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The Sepulturas Group was one of the residential wards and suburban centers of varying sizes and complexities found in the Copan Valley. It was second in importance only to the group that was found where the modern town of Copan Ruinas has since been constructed.
Some of the dwellings found at Las Sepulturas have been dated to Early Preclassic times and to Middle Preclassic times. The complex featured large cobble-built platforms and several wealthy tombs.
Another interesting feature at Las Sepultas is the evidence of a non-Maya population living in this important sector. Whether they were specialized merchants or political agents from abroad is still under debate, what is for certain is that they were important players in the affairs of state at Copan auring the period starting around 800 A.D.
This group was connected to the Great Plaza by a causeway, so there are strong reasons to believe Las Sepulturas may have been a residential area, where rich and powerful nobles once lived.
One huge, luxurious residential compound seems to have housed some 250 people in 40 or 50 buildings arranged around 11 courtyards. The principal structure, called the House of Bacabs, where a high ranking political figure whose glyphic title reads “aj k'uhuun” is believed to have lived there. HIs house had outer walls carved with the full sized figures of 10 males in fancy feathered headdresses; inside was a huge bench covered with hieroglyphic writing.
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Hoecker Structures has been operating for as the market leading supplier of marquees and temporary buildings to the Australian events industry for over 20 years to the extent that the 'Hoecker' brand has become synonymous for these type of structures within the industry.
GigaOM Structure Data event at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers in New York, NY on Wednesday March 19, 2014. (© Photo by Jakub Mosur).
The existential zoo is a retreat for those who believe that it is time to abandon LA. They have a fear of traffic lights always looking to the left and the right. Look at that man trapped in his car on a journey to some distant star. Look at that man falling out of the sky. Maybe he thinks that he can fly. There's a candle in front of wilted flowers and a picture of a dead Mexican kid. Let us use this dim light to disciver all the tragedies that have been hid. Walking alone under empty blue skies I don't like the way the land seems to lie. It's tilted a little to one side.
Hoisting a large wooden beam over the top of Mareel, which will make up part of the structure for the large glass window and wall of the cafe/bar.
Concord (NC) Fire Department working at a structure fire in an older building at the Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Facility.
Wonderful structural, minimalist views of gas pipes outside of residences in Tel Aviv. These were all shapes and sizes and numbers of pipes. Generally a single larger pipe came up from the ground and spilt into multiple smaller pipes, connected with valves and meters, and then further pipes dissapeared into building walls.
GigaOM Structure Data event at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers in New York, NY on Wednesday March 19, 2014. (© Photo by Jakub Mosur).
Veil of Maya
Support: Betraying The Martyrs, Vildhjarta, Structures, Volumes
08.05.2012
Baroeg, Rotterdam
Netherlands
Copyright © Jessica Santiago Lopez
Photos taken for www.metalkrant.net
The red brick structure where President Lincoln died in 1865 having been shot in the head by Boothe at the Ford Theater across the street.
Yup! I kissed it! This is the view from the top of Blarney Castle in Cork, Ireland...I took this right after my kiss. As soon as we descended, it started pouring. THEN the sun came out. As usual. We later visited the Woolen Mills and had a drink at the Muskerry Arms.
Here is some info about Blarney Castle and that famous stone... (from Wikipedia):
Blarney Castle is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, near Cork, Ireland, and the River Martin. Though earlier fortifications were built on the same spot, the current keep was built by the McCarthy clan and dates from 1446.[1] The noted Blarney Stone is found among the machicolations of the castle.
The castle originally dates from before AD 1200, when a wooden structure was built on the site. Around 1210 A.D. this was replaced by a stone fortification.[1] It was destroyed in 1446, but subsequently rebuilt by Cormac MacCarthy - then King of Munster.[2]
The castle was besieged during the Irish Confederate Wars and was seized in 1646 by Parliamentarian forces under Lord Broghill. However after the Restoration the castle was restored to Donough MacCarty, who was made 1st Earl of Clancarty.[3]
During the Williamite War in Ireland in the 1690s, the then 4th Earl of Clancarty (also named Donough MacCarty) was captured and his lands (including Blarney Castle) were confiscated by the Williamites.
The castle was sold and changed hands a number of times before being purchased by Sir James St. John Jefferyes.[4]
Members of the Jefferyes family would later build a mansion near the keep. This house was destroyed by fire however, and in 1874 a replacement baronial mansion - known as Blarney House - was built overlooking the nearby lake.
The castle is now a partial ruin with some accessible rooms and battlements. At the top of the castle lies the Stone of Eloquence, better known as the Blarney Stone. Tourists visiting Blarney Castle may hang upside-down over a sheer drop to kiss the stone, which is said to give the gift of eloquence. There are many legends as to the origin of the stone, but some say that it was the Lia Fáil—a magical stone upon which Irish kings were crowned.
Surrounding the castle are extensive gardens. There are paths touring the grounds with signs pointing out the various attractions such as several natural rock formations which have been given fanciful names, such as Druid's Circle, Witch's Cave and the Wishing Steps. Blarney House, also open to the public, is a Scottish baronial-style mansion that was built on the grounds in 1874.