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The art left on canyon walls fires the imagination. Persons living in a stone age civilization left imaginative paintings and etchings, but what was the motivation? So many possibilities...
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Zhujaijiao is about 50km west of Shanghai. Many of the buildings and bridges have been preserved in this ancient town that's over 1700 years old. It is also known as the Venice of Shanghai.
Sanphet Prasat Throne Hall, Ayuthayan kings' palace, replica.
Scanned Kodachrome slide - DxO SilverEfexPro2 - FilterForge7
Like an ancient Asian painting (Chinese or Japanese) this landscape was constantly evolving, in terms of mystery and visibility.
Great mountain ridges, surrounded by clouds and mists, looked like petrified giants somehow willing to communicate with that tiny solitary tree.
Shot taken in the evening, while wandering in the magical mountains of the Val Maira (Italy).
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This location is actually not too far from where I live, however, I had avoided it as I thought the stone circle was too enclosed by the surrounding trees. What I hadn't realized, until I saw some shots from Taron Curtis, was how dark the sky was and what a good view of the starfield you got. I suppose there had to be a reason why these stones were put here and a great night sky is as good a reason as any.
New!! Mini Challenge 27.0 ~ Statues and Sculptures ~
~ Statues and Sculptures ~ SOTN ~
{Lady Sennuwy ~1971-1926 BC}
Harvard University - Museum of Fine Arts Exibition
The Baram synagogue ruins are part of the Baram National park. The ruins themselves are well-preseved with recognizable arched doorways and windows still standing. An Aramatic engraving can still be read over one of the windows that reads "Built by Elazar son of Yuden".
The synagogue is laid out similarly to the era's Roman temples and Byzantine churches, facing Jerusalem.
This tall stone tower is one of five at the corners and heart of the main temple of Angkor Wat, representing the five peaks of Mt Meru, the abode of the gods, sacred to the Buddhists, Hindus and Jains. Appropriately, the extensive temple complex, built in the 12th century by King Jayarvaman VII, was initially Hindu, changing in later times to Buddhist.
The Ancient Teapot 古代茶壶
By Daniel Arrhakis / 丹尼尔·红龙 (2021)
With the music : Track title: 何必詩債換酒錢 Why'd Anyone Buy Wine With Money From Their Poetry Fees!?
Music by: 黃詩扶、papaw泡泡
Original vocals: Winky詩、流仙、RaJor、佑可貓
A creative Asian Chinese digital still life composition made with Bougainvillea flowers photo of mine and stock images.
Sveti Naum, Macedonia
The Monastery of Saint Naum is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the Republic of Macedonia, named after the medieval Saint Naum who founded it. It is situated along Lake Ohrid, 29 kilometres (18 mi) south of the city of Ohrid.
The Lake Ohrid area, including St Naum, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Macedonia.
The monastery was established in the Bulgarian Empire in 905 by St Naum of Ohrid himself. St Naum is also buried in the church.
Since the 16th century, a Greek school had functioned in the monastery. The area where the monastery of St Naum (Albanian: Shën Naum) lies belonged to Albania for a short period from 1912 until June 28, 1925, when Zog of Albania ceded it to Yugoslavia as a result of negotiations between Albania and Yugoslavia and as a gesture of goodwill
Fenghuang Ancient Town, Hunan, China
Fenghuang (Phoenix) Ancient Town was built in 1704, and has over 300 years of history. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in Mar 2008 in the Cultural category.
Close-up of amaranth, an ancient grain grown about 8000 yrs ago, primarily by the Aztecs.
This site has interesting info: www.ancientgrains.com/amaranth-history-and-origin/
An ancient Japanese cedar tree (Sugi), with tree crutches supporting its limbs, casts a shadow near several Tokushima chlorite schist rocks in Omote Goten Garden, Tokushima Palace grounds, Tokushima, Shikoku Island, Japan.
Few years back I took this picture in a Vintage Car Rally in Kolkata on a winter morning. This is a mirror of a ancient vintage car and that man was the owner of that car. I just choose a uncommon angle to click this picture. The style, the attitude of that man shows his status and personality.
View from the hill on ruins of the old city. Here, when now you can see many small stone walls, in old times were residential houses :)
Kamiros or Camirus was a city of ancient Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Its site is on the northwest coast of the island. The ancient city was built on three levels. At the top of the hill was the acropolis, with the temple complex of Athena Kameiras and the stoa. The stoa consisted of two rows of Doric columns with rooms for shops or lodgings in the rear. From the top of the acropolis, there is a beautiful view of the sea and the island. The main settlement was on the middle terrace, consisting of a grid of parallel streets and residential blocks. On the lower terrace are found a Doric temple, probably to Apollo; the Fountain House, with the Agora in front of it; and Peribolos of the Altars, which contained dedications to various deities. During the prehistoric period the area was inhabited by Mycenaean Greeks. The city itself was founded by the Dorians. The temple foundations were begun at least as early as the eighth century BC. The earthquake of 226 BC destroyed the city and the temple. The earthquake of 142 AD destroyed the city for the second time. The Acropolis was excavated by Alfred Biliotti and Auguste Salzmann between 1852 and 1864. Many of the finds from their digs are now kept in the British Museum in London. In 1928 the Italian Archaeological School began a systematic excavation of the area together with restoration work which continued until the end of the Second World War.
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Widok z góry na ruiny starożytnego miasta Kamiros. W miejscu gdzie teraz pozostały jedynie labirynty kamiennych murów, kiedyś były domy mieszkalne :)
Kamiros (Kameiros)- starożytne miasto położone na północno-zachodnim wybrzeżu wyspy. Kamiros jest ostatnim obok Ialyssos i Lindos miastem, które wchodziło w skład potężnych miast-państw starożytnego Rodos. Słynęło przede wszystkim z wysoko cenionych rzemieślników. Reszta mieszkańców trudniła się rolnictwem i hodowlą. Często Kamiros nazywane jest greckimi Pompejami, a to dlatego, że domniema się, iż zostało zniszczone w wyniku potężnego trzęsienia ziemi, mającego miejsce w 142 r. p.n.e. Dawne miasteczko odkopano i odnaleziono w 1859 roku. Jednak jako jedyne do dnia dzisiejszego nie podniosło się z gruzów. Początki istnienia osady w tym miejscu sięgają XVI - XV w. p.n.e. Jednak samo miasto założyli Dorowie. Najbardziej zyskało na znaczeniu, gdy weszło w skład Heksapolis (dorycki związek sześciu miast). Starożytne Kamiros zostało zbudowane na trzech poziomach. Na szczycie wzgórza, rozciągającego się na wysokości 122 m n.p.m., znajdował się akropol ze świątynią Ateny, na środkowym tarasie domy mieszkalne, najniżej czworoboczna agora, świątynie i ołtarze. Do dziś można zobaczyć tu oryginalny układ fundamentów domostw, ruiny świątyni Pallas Ateny, wielką cysternę, która zaopatrywała mieszkańców w wodę, łaźnie, oraz pozostałości wodociągów. Ze szczytu akropolu rozciąga się przepiękna panorama na morze jak i wyspę.