may have been abandoned long ago. We are closer to the birth of Christ than the builders of the pyramids were time wise.
I have a technical suggestion that is more a matter of personal taste than anything else; if the first two lines were in current tense I feel it may help enhance the anticipation and match the pacing of the rest of the work.
‘Magnificent structures awaken, beckoning me to unlock ancient mysteries
through the power of my curiosity.’
I gather all the photos at the bottom are from your own travels in Egypt? I am jealous, I hope to do the same one day in the future.
Andrew Colman
Andrew Colman: Adventures in Literature 