What time in history are you drawn to?

My my--are you two following me around...LOL I think a lot of us who are drawn to different times of the past, probably had lifetimes during those periods...I am after all a believer in reincarnation...and like the two of you always been drawn to ancient egypt, ancient rome..never Roman though...and like you am drawn to the colonial period here in America...I know that feeling..of how beautiful this country must have been...still relatively untouched...I am part Native American myself..so naturally over the years have watched many movies (the "politically" correct ones--LOL) like Last of the Mohicans, then a few years back..there were a whole bunch of TNT movies..Broken Chain..etc etc...as I'm watching these..I'm thinking to myself..my God...how beautiful this country must have looked hundreds and hundreds of years ago...also a bit depressing to for me to realize how much it's been changed. As for the Victorian age..MMM not really...the code of living..especially in England was sooooo strict and stuffy...but who knows...maybe the whole women's lib thing came about by women who had had past lives at that time--heheh

I bet you love watching anything King Arthur-ish then...or how about that movie First Knight?? Oh and how about that classic from 1969, Zefferelli's Romeo and Juilet. As for dressing in Medieval or Renaissance clothing...mmmm..don't think so...not without people thinking you're just a tad odd--LOL--but I do know what you mean...the clothing of that time was fantastic....but I'll let you in on a secret...LOL..I did study costume design while in college--oh, yes, we see movies now of that period and think oh, how beautiful...but do you realize they didn't have deodorants or perfumes in those days--one part of the costume women wore in those days was a fliiagre ball filled with potpourri...hung from a chian from their waist...anytime someone came by that was, well say just a tad smelly, the woman would grab the ball to smell it, so not to have to inhale the odiferous/offensive person--I kid you not--see what you learn as a costume designer?? LOL

I love the Renaissance and Medieval periods too. The more that I'm drawn to King Arthur and his love affair. I even got hold of 4 different versions of King Arthur story. Their code of dressing is just incomparable, it's so gorgeous to look at and the code of chivalry is forever intriguing.

Oh yes! You certainly pegged me!! I'm a huge nut fan for Arthurian legends!! My favorite book is "The Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley. I actually don't like First Knight. :( Or King Arthur. I knew that they didn't have deodorant and perfume but I didn't know about the potpourri bags! That's really interesting! Thanks for that info. I always wondered what it would have been like for the woman during that time of the month.

Of course you were there..so was I... Any particular time though--I was always drawn to the Akenaten period--the "rebel" king who went against the Amun religion and created his own concept of the one God of Aten Also love the time of Hatsepshut--the female pharoah...which was probably why they got rid of her so fast--LOL--Did away with Akenaton and his wife Neferitti--and of course...Tutankamun..whose original name was Tutankaten --mmm..giving a history lesson here...LOL