Ebbie, maybe not, but what about the great palaces filled with the many wives of sheik whoseit?*BG*

When Rog was working in Abu Daubi he got to tour the lesser of about 10 palaces owned by the seventh prince of the ruler at the time. It looked like a compound, surrounded by cinder block walls, mostly to keep the sand out. They wouldn't let him take pictures inside, but he said just the entryway was the size of our house at the time, about 2000 square feet, and the walls were covered with 24k gold leaf, every inch. Certainly not the stereotypical striped tent of Rudy Valentino, eh? *smile*