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This isn't from Israel, but I am posting it to the Israeli Archaeology group in the hopes that some kind person will help translate (see also the other half of the stone below). My Hebrew is not up to the task. Also, I have several other Hebrew gravestone images from this small museum, & the collection is not open to the public, nor (to all appearances) catalogued or curated yet, so if anyone might be interested in them for archaeological or genealogical purposes, let me know.
Manisa used to have a Jewish community; more info on the history & cemeteries at www.sephardicstudies.org/manisa.html. The museum yard here seems to serve as a repository for anything found in the district -- 19th & 20th century Hebrew tombstones stacked haphazardly next to Islamic and Byzantine and probably Classical remains too.
This yard is normally closed to the public, but, unexpectedly, some schmoozing with the curator got us in -- as sort of a consolation prize, I think, because the museum was in the process of moving its main collection, which includes synagogue mosaics and other treasures from Sardis, to a larger and better secured space -- it seems they had some sort of vandalism incident and were understandably paranoid. So they told us we wouldn't be able to see the mosaics etc. But we paid our admission anyway & poked around the small area that was open to the public, where we met the curator. He was kind enough to ask one of the police officers on duty at the front entrance to escort us around this yard out back.
Can anyone read Hebrew for real? The date was easy enough, since it used Arabic numerals, & it looks like the name may be Moshe Davidoff (followed by something I can't read). That's tentative -- it's not how "David" would actually be spelled in Hebrew, but I'm thinking it could still be a transliteration of the European surname Davidoff. The letters at the bottom are a stereotypical abbreviation for the phrase "May his soul be bound up in the bonds of eternal life." But I haven't puzzled out any of the rest. I think the thing on the right may be a wheat stalk, & that this may represent a symbol of rebirth -- or, for all I know, that he was a baker.
Davidoff would suggest an Ashkenazi Jewish family -- perhaps one of those who fled the Eastern European pograms of the late 19th & early 20th centuries & found welcome with the Sephardic communities of Turkey, under the comparatively benign rule of the Sultans.
If anyone is interested in any of the other Hebrew tombstones or other inscriptions we found here, let me know -- I'd be happy to post or email them.
Ah, I found the top of this stone -- see image in Comments or at www.flickr.com/photos/anitagould/8207818600/
Inscription to Lucius Minicius Natalis, Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, Barcelona.
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Pedestal
IRC IV, 33. MAC-B, n. inv. 7554 Barcelona
Calcària de Santa Tecla 49 x 62 x 46 cm
Mitjan s.ll dC
[L(ucio) Minucio L(uci) Fil(io)]/
[Gal(eria tribu) Natali]/
[Quadronio Vero Iuniori]/
[co(n)s(uli) auguri]/
[proco(n)s(uli) provinciae Africae leg(ato) Aug(usti) pr(o) pr(aetore)]/
[provinciae Moesiae inferior(is) curat(ori) oper(um)]/
[public(orum) et aedium sacrar(um) cuarat(ori) viae Flaminiae]/
[praef(ecto) alim(entorum) leg(ato) Aug(usti) leg(ionis) VI (sextae) Victric(is)]/
[in Britannia pr(ovincia) tr(ibuno) pl(ebis) candidato q(uaestori) candidato]/
[divi Hadriani Augusti et eodem]/
[te]m[po]re leg(ato) provinci[ae Africae dioceseos]/
Carthaginens(is) proco(n)s(ulis) pat[tris sui] tr(ibuno) mil(itum)/
leg(ionis) I (primae) Adiutric(is) P(iae) F(idelis) item leg(ionis) XI (undecimae) C[l(audiae) P(iae) F(idelis) item leg(ionis)]/
XIIII (quartae decimae) Gem(inae) Mart(iae) Victr(icis) III vir(o) mo[netali a(uro) ar(gento) a(ere) f(lando) f(eriundo)]/
IIIIII viri Augustales ob me[rita]/
eius in ipsos secundum verba test(amenti) [eius q(uae) s(unt)]/
colon(is) Barcinonens(ibus) ex Hispania [Cit]er(iore)/
[apud q]uos natus sum HS (sestertuim) C (centum milia) ita si cav[e]ant/
[se pro ea] summa ex quincuncib(us) omnib(us) annis/
[d(ie) ... Iduu]m Februar(iarium) die natali meo sportulas/
[decuri]onib[us] qui praesentes erunt singul(is)/
[X (denarios) quatern]os Augustalib(us) qui praesentes erunt/
[singul(is) X (denarios)t] ternos daturos si quo pauciores con{t}/
ven[eri]nt amplius inter praesentes pro rata/
divi[dat]ur ut HS (sestertium) V(quinquemilia) ususar(um) quae annuae competunt/
in ha[n]c rem omnib(us) ann(is) die natali meo erogentur/
Traducció:
A Luci Minici Natal Quadroni Ver júnior, fill de Luci, inscrit en la tribu Galèria, cònsol, àugur; procònsol de la província d'Àfrica, llegat d'August, propretor de la província de Mèsia Inferior; inspector dels treballs públics i dels edificis sagrats, inspector de la via Flamínia, prefecte encarregat dels aliments (alimenta), llegat imperial de la legió VI Victoriosa a la província de Britània, tribú de la plebs candidat, qüestor candidat d'Adrià August divinitzat i al mateix temps llegat de la província d'Àfrica, diòcesis de Cartago, del seu pare procònsol, tribú militar de la legió I Auxiliadora Pia Fidel i també de la legió XI Clàudia Pia Fidel i així mateix de la legió XIV Gèmina Màrcia Victoriosa, triúmvir monetal encarregat de la fosa i l'encunyació de les monedes d'or; de plata, de bronze, els sèvirs augustals en raó dels seus mèrits envers ells, segons les paraules del seu testament, que són: "als colons de Bàrcino d'Hispània Citerior, entre els quals he nascut, els deixo 100.000 sestercis amb la condició que, a partir dels interessos a 15% d'aquesta suma, es distribueix; cada any; el dia ...dels idus de febrer; data del meu naixement, una donació de 4 denaris a cadascun dels decurions presents i de 3 denaris a cadascun dels sèvirs augustals presents; si es presenten en menor nombre, que la suma atribuïda a cadascun d'ells s'augmenti en proporció entre els presents, de manera que els 5.000 sestercis resultants dels interessos anuals es destinin a aquest fi anualment el dia de l'aniversari del meu naixement".
Més informació: Luci Minici Natal, la vida d'un senador i campió olímpic barceloní gravada en pedra
ancient Toos region is located between two mountain chains, Hezar Masjed in the north and Binalood in the south. mounds and large sites of Toos region shows its importancy and validity in prehistoric period. it considered four main cities in this area, Tabaran, Nowghan, Radkan and Toroghbaz. Tabaran was the greatest. it overshadowed the other cities of the region.
in 1200 Quzes detroyed the city, and then in 1220 it was completley ravaged by Mongols. but after a few decades it was reconstructed.
finally in 1388 Miranshah the son of Taymor crushed this city and gradually Tabaran was forgotten.
this building that is called Harroonieh, is the oldest and the last monument of the disappeared city. it is reconstructed in 1942.
Probably Austin Lamont (1905-1969), son of Thomas W. Lamont, banker at JP Morgan after whom Harvard's Lamont Library is named. According to this article in Anesthesiology, Austin Lamont was "originally planning to study classic Latin and Greek at the New College, Oxford University, England, [but] he changed his mind while still on the steamship headed for Europe." He instead studied science and became a doctor and professor of anesthesiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1947-mid1960s).
Austin and his 2nd wife Bodine were Philadelphia elites and associated with other prominent Philadelphians Carl and Laura Zigrosser. Carl Zigrosser was a prints curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and member of the Print Club (Philadelphia). A finding aid to Zigrosser's papers is available here.
Other examples of Austin Lamont's autograph.
Penn Libraries call number: EC7 Ad214 713c 1756
Unidentified
EVIDENCE
Provenance evidence: Inscription, Shelf Mark
Location in book: Inside Front Cover
Transcription: E. V. 19
COPY
Repository: Bryn Mawr College Library
Call number: A-232
Collection: Special Collections
Copy title: Compendium theologicae veritatis
Author(s): Albertus, Magnus, saint, 1193-1280
Published: Venice, 5 Apr. 1476
Printer/Publisher: Christopherus Arnoldus
FIND IN POP
Bryn Mawr College Library A-232
23.11.2012: probably from an inscribed stone slab recording the victories of a Moabite king, Moab, mid-8th cent. BC. Museum of Israel, Jerusalem.
Inscription: [...and] I built [... and I took] many captives. And I built [the citadel of the royal house. And I [built] Beth-harosh. And with the captives of the Ammonites [I built for the] reservoire a mighty gate. And the small cattle and the cattle [... I carried] there. And the Ammonites saw that they were weakened in every [...]
Bronze helmet (inv. no. 6176), bronze shield boss, bronze scales from a cuirass (so-called lorica squamata), and a bronze trefoil pitcher.
Associated with a cremation burial in a tumulus at Kara Agach (Караагач/Кара агач/Karaagač/Karaagach/Karaagatsch/Kara Agatsch, modern Брястовец/Bryastovets/Brjastovetz/Brjastovec), within the territory of ancient Anchialus/Αγχίαλος (Pleiades; en.wikipedia), Bourgas Region, Bulgaria.
The burial, attributed to a Roman auxiliary soldier (whether archer or cavalryman is debated), is dated to the late 1st c. CE.
Not displayed: several other bronze vessels, a bronze lantern, and fragments of iron swords and spearheads from the burial.
The conical helmet (0.197 m high) is decorated with reliefs representing the deities Hermes/Mercury, Apollo, Athena/Minerva, Nike/Victoria, and Ares/Mars, with Poseidon/Neptune on the cheekpieces. The shield boss (0.193 m diameter) bears two punched inscriptions (AE 2002.1257a-b = HD043982). The first inscription, dated to the 1st half of the 1st c. CE, reads (Centuria) Macrini / Q. Capiton(is) - "(belonging to) Quintus Capito, in the century of Macrinus". The second, dated to the 2nd half of the 1st c. CE, reads (Centuria) Prude(ntis) / Eftatr(alis) - "(belonging to) Eftatralis, in the century of Prudens".
The initial publication is Velkov, "Нови могилни находки = Neue Grabhügelfunde aus Bulgarien," Bulletin de l'Institut archéologique Bulgare 5, 1928-29, pp. 13-55.
On display at the National Institute of Archaeology with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria (official site; en.wikipedia; TripAdvisor).
This is the Cleopatra's Needle on Embankment in London (the Victoria Embankment). It is near the Golden Jubilee Bridges (Hungerford Bridge / Hungerford Footbridges).
It was presented to Britain in 1819 by the ruler of Egypt and the Sultan Muhammad Ali in commemoration of the British victories on the Nile and at Alexandria. The British welcomed the gesture, but couldn't afford to move it at the time.
By 1877, the obelisk was still in Alexandria, when Sir William James Erasmus Wilson sponsered it at £10,000 to transport it to London.
After various problems getting it to London, it finally arrived and was installed on the Victoria Embankment by 1878.
It is flanked by two faux-Egyptian sphinxes, cast from bronze that have hieroglyphic inscriptions that say (in English) "the good god, Thuthmosis III given life". They seem to be looking at the obelisk / Needle rather than protecting it. That's due to the sphinxes improper or backward installation.
A 1st century Tamil-Brahmi inscription near Muthupatti village, situated beyond the campus of Madurai-Kamaraj University - Madurai
JUST PRIOR TO THE CREATION of Lake Powell, a party of 49, including Explorer Scout Post 36 from LDS Pleasant View 3rd Ward, Provo, Utah, set out on an expedition to run the Colorado River rapids between Hole-in-the-Rock and Glen Canyon. Riding in an open truck, they reached this point at approximately 3:15 on the afternoon of June 10, 1963. The truck stalled as it ascended the grade on your left, and its brakes failed. Rolling backward, it overturned and rolled down the steep embankment on the other side of the sharp curve from this monument. Seven scouts and six adults lost their lives in this tragic highway accident, the third worst in Utah's history.
In loving memory of those who perished:
Gary Lynn Christensen, 14
Lynn Louis Merrell, 15
Robert Cook, 29
Randy Wayne Miller, 14
W.A. "Bill" Creer, 39
Marvin Poschatis, 29
Joseph William Erickson, 16
Gary Lynn Rasmussen, 15
Gordon Henry Grow, 15
Dr. Martin J. Shaw, 51
Randy L. Hall, 13
Dr. Harvey Darrell Taylor, 45
Dorothy Hansen, 24
www.deseretnews.com/article/700232800/Survivors-recount-6...
Etched glass cross on a 4" x 4" x 3/16" thick clear glass coaster. Includes design elements of spirals and trinity symbols that are etched on both surfaces of the glass art.
Please visit my profile to find out more about me and my glass art.
"Robert Lord Willoughby of Eresby, eldest son of Mountague by his first wife the Countess of Holderness, succeeded his father to his hereditary honours of Earl of Lindsey and Lord Great Chamberlain of England, July 25th 1666 and was made Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of this county in his room and one of his majesties most honourable privy council and sometime one of the gentlemen of his bed chamber. He had the honour to be continued in the former stations in the succeeding reigns till he thought fit to resign the first in behalf of his son then Lord Willoughby of Eresby. He died May 9th 1763 aged about 70 years. This noble earl was 3 times married, first to Mrs Mary Massingberd one of the daughters and coheirs of John Massingberd of London, merchant, by her he had only one daughter named Arrabella who was 2nd wife to Thomas Earl Rivers after whose decease she lived in the state of widowhood and dying without a will the 28th day of February 1736 aged about 69 years, a considerable personal estate fell to her 4 half brothers who survived her.
His second wife was Elizabeth sole surviving issue of Philip Lord Wharton by his 1st wife, daughter & heir of Sir Rowland Wandsford, Attorney General of the Court of Wards, by whom he had 5 sons. The eldest was Robert Lord Willoughby of Eresby who succeeded his father and was afterwards created Marquess of Lindsey & Duke of Ancaster & Kesteven;
The second was the right Hon Peregrine Bertie, Vice Chamberlain to King William and Queen Anne & one of their majesties most honourable privy council. He usually served in parliament for the corporation of Bolton, where he was chosen 7 times and once for Truro in Cornwall. In November 1706 the Queen made him one of the Tellers of the Exchequer; He was generally esteemed and beloved and his relations and friends had a very great loss of him by an apoplexy, the 10 day of July 1733. He died unmarried aged about 48 years.
The third was Philip who was gentleman usher of the privy chamber to Queen Mary and Auditor of the Dutchy of Cornwall. In the year 1694 he was chosen member of parliament for the town of Stamford. He married Elizabeth a daughter of the Earl of Meath who was relict of Sir Philip Coot by whom he had no issue and died the 15th of April 1728 aged about 64 years.
The fourth was Norreys who was brought up in the sea service and made several voyages as volunteer on board his majesties ships of war before the revolution, soon after it he was made Guidon of the Guards and served the 2 first campains of that war with the troops in Flanders; But the troop staying at home the 3rd year he went a volunteer on board the Grand Fleet commanded by Admiral Russel and was made Second Lieutenant of the Suffolk, while the ship lay at Dartmouth he fell ill of a malignant feaver and died there August 27th 1691 aged about 25 years.
His 3rd wife was Elizabeth daughter and sole heir of Pope Earl of Downe in Ireland, relict of Sir Harry Lee of Ditchley in the county of Oxford, by her he had one daughter named Elizabeth who died in the 7th year of her age, and 1 son named Charles who acted for his brother the Earl of Litchfield in the command of Woodstock Park and was chosen member of Parliament for New Woodstock in the year 1705; His 1st wife was an heiress widow of Nicholas Newcomen esquire, his 2nd was Mrs Marshall, but having no issue by either, he left his estate to his great nephew Lord Albemarle Bertie, second son of the present Duke of Ancaster; He lies buried at Theddlethorpe by his first wife where there is a monument erected to them; All the rest are buried here;
The 5th son of Robert Earl of Lindsey by his second wife was the Hon. AlbemarleBertie who erected this monument in the year 1738 " - Church of St Michael & All Angels, Edenham Lincolnshire
Illegible early ms. inscription beside printer's device.
At foot:
Arist.
O ens entium miserere mei
[Reputed last words of Aristotle.]
Printer's device of Kraft Müller of Strasbourg.
Established heading: Müller, Kraft, ca. 1503-1547
Penn Libraries call number: GC5 M4804 538p 1539
Inv. 15155: Fragmentary Corinthian-type helmet, inscribed with a dedication to Zeus by the people of Boeotian Orchomenos, from the spoils of the battle of Koroneia. 2nd half of the 6th c. BCE.
From the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia.
National Archaeological Museum
Athens, Greece
Inscription: HIC IACET KATHERINA FILIA REGIS ALBERTI ET NEPOTIS REGIS RADULPHI ROMANORUM REGIS AC SOROR FREDERICI IN REGEM ROMANORUM ELECTI DUCUM AUSTRIE C/ONSORS SPECTABILIS CAROLI PRIMOGENITI / SERENISSIMI PRINCIPIS ET DOMINI NOSTRI DOMINI ROBER/TI DEI GRATIA HIERUSALEM ET SICILIAE REGIS ILLUSTRIS DUCIS CALABRIE AC EIUSDEM DOMINI NOSTRI REGIS VICARIJ GENERALIS INSIGNIBUS VITA ET MORIBUS EXEMPLARIS / QUAE OBIIT NEAPOLI ANNO DOMINI NOSTRI IESU CHRISTI MILLESIMO TRECENTESIMO VIGESIMO TERCIO / DIE XV MENSIS IANUARII SEXTE / INDICT REGNORUM / PRAEDICTI DOMINI NOSTRI REGIS ANNO QUARTO DECIMO CUIUS ANIMA REQUISCAT IN PACE AMEN
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Every now and then a speck of colour catches our eye. Tibetan prayer flags add a splash of colour to an otherwise stark landscape.
Buddhist prayer flags are in Five Pure Lights - primary colours - one representing each Element. Blue represents the sky or heaven, White for air or breath, Red represents fire or energy, Green symbolizes water and Yellow stands for the Earth.
Prayer flags fluttering in the wind carry the mantras far and wide over the holy land!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_flag
We made a yatra (pilgrimage) to the holy land of Mt. Kailash and Manassarovar Lake in Tibet in September 2007. It is only now that I have begun posting pictures from our journey! So enjoy the yatra on Flickr and if you have been to the Kailash Manassarovar region, do contribute your pictures to the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra group!
See our journey! Slideshow
The ancient Hindu temple of Changu Narayan is located on a high hilltop that is also known as Changu or Dolagiri. The temple was surrounded by forest with champak tree and a small village, known as Changu Village. The temple is located in Changunarayan VDC of Bhaktapur District, Nepal. This hill is about 8 miles east of Kathmandu and a few miles north of Bhaktapur. The Manahara River flows beside the hill. This shrine is dedicated to Lord Visnu and held in especial reverence by the Hindu people. This temple is considered as the oldest temple in Nepal.
HISTORY OF CHANGU NARAYAN TEMPLE
The pagoda style temple has several masterpieces of 5th and 12th century Nepalese art. According to legends Changu Narayan temple existed as early as 325 A.D. in the time of King Licchavi King Hari Datta Verma and it is one of Nepal's richest structures historically as well as artistically. In the grounds there is a stone pillar inscription of great importance recording the military exploits of King Man Deva who reigned from 496 A.D. to 524 A.D. The first epigraphic evidence of Nepalese history found in the temple premises during the reign of the Licchavi King Mandeva dating back to 464 A.D. shows that Changu had already been established as a sacred site in the 3rd century A.D. It is the earliest inscription known in Nepal. The temple was restored during the lifetime of Ganga Rani, consort of Siva Simha Malla who reigned from 1585 to 1614. There are records of the temple burning in the year of 822 Nepal Samvat (1702 A.D.), after which reconstruction was carried out. More inscriptions in gilt-copper plates were added by Bhaskara Malla in 1708 A.D.
LEGEND ABOUT CHANGU NARAYAN
In ancient time a Gwala, a cow herder, had brought a cow from a Brahman named Sudarshan. The cow was known for producing large quantity of milk. The Gwala used to take the cow to Changu for grazing. At that time Changu was a forest of Champak tree. While grazing the cow it always went to the shade of a particular tree. In the evening when the Gwala took the cow home and started milking the cow he got only very few amount of milk. This continued several days. He became very sad so he called the Brahmin and told him that the cow is not giving enough milk. Brahmin after observing the fact from his own eyes then planned with the Gwala to inspect the activities of cow during the day while she was grazing in the forest. Both Brahmin and Gwala hide themselves behind the trees and spectate the activities of the cow. The cow went into the shade of a particular champak tree. To their surprise a small black boy came out from the tree and started drinking the cow milk. Both became very furious and they thought that the boy must be the devil and tree must be its home. So Brahmin cut down the champak tree. When the Brahmin was cutting down the tree a fresh human blood came out from the tree. Both Brahmin and Gwala became worried and they thought that they have committed the great crime and they started crying.From the tree lord Vishnu emerged out and he told the Brahmin that it was not their fault. Lord Vishnu told them the story that he had committed a heinous crime by killing Sudarshan’s father unknowingly while hunting in the forest. After that he was cursed for the crime. He then wandered on earth on his mouth, the ‘Garuda’ eventually descending on the hill at Changu. There he lived in anonymity, surviving on milk stolen from a cow. When Brahmin cut down the tree, lord Vishnu was beheaded which freed Lord Vishnu from his sins. After hearing these words from Vishnu, Brahmin and Gwala started worshipping the place and they established a small temple in the name of Lord Vishnu. Ever since that day, the site has been held sacred. . Even today we can find the descendant of Sudarshan Brahmin as priest of the temple and the descendents of Gwala as ghutiyars (conservators).
PHYSICAL ASPECTS
Changu Narayan Temple is situated at the top of the hill surrounded by forest of Champ tree. On the main way to temple courtyard, we can find human settlement. People from Newar community live in and around Changu Narayan area. With the development in tourism in this place, we can find many medium and small sized hotels, restaurants, souvenir shops, etc. An ancient stone tap is located on the way to Changunaran which is believed to have existed since the time of Lichhavi.
THE TEMPLE ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Changu Narayan is considered to be the oldest temple of Nepal. It remains a milestone in Nepali temple architecture with rich embossed works. The two-storey roofed temple stands on a high plinth of stone. According to Professor Madhan Rimal, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tribhuwan University, the temple is neither in Shikhara Style nor the Pagoda style. It has an architectural style which he would like to describe as a traditional Nepali temple. Many similar features are found at Gokarna Mahadev. The temple is surrounded by sculptures and arts related to Lord Vishnu. Also we can find the temples of lord Shiva, Ashta Matrika, Chhinnamasta, Kileshwor and Krishna inside the courtyard of main temple. There are four entrances to the temple and these gates are guarded by life size pairs of animals such as lions, sarabhas, graffins and elephants on each side of the entrances. The ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu and the other idols are carved in the struts, which support the roof. The entrance door is gilded with carvings of Nagas (snakes). On the main entrance gate (i.e. western entrance gate), we can find the Chakra, Sankha, Kamal and Khadga all at the top of a stone pillar. These stone pillars has inscription in Sanskrit. This inscription is considered to be the oldest inscription of Nepal and the stone inscription pillar was erected by Lichhavi King Manadeva in 464 AD. The following monument are located while visiting the temple from the right side after entering from the main entrance (Eastern gate) to courtyard.
Historical pillar erected by Mandeva in 464 AD
Garuda:- flying vehicle of Lord Vishnu which has got a human face and is a devotee of Vishnu.
Statue of Bhupalendra Malla, King of Kantipur and his queen BhuwanLakshmi.
Chanda Narayan (Garuda Narayan):- 7th century stone sculpture of Vishnu riding on Garuda. This sculpture has been depicted in the 10 rupee paper note issued by Nepal Rastra Bank
Sridhar Vishnu:- 9th century stone sculpture of Vishnu, Laxmi and Garuda which stands on the pedestals of various motifs.
Vaikuntha Vishnu :- 16th century sculpture of Vishnu seated on the lalitason position on the six armed Garuda and Laxmi seated on the lap of Vishnu
Chhinnamasta:- Temple dedicated to Chhinnamasta devi, who beheaded herself, offered her own blood to feed the hungry Dakini and Varnini.
Vishworup:- 7th century stone sculpture- beautifully carved that depicts the scene from the Bhagwat Gita, in which Lord Krishna manifests his universal form to his devotee Arjun.
Vishnu Vikrant :- 7th century sculpture of Trivikram Vishnu that depicts the scene of popular Hindu myth of Lord Vishnu and his beloved Bali Raja.
Narasimha :- 7th century sculpture of Narasimha , an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, killing the demon King Hiranyakasyapa to save his beloved devotee Prahalad.
Kileshwor:- small two storied temples of Lord Shiva, who is believed to have appeared in this place for the protection of the hill.
INFORMATION CENTRE
There is a information centre at the entrance to Changu Village. They issue tickets to tourist. The information center has a public toilet for tourist. Also drinking water facilities is available for tourist. But the drink water facilities have not been managed properly. Only direct tap water is available there. According to Binaya Raj Shrestha, owner of Chagu Museum and the member of temple management committee, on an average 150 foreigners visit Changu.
CHANGU MUSEUM
A private museum is also located on in the Changu Narayan on the way to temple. According to Binaya Raj Shrestha, the owner of the museum, it is the first private museum of Nepal and it has the collection of ancient coins, tools, arts and architectures. There is an excellent collection of ancient, historical, artistic, religious, archaeological, cultural and other rare objects. The museum has a good collection of ancient tools used by Newar family during the medieval period. It was established on the occasion of millennium year 2000 AD with the permission of Changu Narayan VDC. The entrance fee for Nepalese is NRs. 50 and NRs. 300 is charged for foreigner. On an average 35 visitors visit this museum in a day. Mostly foreigners and Nepali students visit this museum.
ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
There is an ethnographic museum inside the building of the temple which incorporates both objects and photographs collected by Judith Davis. Entrance is INR. 250 for foreigners. There is also a small bookshop.
FESTIVALS AND FAIRS
Since the ancient period, many festivals and fairs have been organized on various occasions. One of the main festivals of Changu is called Changu Narayan Jatra. The festival ‘Mahashanan’ held here as an important festival. On the day of ‘Jugadi Nawami’ and ‘Haribodhini Ekadashi’ special puja is conducted in Changu. Daily puja and aarati is not conducted in temple and on the occasion of family rituals, such as birthday, marriage, etc local conduct not special puja in the temple.
MANAGEMENT APPROACHES
Changu Narayan Temple is on the list of world heritage sites. The valuable stone sculpture and ancient inscriptions have archeological, historical and cultural significance. Changu Narayan VDC is formed a committee called Changu Narayan Temple management Committee which is the responsible body to work for protection, preservation and management. Likewise the Department of Archeology and Palace Management Office, Bhaktapur has also provided assistance on the conservation and preservation of the temple. Many local youth clubs are involved in managing festivals, organizing awareness programs in and around temple area.
THREATS/CHALLENGES
The Manohara stream has long seen rampant mining of sand and stones. Local administration have failed to control the mining activities. Because of the mining activities, the temple area has become prone to landslides. Due to overgrazing in the nearby forest, the chances of soil erosion and landslide are very high.
There is a challenge regarding the security of the unique sculptures. Also the temple is getting older so renovation is necessary. The tourist information center has not been managed properly and they have not maintained good records of tourists. The museum is not issuing ticket bills after payments are made by Nepali visitors. Although Changu is only 8 miles east of Kathmandu, bus service is still lacking which means a newly constructed road to Changu has failed to bring in a significant number of tourists.
WIKIPEDIA
Inscription on the plaque:
"Wohn- und Sterbehaus der Schwester Goethes, Cornelia Schlosser. Gestorben 8. Juni 1777.
Wohnhaus J.G. Schlossers 1774 - 1783
Hier waren Schlossers Gäste:
Göthe, Heinse, Jacobi, Kaufmann, Lavater, Lenz, Lerse, Pfeffel, Pfenninger, Roederer, Sarrasin und Herzog Karl August von Weimar"
A Marine flyer since 1935, Colonel Gregory “Pappy” Boyington was encouraged to resign his commission to fly with the Flying Tigers in China. There he got credit for six Japanese planes. But when he applied for reinstatement in the Marine Corps, he found himself disgraced for “having left the Corps in time of national emergency.” For nearly three months he parked cars in a Seattle garage until, in desperation, he telegraphed an Under Secretary of the Navy. In a few days he was on the way to the South Pacific where he was given a squadron of misfits. These pilots, unwanted by other outfits, and led by the oldest active Marine fighter pilot, made one of the great records of the war. The heart of this book is the colorful story of Boyington’s Black Sheep Squadron.
“Pappy” Boyington was a wild, hard drinking, professional Marine flyer who was one of the most unconventional heroes of World War II. As wild and independent as he was, he was a competent leader of men and had no desire to change his ways. He had never let anyone kick him around, and he saw no reason why he should let the Japanese do so in the air or after he was taken prisoner.
Winner of a Congressional Medal of Honor and a Navy Cross for his achievements while leading the Black Sheep Squadron, “Pappy” Boyington had twenty months as a prisoner of the Japanese in which to gain emotional maturity and sobriety. He freely admitted that during the nearly two years he spent as a P.O.W. his health improved due to the enforced sobriety. He retired from the Marine Corps on August 1, 1947.
Many people know of Pappy Boyington from the mid-1970s television show Baa Baa Black Sheep, a drama about the Black Sheep squadron based very loosely on Boyington's memoir, with Boyington portrayed by Robert Conrad. Many of Boyington's men were irate over this show, charging it was mostly fiction and presented a glamorized portrayal of Boyington. Boyington himself often told interviewers and audiences that the television series was fiction and only loosely related to actual history. Here is a 1970’s interview with Boyington and the actor who portrayed him on television, Robert Conrad.
I purchased a used copy of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'. When I curled up to read it, I found this incredible inscription.
Identified
EVIDENCE
Provenance evidence: Inscription, Shelf Mark
Location in book: Inside Front Cover
Transcription: D7-14
IDENTIFICATION
Identified: Musgrave Family , owner
Identified place(s): Barnsley Park, Gloustershire, England
COPY
Repository: Huntington Library
Call number: 601832
Copy title: Works/The works of the pious and profoundly-learned Joseph Mede, B.D. sometime fellow of Christ's Colledge in Cambridge. / Corrected and enlarged according to the author's own manuscripts…
Author(s): Mede, Joseph, 1586-1638.
Published: London, 1672
Printer/Publisher: Printed by Roger Norton, for Richard Royston, bookseller to His most sacred Majesty
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Inscription on a WWII Japanese cannon on Managaha island in Saipan. Can you translate? Notice the Japan Navy's emblem in the center.
Return to the Western world! We spend one month in Croatia, and sample the joys of Central Europe by the Adriatic Sea.
Zagreb is thoroughly modern and beautiful, with a livelier local crowd, fresh markets, and more hidden gems than Prague or Budapest.
The Plitvice Lakes are one of the most awesome national parks we have visited so far.
Dubrovnik is like stepping back into the 1400s, all rocky hillside, stone streets, towering city walls, and Mediterranean blue sea.
Split is Croatia's second city, perched on the sea and built around the Roman ruins of Diocletian's Palace. We would love to come back here.
Read more about our travels at www.circumnavacation.com!
Inscription found at the site of the Temple of Herod, signaling the place of trumpeting at the southern wall.
The Mausoleum of Augustus.
Inside, the floor is littered with Roman fragments, but it’s a piece of marble on the wall that conjures up the ancient mausoleum: an original inscription dedicated to two of the first people interred there, Marcellus and Octavia. The inscription binds mother and son together for eternity, but as a reminder of why their journeys ended in the imperial mausoleum in the first place, the epigraph records their relationship not to each other, but to Augustus: GENER (son-in-law) for Marcellus; SOROR (sister) for Octavia.
My article about the mausoleum: 'The many lives of an eternal monument' - the Mausoleum of Augustus renewed
The door jamb from the hypostyle hall into the pronaos has some lovely hieroglyphic writing. Here is a sample.
Temple of Kalabsha, Egypt.
Inscription detail on my grandfather's grave at St Mary's church, Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf, Anglesey. 25th September 2017.
Obverse: Head of Apollo, laureate, to right, hair rolled up behind. In field left, a leaf and berry. Border of dots. High relief. Inscription in Greek. Reverse: Silenos seated on the ground, almost full-front to right, head to left. Holds a kantharos by one handle in his right hand, and a thyrsos, upright, in his left. At the right a herm (ithyphallic). At left an ivy leaf and berries. Plain border.
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Provenance
By date unknown: Edward Herbert Bunbury Collection; by 1896: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London (auction of the Edward Herbert Bunbury Collection, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London, June 17, 1896, lot 364); probably purchased at Bunbury auction by Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Greek, Classical Period, 420?–403 B.C.
Mint
Naxos, Sicily
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0309.
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 8.43 gm.
Accession Number
00.106
Medium or Technique
Silver