Istanbul Day 2 -- in which we discover transit
August 12th 2008
Today turned out to be museum day. First we went to the Archeological Museum, which Art wanted to see. Silmarien enjoyed the seals (small ceramic cylinders that are rolled in warm wax to provide a "signature" guaranteeing a trade good -- especially used over the opening of a bag or chest as a sort of tamper-proof indicator, which I thought was pretty smart) and the sarcophagi and the
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