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Pergamon Museum
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The Middle East Museum (Vorderasiatisches Museum)
The Ishtar Gate (Assyrian: ܕܵܪܘܲܐܙܲܐ ܕܥܵܐܫܬܲܪ translit: Darwaza D'Ishtar, Arabic:بوابة عشتار) was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city.
Dedicated to the Assyrian goddess Ishtar, the Gate was constructed of blue glazed tiles with alternating rows of bas-relief sirrush (dragons) and aurochs.
The roof and doors of the gate were of cedar, according to the dedication plaque. Through the gate ran the Processional Way which was lined with walls covered in lions on glazed bricks (about 120 of them).
Statues of the deities were paraded through the gate and down the Processional Way each year during the New Year's celebration.
Originally the gate was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the world until, in the 6th century AD, it was replaced with the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
A reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way was built at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin out of material excavated by Robert Koldewey and finished in the 1930s. It includes the inscription plaque. It stands 47 feet high and 100 feet wide (14 meters by 30 meters). The excavation ran from 1902-1914 and during that time 45 feet of the foundation of the gate was uncovered.
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This is the monument of "India Gate" in New Delhi, India. Historically this monument was built in honour of all the soldiers who fought for the British Empire in the Afghan War and the 1st World War during their rule in India.
The monument has a flame that burns eternal. It is called the "Amar Jawan Jyoti" or the flame for the immortal soldier. This flame burns 24x7, 365 days a year and there are armed military guards who patrol the flame.
For anyone who lives in Delhi, this is a place where we frequent to find lush, open, well manicured lawns that are open to public. The place comes alive in the evenings when people from all over the capital descend to sit, stroll and have a good time, eating ice creams and other street foods from the many local vendors who are around.
This shot has been made as an HDR from 5 shots taken at 1 EV differences.
I think one of the great challenges of Photography is taking a subject widely photographed, and finding a new angle or view of it. This was taken from the 7th deck of a cruise ship, and for me, it isn't the Golden Gate Bridge that makes the photo, but the way the light is hitting the boat in the Harbor.
The outer gate of the Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate) at night.
Mamiya RZ67 Pro II (handheld),
Fuji Neopan Presto 400 (pushed to 1600)
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco with view to the City.
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Die Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco mit Blick auf die Stadt.
"Arrows fell like a hailstorm upon the shieldsmen at the gate. Not a single flinched or gave way. All strode forward in one bleak formation with shields raised high and jaws set. The attackers witnessed the encroaching step of the Obsidian Guard and knew awe."
Showing off a glimpse of the new shields I made for the shop, though there are far, far more designs than made it into this. Original image by Aradia Hextall, touch ups by me. Aradia's stream can be found here. www.flickr.com/photos/aradiahextall/
Sometimes the fog comes in from the ocean via the gap that is spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge.
This occurs mainly in summer when there is a big temperature difference between the warm hinterlands and the cold ocean currents from Alaska - just like condensation will form on the outside of a cold glass of beer.
For tourists wearing shorts and T-shirts, expecting to enjoy summer in Californai, this has the effect of turning them into a light shade of blue.
Part of Johnston Gate, the oldest -- 1889 -- and largest of the many gates from Harvard Yard to the streets beyond.
At the end of Meech Lake I came across this fine gate. I could see at least four cameras. The sign said that "Access to this area is prohibited for public safety reasons." and left a phone number (which I will phone)
The gate is visible on Google Maps (http://tinyurl.com/lucnh) and there is a large, somewhat unusual complex down the road. The prime minister does have a cottage on the lake.
By Sherrie Thai of ShaireProductions.com
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The Menin Gate is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient. Broadly speaking, the Salient stretched from Langemarck in the north to the northern edge in Ploegsteert Wood in the south, but it varied in area and shape throughout the war.
The Salient was formed during the First Battle of Ypres in October and November 1914, when a small British Expeditionary Force succeeded in securing the town before the onset of winter, pushing the German forces back to the Passchendaele Ridge. The Second Battle of Ypres began in April 1915 when the Germans released poison gas into the Allied lines north of Ypres. This was the first time gas had been used by either side and the violence of the attack forced an Allied withdrawal and a shortening of the line of defence.
There was little more significant activity on this front until 1917, when in the Third Battle of Ypres an offensive was mounted by Commonwealth forces to divert German attention from a weakened French front further south. The initial attempt in June to dislodge the Germans from the Messines Ridge was a complete success, but the main assault north-eastward, which began at the end of July, quickly became a dogged struggle against determined opposition and the rapidly deteriorating weather. The campaign finally came to a close in November with the capture of Passchendaele.
The German offensive of March 1918 met with some initial success, but was eventually checked and repulsed in a combined effort by the Allies in September.
The battles of the Ypres Salient claimed many lives on both sides and it quickly became clear that the commemoration of members of the Commonwealth forces with no known grave would have to be divided between several different sites.
The site of the Menin Gate was chosen because of the hundreds of thousands of men who passed through it on their way to the battlefields. It commemorates casualties from the forces of Australia, Canada, India, South Africa and United Kingdom who died in the Salient. In the case of United Kingdom casualties, only those prior 16 August 1917 (with some exceptions). United Kingdom and New Zealand servicemen who died after that date are named on the memorial at Tyne Cot, a site which marks the furthest point reached by Commonwealth forces in Belgium until nearly the end of the war. New Zealand casualties that died prior to 16 August 1917 are commemorated on memorials at Buttes New British Cemetery and Messines Ridge British Cemetery.
The YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL now bears the names of more than 54,000 officers and men whose graves are not known. The memorial, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield with sculpture by Sir William Reid-Dick, was unveiled by Lord Plumer on 24 July 1927
Looking across country towards the ancient neolithic burial ground (barrow) of Minninglow Hill in the Peak District. Minninglow Hill can be seen where the clump of trees is visible on the hill above the right hand side (about a third of the way) of the gate, and is seen from the trackbed of the former light railway leading towards Cromford, now designated as The High Peak Trail.
The Gerasa of Antiquity, is the capital and largest city of Jerash Governorate (محافظة جرش), which is situated in the north of Jordan, 48 km (30 miles) north of the capital Amman towards Syria.
The ancient city of Jerash boasts an unbroken chain of human occupation dating back more than 6,500 years. The city's golden age came under Roman rule and the site is now generally acknowledged to be one of the best preserved Roman provincial towns in the world. Hidden for centuries in sand before being excavated and restored over the past 70 years, Jerash reveals a fine example of the grand, formal provincial Roman urbanism that is found throughout the Middle East.
This is the gate leading up to Seiganto Ji (temple) high up in the hills in Wakayama. The temple is stunning inside and though we stayed in their guest house and went to the 5 am fire ceremony and spoke to several of the priests I didn't dare to ask if I could photograph there.
This is an equirectangular panorama and thanks to the SPi-V viewer you can see the interactive view here.