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The pithos is a large earthenware vessel that was often used for storing wine, oil or food in ancient times. This pithos can be found in the National Museum of Tbilisi and dates back to the 3rd century BC. With a volume of 1,500 liters, it is decorated with scenes of a deer hunt, depicted with animals and birds in red ochre on a glazed and polished surface. These hunting scenes, emphasize the role of hunting in Georgian culture. Georgia is often considered the birthplace of wine, with a winemaking tradition dating back over 8,000 years. The country has a unique terroir and uses the traditional Qvevri method of winemaking, producing a rich variety of wines. The Qvevri method is a traditional Georgian technique of winemaking, in which the wine is fermented and stored in large, egg-shaped earthenware vessels called qvevri. These vessels are usually buried in the ground to regulate the temperature. The process involves the use of grapes with skins and stalks, resulting in wines with full flavors and complex aromas. This method has a history of over 8,000 years and is considered an important part of Georgian culture and winemaking tradition.
The pithos on display at the National Museum of Tbilisi dates back to the 3rd century BC and has a volume of 1,500 liters. Discovered in Samadlo, Mtskheta, this large ceramic vessel features scenes of deer hunts, depicted with animals and birds painted in red ochre on its polished surface. It exemplifies the ancient Georgian tradition of pottery and the significance of these vessels in daily life and agricultural practices, particularly in wine production.
De pithos is een groot aardewerk vat dat vaak werd gebruikt voor het opslaan van wijn, olie of voedsel in de oudheid. Deze pithos is te vinden in het Nationaal Museum van Tbilisi en dateert uit de 3e eeuw voor Christus. Met een volume van 1.500 liter is het versierd met scènes van een hertenjacht, afgebeeld met dieren en vogels in rode oker op een geglazuurde en gepolijste oppervlakte. Deze jachtscènes, benadrukken de rol van jagen in de Georgische cultuur. Georgië wordt vaak beschouwd als de geboorteplaats van de wijn, met een wijntraditie die meer dan 8.000 jaar oud is. Het land heeft een unieke terroir en maakt gebruik van de traditionele Qvevri-methode voor wijnbereiding, waardoor het een rijke variëteit aan wijnen produceert. De Qvevri-methode is een traditionele Georgische techniek voor het maken van wijn, waarbij de wijn wordt gefermenteerd en opgeslagen in grote, ei-vormige aardewerken vaten genaamd qvevri. Deze vaten worden meestal ingegraven in de grond om de temperatuur te reguleren. Het proces omvat het gebruik van druiven met schil en steeltjes, wat resulteert in wijnen met een volle smaak en complexe aroma's. Deze methode heeft een geschiedenis van meer dan 8.000 jaar en wordt beschouwd als een belangrijk onderdeel van de Georgische cultuur en wijnbouwtraditie.
The site of Palmyra is an oasis in the Syrian desert, north-east of Damascus, it contains the monumental ruins of a great city that was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world, Palmyra mixed Graeco-Roman techniques with local traditions and Persian influences, it was listed UNESCO World Heritage in 1980
© Eric Lafforgue
Masada (“fortress” in Hebrew) is a mountain complex in Israel in the Judean desert that overlooks the Dead Sea. It is famous for the last stand of the Zealots (and Sicarii) in the Jewish Revolt against Rome (66-73 CE). Masada is a UNESCO world heritage site and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Israel.
The last occupation at Masada was a Byzantine monastery, and then the site was largely forgotten due to its remoteness and harsh environment (especially in the summer months). The site was superficially explored in 1838 CE by the American archaeologists Edward Robinson and Eli Smith. Then, between 1963 and 1965 CE, Yigael Yadin, who was both an Israeli military commander as well as an archaeologist, organized the first major excavations with volunteers from around the world.
The source for the history of Masada is Flavius Josephus (36-100 CE), who wrote about the origins of the fortress under the Hasmoneans and the renovations of the site under Herod the Great (37-4 BCE). As an eyewitness to the events of the Jewish revolt against Rome (66-73 CE), he wrote The Jewish War with the last chapter relating events at Masada in 73-74 CE. Josephus described the decision to commit mass suicide at the fortress (960 men, women, and children). However, because he was not an eyewitness to the events, modern debate continues in relation to the historical basis of his story.
As I stood at one end of this ancient city, I wondered if those people of the great empire saw the same big sky above as the one I was looking, or if they knew there’s no same sky and thought of the end of their glory.
This photograph is for to all my friends who live in areas where winter is defined by freezing temperatures, bleak skies and the sound of snow blowers.
This is the beach at Tulum which is located in the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. White, limestone sands and crystal blue waters all dramatically situated by ancient Mayan ruins.
Paradise found!
I was born and raised in San Diego, California where the sun shines year around. When the weather dips below 60 degrees we call that freezing temperatures in Southern California.
A couple of years ago, for some odd reason that I can’t explain even today, I decided to take a job promotion in Appleton, Wisconsin. So I traded in the sand for the snow and left the sunny shores of California for the Midwest.
Big mistake.
One winter day in December a blizzard greeting us by dumping an enormous amount of snow. Later that evening, after work, I was out in my driveway shoveling snow. I didn’t have a snow blower for two reasons: (1) I thought I wouldn’t be in Wisconsin very long (I ended up being there for two years). (2) I thought shoveling snow would be great exercise. My neighbor next door saw I was getting nowhere fast so he came over with his snow blower to help me out.
Mind you this was in the evening where the temperature dropped down to about twenty degrees. This California boy was bundled up in my thickest down jacket with five layers of REI’s best synthetic clothing. My neighbor kept warm with just camouflage sweat pants and a Green Bay Packer hoodie.
“Are you warm in that?” I asked.
“Oh this is nothing. December is when we get all the snow, but in January is when the temperature really drops, sometimes below zero,” he replied, “you know, you should really buy a snow blower.”
I never did buy that snow blower.
I ended up buying a round trip ticket to the Philippines where I enjoyed nearly three weeks of sunshine in January.
I never did see a snow blower in the Philippines nor in Tulum, Mexico and I don’t ever intend to see one ever again.
Happy Travels!
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View from the castle.
The site of Palmyra is an oasis in the Syrian desert, north-east of Damascus, it contains the monumental ruins of a great city that was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world, Palmyra mixed Graeco-Roman techniques with local traditions and Persian influences, it was listed UNESCO World Heritage in 1980
© Eric Lafforgue
The site of Palmyra is an oasis in the Syrian desert, north-east of Damascus, it contains the monumental ruins of a great city that was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world, Palmyra mixed Graeco-Roman techniques with local traditions and Persian influences, it was listed UNESCO World Heritage in 1980
© Eric Lafforgue
The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.
~ Buddha
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This famous Buddhist temple, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, is located in central Java.
It was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base with five concentric square terraces, the trunk of a cone with three circular platforms and, at the top, a monumental stupa.
The walls and balustrades are decorated with fine low reliefs, covering a total surface area of 2,500 m2. Around the circular platforms are 72 openwork stupas, each containing a statue of the Buddha.
Source :
whc.unesco.org/en/list/592
Cairo/Egypt 2019 (The Pyramids of Giza, located at The Giza Plateau, near Cairo, consist of the Great Pyramid or the Pyramid of Cheops/Khufu and constructed c. 2580 – c. 2560 BC), the somewhat smaller Pyramid of Khafre/Chephren a few hundred meters to the south-west, and the relatively modest-sized Pyramid of Menkaure/Mykerinos a few hundred meters farther south-west. The Great Sphinx lies on the east side of the complex. Current consensus among Egyptologists is that the head of the Great Sphinx is that of Khafre. Along with these major monuments are a number of smaller satellite edifices, known as "queens" pyramids, causeways and valley pyramids...)
*The Great Sphinx, a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human is generally believed to represent the Pharaoh Khafre.
Cut from the bedrock, the original shape of the Sphinx has been restored with layers of blocks. It measures 73 metres long from paw to tail, 20.21 m high from the base to the top of the head and 19 metres wide at its rear haunches. It is the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafre (c. 2558–2532 BC)...)
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“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” ~ Og Mandino
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Borobudur is a ninth-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.
Evidence suggests Borobudur was abandoned following the fourteenth century decline of Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms in Java, and the Javanese conversion to Islam.
Worldwide knowledge of its existence was sparked in 1814 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the then British ruler of Java, who was advised of its location by native Indonesians. Borobudur has since been preserved through several restorations.
The largest restoration project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO, following which the monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Borobudur is still used for pilgrimage; once a year Buddhists in Indonesia celebrate Vesak at the monument, and Borobudur is Indonesia's single most visited tourist attraction.
Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur
Urn Tomb - Façade
Its 26 m x 16.49 m façade is structured by two half columns at the center and two pilasters with engaged quarter columns at the corners, erected on a podium on either side of the doorway order. They bear Nabataean capitals and support a weathered entablature whose frieze contains four panels with bust-reliefs. These unusual frieze figures with their heads intruding the upper frame probably represent Nabataean deities. The dwarf pilasters of the upper order are in alignment with the bust-reliefs and the supports of the lower order. The triangular pediment is crowned by a lidded urn, which has given the tomb its name.
Another unique feature are the three burial niches (loculi) in the intercolumnar spaces high up on the façade, becoming an integral part of its design. In the opening of the middle one, there is still a relief plate on which the bust of a dignitary dressed in a tunic can be seen. Unfortunately his face is completely destroyed. Due to missing inscriptions it will never be known who was once portrayed here, but scholars believe that it is the bust of a Nabataean king, perhaps Malichus II (40-70 AD). In fact, the dwarf pilasters suggest that the tomb was made in the second half of the 1st century AD, according to: Fawzi Zayadine.
The doorway frame has two pilasters topped by Nabataean capitals with a necking band, on which a metope-triglyph frieze with several decorative mouldings and a triangular pediment rest. The window above it was opened during its Byzantine use as church.
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Nubia/Egypt 2019 (The Nile River in Egypt is the lifeblood of this ancient civilization. The ancient Egyptians prospered because of it, modern Egypt is dependent upon it.
This massive north flowing river, measuring 6650 kilometres (4,132 miles) is the longest river in the world. It is located in North-Western Africa and extends from Khartoum in Sudan to the Nile Delta located in northern Egypt.
The Nile River in Egypt flows through desert more than it does through any other landscape. Annual flooding deposits a rich layer of soil near the banks of the Nile. The Egyptians have depended upon this cycle and the arable land it creates since the times of their ancient ancestors.
*Feluccas are traditional wooden sailing boats used in waters particularly along the Nile...)
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A caretaker at Karnak stands next to only a few of the 134 mammoth columns that make up the hypostyle hall in the temple which dates back to 1225 BC.
Begin the explanation of the mastery over the acoustics of that ancient civilization. In a few minutes, our travel guide approaches a rock with an apparent hole and begins to speak. His voice spreads all over the place. SHOW. He explains that the function of that was to amplify the sound itself. And it was much used in sacred rituals, on specific days of equinox and solstice, to facilitate the entrance of that people, at that time, into what they call the "fourth dimension."
They are amazing.
"When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal."
- Hermann Hesse - from the novel “Siddhartha”
Ayutthaya was the ancient capital of the Siam dynasty and was founded in 1350 by King U-Thong. It was later destroyed in 1767 by the Burmese army. Located north of Bangkok, it makes for a great day trip from the modern capitol, but I would recommend an overnight stay to fully appreciate the ancient ruins.
Check back for more of my Thailand adventures!
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The ancient city of Ayutthaya, former capital of the kingdom of Siam and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Cairo/Egypt 2019 (The Pyramids of Giza, locatd at The Giza Plateau, near Cairo, consist of the Great Pyramid (also known as the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu and constructed c. 2580 – c. 2560 BC), the somewhat smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren) a few hundred meters to the south-west, and the relatively modest-sized Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinos) a few hundred meters farther south-west. The Great Sphinx lies on the east side of the complex. Current consensus among Egyptologists is that the head of the Great Sphinx is that of Khafre. Along with these major monuments are a number of smaller satellite edifices, known as "queens" pyramids, causeways and valley pyramids.
*Mykerinos pyramid once contained several statues of Mykerino. During the 5th dynasty, a smaller ante-temple was added on to the valley temple. The mortuary temple also yielded several statues of Mykerino. The king's pyramid has three subsidiary or queen's pyramids. Only Mykerino's pyramid is seen today without any of its original polished limestone casing...)
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Stone Buddha head embedded in a tangle of tree roots in the ancient Siamese city of Ayutthaya, UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Highlights from the wonderful exhibition of Tutankhamun's Gold Treasures at Saatchi Gallery London UK 30 Nov 2019.
© Amberinsea Photography 2019
Babylon was the capital city of Babylonia in Mesopotamia (in contemporary Iraq, about 70 miles south of Baghdad). The name is the Greek form of Babel, which is derived in turn from the Semitic form Babilu, meaning "The Gate of God". This Semitic word is a translation of the Sumerian Kadmirra.
History
The earliest mention of Babylon is in a dated tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad (24th century BC short chr.), who made it the capital of his empire. Over the years it fell back afterwards into the position of a mere provincial town and remained so for centuries, until it became the capital of Hammurabi's empire (18th century BC) From this time onward it continued to be the capital of Babylonia.
The city itself was built upon the Euphrates, divided in equal parts among its left and right banks with steep embankments built to contain the river’s seasonal floods. Babylon gradually grew in extent and grandeur, but in process of time it became subject to Assyria. It rebelled against the Assyrian rule under Mushezib-Marduk and again under Shamash-shum-ukin but was besieged and taken over by Sennacherib and Assurbanipal (Kandalanu) again.
Early turmoil
During the reign of Sennacherib, Babylon underwent a constant state of revolt, which was only suppressed by the complete destruction of the capital. In 689 BC its walls, temples and palaces were razed to the ground and the rubbish thrown into the Arakhtu, the canal which bordered the earlier Babylon on the south. This act shocked the religious conscience of Mesopotamia; the subsequent murder of Sennacherib was held to be an expiation of it, and his successor Esarhaddon hastened to rebuild the old city, to receive there his crown, and make it his residence during part of the year. On his death Babylonia was left to his elder son Shamash-shum-ukin, who eventually headed a revolt against his brother Assur-bani-pal of Assyria.
Once again Babylon was besieged by the Assyrians and starved into surrender. Assur-bani-pal (or Assurbanipal) purified the city and celebrated a "service of reconciliation", but did not venture to "take the hands" of Bel. In the subsequent overthrow of the Assyrian empire the Babylonians saw another example of divine vengeance.
On the fall of Nineveh (612 BC) Babylon had thrown off the Assyrian yoke, and became the capital of the growing Babylonian empire.
With the recovery of Babylonian independence under Nabopolassar a new era of architectural activity set in, and his son Nebuchadnezzar made Babylon one of the wonders of the ancient world.
It was under the rule of king Nebuchadnezzar (605 BC-562 BC) that Babylon had become one of the most splendid cities of the ancient world. Nebuchadnezzar ordered the complete reconstruction of the imperial grounds, including rebuilding the Etemenanki and the construction of the Ishtar Gate, the most spectacular of eight that ringed the perimiter of Babylon. The Ishtar Gate survives today in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Nebuchadnezzar is also credited with the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world) which he is said to have had built for his homesick wife Amyitis. Whether the gardens did exist is a matter of dispute. Although excavations by German archaeologist Robert Koldewey are thought to reveal its foundations, many historians disagree about the location, and some believe it may have been confused with gardens in Niniveh.
Babylon under the Persians
After passing through various vicissitudes the city was occupied in 538 BC by Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, who issued a decree permitting the Jews to return to their own land (Ezra 1). Under Cyrus, and his heir Darius I, Babylon became a center of learning and scientific advancement. Babylonian scholars completed maps of constellations, and created the foundations of modern astronomy and mathematics. However, under the reign of Darius III, Babylon began to stagnate.
Invasion by Alexander the Great
In 331 BC The Persian king Darius III was defeated by the forces of the Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great at the battle of Gaugamela, and in October Babylon saw its invasion and occupation. A native accounting of this invasion notes a ruling by Alexander not to enter the homes of its inhabitants.
Under Alexander, Babylon again flourished as a center of learning and commerce. But, after Alexander’s mysterious death in 323 BC in the palace of Nebuchadrezzar, his empire was divided amongst the generals, and decades of fighting soon began, with Babylon once again caught in the middle.
The constant turmoil virtually emptied the city of Babylon. A tablet dated 275 BC states that the inhabitants of Babylon were transported to Seleucia, where a palace was built as well as a temple to which the ancient name of E-Saggila was given. With this event the history of Babylon comes practically to an end, though more than a century later it was found that sacrifices were still performed in its old sanctuary. By 141 BC, when the Parthian Empire took over the region, Babylon was in complete desolation and obscurity.
Archaeology of Babylon
Historical knowledge of Babylon's topography is derived from the classical writers, the inscriptions of Nebuchadnezzar, and the excavations of the Deutsche Orientgesellschaft, which were begun in 1899. The topography is necessarily that of the Babylon of Nebuchadrezzar; the older Babylon which was destroyed by Sennacherib having left few, if any, traces behind.
Most of the existing remains lie on the east bank of the Euphrates, the principal being three vast mounds, the Babil to the north, the Qasr or "Palace" (also known as the Mujelliba) in the centre, and the Ishgn "Amran ibn" All, with the outlying spur of the Jumjuma, to the south. Eastward of these come the Ishgn el-Aswador "Black Mound" and three lines of rampart, one of which encloses the Babil mound on the N. and E. sides, while a third forms a triangle with the S.E. angle of the other two. W. of the Euphrates are other ramparts and the remains of the ancient Borsippa. We learn from Herodotus and Ctesias that the city was built on both sides of the river in the form of a square, and enclosed within a double row of lofty walls to which Ctesias adds a third. Ctesias makes the outermost wall 360 stades (42 miles/68 km) in circumference, while according to Herodotus it measured 480 stades (56 miles/90 km), which would include an area of about 520 km² (approx. 200 square miles).
The estimate of Ctesias is essentially the same as that of Q. Curtius (v. I. 26), 368 stades, and Clitarchus (ap. Diod. Sic. ii. 7), 365 stades; Strabo (xvi. 1. 5) makes it 385 stades. But even the estimate of Ctesias, assuming the stade to be its usual length, would imply an area of about 260 km² (100 square miles). According to Herodotus the width of the walls was 24 m (80 ft).
Saddam Hussein installed a huge portrait of himself and Nebuchadnezzar at the entrance to the ruins. He also had part of the ruins rebuilt, to the dismay of archaeologists, with his name inscribed in an imitation of Nebuchadnezzar, on many bricks used. One frequent inscription reads, "This was built by Saddam Hussein, son of Nebuchadnezzar, to glorify Iraq." The bricks became sought after collectors' items after the fall of Saddam, and the ruins are being restored to their original state.
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Happy Monday morning. Hope you all had a nice weekend? May you all have a great day and a wonderful new week.
"In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing". ~ Vincent Van Gogh
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This famous Buddhist temple, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, is located in central Java.
It was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base with five concentric square terraces, the trunk of a cone with three circular platforms and, at the top, a monumental stupa.
The walls and balustrades are decorated with fine low reliefs, covering a total surface area of 2,500 m2. Around the circular platforms are 72 openwork stupas, each containing a statue of the Buddha. The monument was restored with UNESCO's help in the 1970s.
The theatre of Roman ruins in Dougga. Dougga or Thugga is an ancient Roman city in northern Tunisia. UNESCO qualified Dougga as a World Heritage Site in 1997, believing that it represents “the best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa”. The site, which lies in the middle of the countryside, has been protected from the encroachment of modern urbanisation, in contrast, for example, to Carthage, which has been pillaged and rebuilt on numerous occasions.
Thugga’s size, its well-preserved monuments and its rich Numidian-Berber, Punic, ancient Roman and Byzantine history make it exceptional.
A 30 seconds exposure..
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Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
The temple of Apollo, the most important building in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, dominates the temenos from its central position. This is where the statues and other offerings to the god were kept, and where the cult rituals, including that of divination, took place.
This was a Doric peristyle temple, with six columns at the end and fifteen at the sides. The cella was divided into three naves by two colonnades of eight Ionic columns each. The divination ceremony took place in the adyton, or inner shrine, an underground chamber where only the priests interpreting Pythia's words had access.
Nubia/Egypt 2019 (The Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock temples at Abu Simbel. They are situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser. The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside in the 13th century BC, during the 19th dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses II. They serve as a lasting monument to the king and his queen Nefertari, and commemorate his victory at the Battle of Kadesh.
*The Ramesses II Temple took about twenty years to build, and it was completed around year 24 of the reign of Ramesses the Great (which corresponds to 1265 BC). It was dedicated to the gods Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah, as well as to the deified Rameses himself.
Four colossal 20 metre statues of the pharaoh with the double Atef crown of Upper and Lower Egypt decorate the facade of the temple, which is 35 metres wide and is topped by a frieze with 22 baboons, worshippers of the sun and flank the entrance. The colossal statues were sculpted directly from the rock in which the temple was located before it was moved. All statues represent Ramesses II, seated on a throne and wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt...)
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In ancient times, crocodiles were captured and adorned with jewels by Sobek priests of Kom Ombo. The crocs were then placed within a pit, along with dozens of other crocs to be worshipped.
The alabaster or Memphis Sphinx is one of my favorite sites in Egypt. It is believed that this sphinx was carved and erected sometime between 1700 BC and 1400 BC.
What a find it was in 1912. It is an intact sculpture and the face of the human is so haunting, wise, and gentle.
Originally built by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in 27 AD. The architecture is known as the best preserved ancient structure in Rome.
Borobudur is a ninth-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.
Evidence suggests Borobudur was abandoned following the fourteenth century decline of Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms in Java, and the Javanese conversion to Islam.
Worldwide knowledge of its existence was sparked in 1814 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the then British ruler of Java, who was advised of its location by native Indonesians. Borobudur has since been preserved through several restorations.
The largest restoration project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO, following which the monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Borobudur is still used for pilgrimage; once a year Buddhists in Indonesia celebrate Vesak at the monument, and Borobudur is Indonesia's single most visited tourist attraction.
Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur
North Gate to the ancient Khmer city of Angkor Thom, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Angkor group.
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The imposing pyramid of Chichén Itzá, also known as the Temple of Kukulkan, rises majestically over the Yucatán plain. This architectural wonder of the ancient Maya impresses not only with its symmetry and perfect proportions, but also with its profound symbolic meaning. Each step, each orientation, each shadow cast during the equinoxes speaks of a civilization that deeply understood time, the cosmos, and spirituality.
This image was captured in 1995 using an analog camera during one of my first trips to Mexico. Years later, it was scanned and digitally treated with a painterly finish that softens the textures and enhances the warm tones of the sunset. A visual tribute to one of the New Seven Wonders of the World — and to memories that stand the test of time.