Signposts

The concept
The signposts
   1-5. The Temple Terrace
   6-10. The Palace
   11-14. The later periods

The concept

     Each stop along the proposed itinerary is marked by a single page panel, which serves as a signpost to indicate, with a large printed number, the location of the stop, and to describe in a few words the nature of what visitors are seeing. Signposts serve a double function.
     On the one hand, they define the itinerary in its narrative sequence. The titles and the brief texts explain how the story line unfolds, and links are highlighted from one to the other.
     On the other, they provide the hurried visitors with the essential information that can be absorbed and retained during a half hour visit, while at the same time enticing them to return with the expectation of a fuller fruition through the other signs posted within each stop.
     In what follows, I reproduce the text of the fourteen signposts currently posted at the site. (For the physical aspect of the signposts see under technical details.)
     The translation into Arabic is by Rasha Endari with the assistance of Yasmine Mahmoud.

The signposts

1-5. The Temple Terrace

Download set of five (PDF 200 KB)

6-10. The Palace

Download set of five (PDF 230 KB)

11-14. The later periods

Download set of four (PDF 170 KB)