This ought to be your Theme Song then, Mesopotamia by the B-52s.
"Turn your watch, turn your watch back About a hundred thousand years A hundred thousand years
I'll meet you by the third pyramid I'll meet you by the third pyramid Ah come on, that's what I want, we'll meet In Mesopotamia. oh oh oh (We're goin' down to meet) I ain't no student (Feel those vibrations) of ancient culture (I know a neat excavation) Before I talk I should read a book But there's one thing I do know There's a lot of ruins in Mesopotamia"
But we had better meet by the Sphinx because I don't know which one is the third.
Speaking of which, wasn't Melania stunning out there at that ancient site? I was a little put off by her choice of clothes, but it certainly grew on me. That was wonderful photography, too, with her back to the camera and some of the structures in the bg.
My father would have loved these new discoveries as he had many interests. Odd I never mentioned to him about Schliemann and other quality (occasionally) things I read. He had a complete set of the Harvard Classics and other books like Greek Mythology. They didn't interest me then.
But methinks I have a bad habit of talking to much . . . .
Hey, we didn’t quit when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, and we’re not gonna quit now!