The Spy Who Loved Me (film) willing to cut her normal rate from $400,000 per picture to $250,000, but Broccoli would not pay above $80,000. The film was shot at the Pinewood Studios in London, Porto Cervo in Sardinia (Hotel Cala di Volpe), Egypt (Karnak, Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Gayer-Anderson Museum, Abu Simbel temples), Malta, Scotland, Hayling Island UK, Okinawa, Switzerland and Mount Asgard on Baffin Island in the then northern Canadian territory of Northwest Territories (now located in Nunavut). As no studio was big enough for the interior of Stromberg's supertanker, and set designer Ken Adam did not want to repeat what he had done
Kadesh inscriptions Kadesh inscriptions The Kadesh inscriptions or Qadesh inscriptions are a variety of Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions describing the Battle of Kadesh. The combined evidence in the form of texts and wall reliefs provide the best documented description of a battle in all of ancient history. The Egyptian version of the battle of Kadesh is recorded in two primary accounts, known as the "Bulletin" and the "Poem". These inscriptions exist in multiple locations. Some scholars divide these accounts into three. The "Bulletin" is repeated seven times and the "Poem" eight times, spread across temples in Abydos, Temple of Luxor, Karnak, Abu Simbel