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...chariot will be a converted Boeing plane, but that's where all resemblance to conventional travel ends. The adventure begins on a faintly ludicrous note in New Delhi, where, at a breakfast ceremony, tourists will shed their identities and take on those of Rajput royalty. "We are going to crown them as maharajas or maharanis to give them a feel of the olden-day ceremonies," explains Leena Srivastava, director of tourism at IDMI, the firm that's bringing the concept to life. The newly appointed monarchs will then board their appropriately splendid carriage. "The interior of the aircraft will...
...Jalan Bahagia 45-47, offers a feast of prawns, fish and frog legs for $3-$5 per plate. Cirebon's other treasures can be found in a pair of palaces built centuries ago by its Sultans. These are heaped with kitsch: French chandeliers, Javanese spears and a bizarre chariot comprising the body of an elephant, the head of a dragon, flapping wings and radial tires. The dusty exhibits can be comical, but in little-visited Cirebon, the tourist must be alert to art all around. Even at the palaces, there are hidden treasures: antique blue delft plates from former ruling...
Horemheb was a harder nut to crack. Cooper and King speculate that the military commander spent much time with Tut, teaching him hunting and chariot driving--activities that offered plenty of opportunity for a contrived accident. If Tut did die while on the road, the body would have begun decomposing before Horemheb could take it home, which might explain the extra unguents on the mummy. Horemheb's likeliest motivation for regicide would have been to assume the throne himself, something that would have been easy with the army behind him. When Tut died, however, Horemheb stayed where...
...METAMORPHOSES A wading pool takes up nearly the entire stage. Ten actors--some dressed in togas, others in modern-day suits--jump in and out of it to re-enact the myths of Ovid. There's Phaeton and his chariot; Midas (in the chair) and his daughter; Orpheus and his underworld voyage. Writer-director Mary Zimmerman's lovely, deeply affecting work (an off-Broadway hit moving to Broadway in March) recaptures the primal allure of the theater--it's fake; isn't it wonderful? Using stage devices that delight with their low-tech ingenuity and a text that modernizes without...
...naked angel sits seductively with her hands hidden between her thighs. Her wings are spread, engulfing the moon that passes her chariot of clouds. Her long hair dangles past two supple breasts as she curves her neck upward and whispers seductively “It’s been a whole year since Debauchery...” So read the hot pink posters spread throughout Winthrop House that advertised last Saturday’s “Chastity” dance, a derivative of the infamous “Debauchery.” Tom Dow`03 recounts last year?...