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UNESCO World Heritage Site.
From Wikipedia:
c. 15th century BC
The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (Egyptian: Ḏsr-ḏsrw meaning "Holy of Holies") is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Located opposite the city of Luxor, it is considered to be a masterpiece of ancient architecture. Its three massive terraces rise above the desert floor and into the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari. Hatshepsut's tomb, KV20, lies inside the same massif capped by El Qurn, a pyramid for her mortuary complex. At the edge of the desert, 1 km (0.62 mi) east, connected to the complex by a causeway, lies the accompanying valley temple. Across the river Nile, the whole structure points towards the monumental Eighth Pylon, Hatshepsut's most recognizable addition to the Temple of Karnak and the site from which the procession of the Beautiful Festival of the Valley departed. Its axes identify the temple's twin functions: its central east-west axis served to receive the barque of Amun-Re at the climax of the festival, while its north-south axis represented the life cycle of the pharaoh from coronation to rebirth.
The terraced temple was constructed between Hatshepsut's seventh and twentieth regnal years, during which building plans were repeatedly modified. In its design, it was heavily influenced by the adjacent Temple of Mentuhotep II of the Eleventh Dynasty built six centuries earlier.[d] In the arrangement of its chambers and sanctuaries, though, the temple is wholly unique. The central axis, customarily reserved for the mortuary complex, is occupied instead by the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, with the mortuary cult being displaced south to form the auxiliary axis with the solar cult complex to the north. Separated from the main sanctuary are shrines to Hathor and Anubis, which lie on the middle terrace. The porticoes that front the terrace here host the most notable reliefs of the temple; those of the expedition to the Land of Punt and the divine birth of Hatshepsut, the backbone of her case to rightfully occupy the throne as a member of the royal family and as godly progeny. Below, the lowest terrace leads to the causeway and the valley temple.
The state of the temple has suffered over time. Two decades after Hatshepsut's death, under the direction of Thutmose III, references to her rule were erased, usurped, or obliterated. The campaign was intense but brief, quelled after two years when Amenhotep II was enthroned. The reasons behind the proscription remain a mystery. A personal grudge appears unlikely as Thutmose III had waited twenty years to act. Perhaps the concept of a female king was anathema to ancient Egyptian society, or a dynastic dispute between the Ahmosid and Thutmosid lineages needed resolving. In the Amarna Period, the temple was incurred upon again when Akhenaten ordered the images of Egyptian gods, particularly those of Amun, to be erased. These damages were repaired subsequently under Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II. An earthquake in the Third Intermediate Period caused further harm. During the Ptolemaic period, the sanctuary of Amun was restructured, and a new portico was built at its entrance. A Coptic monastery of Saint Phoibammon was built between the 6th and 8th centuries AD, and images of Christ were painted over original reliefs. The latest graffito left is dated to c. 1223.
The temple resurfaces in the records of the modern era in 1737 with Richard Pococke, a British traveller, who visited the site. Several visitations followed though serious excavation was not conducted until the 1850s and 60s under Auguste Mariette. The temple was fully excavated between 1893 and 1906 during an expedition of the Egypt Exploration Fund (EEF) directed by Édouard Naville. Further efforts were carried out by Herbert E. Winlock and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) from 1911 to 1936, and by Émile Baraize and the Egyptian Antiquities Service (now the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)) from 1925 to 1952. Since 1961, the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology (PCMA) has carried out extensive consolidation and restoration works throughout the temple, and it was opened to the public in March 2023.
BIRTH 'Plagueborn' Masks
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RIP H.R. Giger.
I was hugely inspired by Giger's work when I was younger. His dark themes and imagery are so iconic.
This is based on "Birth Machine" one of my favorite works of his.
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Down at this great Niramyth/ Aesthetic themed event, you can find Birth's own appliers for this body/ head, at the sale price of 25% off.
Variation of a text-prompt generation in AI Deep Dream. The text contained the words GIGER, MAX ERNST and SURREALISM.
The option of Text Prompt is a new feature on Deep Dream.
Generated with the use of a seed image, a acrylic painting of mine with the same name. The evolving stages 2 and 3 were set to 90% text strength, on the final stage 4 it was set to 60% and size upscaled.
PROMPT:
Giger painting the scene of the birth of Surtr, the Norse fire god, in a decalcomania landscape designed by Max Ernst
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We were so lucky to be able to witness this Springbok birth just 15 meters next to our car. She gave birth amidst the whole herd. Her abnormal behaviour drew my attention and we saw just the lamb's legs coming. It lasted approximately 40 minutes before the lamb was standing and following the mother. Notice the beautiful bonding :licking of the lamb by the mother.
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'Ma Vie' by Marc Chagall. The autobiography is illustrated with line drawings. This chapter tells of the birth of Chagall's daughter.
"Presque aussitôt après sa naissance, nous l'avons emportée a la campagne. Un nouveau-né ce n'est pas un vase fragile. Ma femme l'a emmitouflée de la tête jusqu'aux pieds afin qu'elle ne prenne pas froid."
Almost straightaway after she was born, we took her out to the countryside. A new-born baby is not like a fragile vase. My wife wrapped her up from head to toe so that she did not catch cold.
So that is the practical aspect of a new baby but the drawing, which introduces the chapter, gives a touch of humour:
Chagall, the new father, reclines on the bed.
Beside him, his newly born daughter extends her hand towards her father.
In turn Chagall holds out his hand to his wife, the newly-delivered mother, who is kindly bringing her husband a hot drink.
"Birth.
Slowly, we embrace the world and spread our wings, we realize why we are here and what our mission is. Once we grow up, we often think that the small child we used to be is lost, we think that we'll never see it again... But it is always here, with us. We need to look after, and cherish, this child, and try to always BE that child as much as possible. There is no such thing as growing up. There is only shapeshifting that makes it easier to understand who we are and why were are here.
* The white flowers represent innocence and learning. It spreads around the nest to show that we need to step our in order to get to know our world."
* The red dress signifies love, and it is there twice show it will protect her and always be next to her.
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I adore so much…
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Die Energie der Kreativität entspringt nach meinem Konzept demselben Energie-Komplex wie die Sexualität. Das Stichwort lautet Lust. Ohne Lust versiegt die Kreativität ebenso wie die Sexualität und regrediert auf die Ebene der Triebbefriedigung. In der Kreativität wie in der Sexualität spielen Phantasie und Freude eine ganz große Rolle. Aus der Quelle der Lebensfreude (B5) motivieren sich zahlreiche angenehme Spiele. Allerdings gehören auch dunkle Aspekte dazu.
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If psychology is of interest:
The energy of lust here is transformed into a digital picture.
Lust (B5) motivates sexuality as well as creativity. And of course both at the same time… :-)
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Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765) - A concert given by the duc de Nivernais to mark the birth of the Dauphin
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The ribbons bring to mind an umbilical cord.
You can see the whole balloon series here.
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 metres (39–52 ft) and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. An acrobatic animal known for breaching and slapping the water with its tail and pectorals, it is popular with whale watchers off the coasts of Australasia and the Americas. Males produce a complex song lasting 10 to 20 minutes, which they repeat for hours at a time. Its purpose is not clear, though it may have a role in mating.
Found in oceans and seas around the world, humpback whales typically migrate up to 25,000 kilometres (16,000 mi) each year. Humpbacks feed only in summer, in polar waters, and migrate to tropical or subtropical waters to breed and give birth in the winter. During the winter, humpbacks fast and live off their fat reserves. Their diet consists mostly of krill and small fish. Humpbacks have a diverse repertoire of feeding methods, including the bubble net feeding technique.
Like other large whales, the humpback was and is a target for the whaling industry. Once hunted to the brink of extinction, its population fell by an estimated 90% before a moratorium was introduced in 1966. While stocks have since partially recovered, entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with ships, and noise pollution continue to impact the 80,000 humpbacks worldwide.
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"Birth"
This is the first photograph of the nine photograph series I produced for my final A2 photography exam earlier this week. The whole 9 photos took about 7 hours to shoot on the day before my exam and I'm so happy with the way in which they turned out.
I based my photographs on Erik Erikkson's Psychosocial Development Stages, in which a healthily developing human should pass from infancy to late adulthood. In each stage, the person confronts, and hopefully masters, new challenges. Each stage builds upon the successful completion of earlier stages. The challenges of stages not successfully completed may be expected to reappear as problems in the future. I based these photos on the actual stages and not the positive or negative outcomes, which I'm thinking of basing my next project on
This first stage, however, I added in myself. I wanted to add in a photo before infancy to show how we are born in nature by nature. We are pure when we first enter this world and how we don't have any sort of materialistic possessions as of our birth.
Thank you so much to Oli and Chloe for helping me with this, otherwise I would've cried in my exam with no photos to edit whatsoever. So, hopefully this series actually gets me into university in the UK, which I'm absolutely terrified about because I havent moved to another country in like I0 years.
Inspired by two very talented photographers: Gabrielle Angeline Photography and Brendan Burton
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The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh
My son Aryan and his caring mom Seema have special relationship.
This is captured in a Mall with available light. I used my fav lens, Jupiter 85mm f2. The focus is little off, but I think that saved the pic. Not sharpened at all. Captured around f3. The lens is just horribly sharp.
An aphid gives birth and a tiny new life enters the world. Seen on a rose bush in our garden.
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Mr. and Mrs. Button Epithelantha announce the arrival of twins, born recently at the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
Aren’t they adorable?
This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and a KOWA LENS-S 1:3.5/150mm lens with a Kowa L1A ø67 filter using Kodak Portra 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.