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This was our base camp on the first day of our journey. At nearly 18,000ft high, I suffered from high altitude sickness, but it was well worth it!
www.adamphotogallery.com/ photograph of grass and billboard at the archeological site of Cuicuilco in the south of Mexico City.
71-130 AD, Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, Via Appia.
D(is) M(anibus) / Sex(to) Avo[n]io Fausto / Martia[l]is lib(erto) stragulari(o) / Avonia Pr[i]migenia / coniux Avon[ia] Soteris fil(ia) / et / Sex(tus) Avon[i]us Valens / lib(ertus) patron[o] bene / merenti posuit / te rogo praeter[ien]s quisquis es ut dicas / Avon[i Fa]uste sit ti[bi] terra levi[s]
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LA CIVILIZACIÓN MADRE 10.000 BC. EL FENÓMENO DE LAS MODIFICACIONES ARTIFICIALES DEL PAISAJE. EL ARTE INCOMPRENDIDO
MONTSERRAT. BARCELONA (CATALUNYA)
Descubridor: Eliseo López Benito/ eliseolopezbenito@gmail.com
Arena; remains of the Roman amphitheatre in Pula. The amphiteatre was constructed in 27 BC - 68 AD and is among the six largest surviving Roman arenas in the World.
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Rama breaking Parshurama's bow
About the temple
Surprisingly, the temple does not have a 1000 images of Rama - nobody seems to have bothered to count. The beautiful temple, based on the axial alignment and the location, points to the pivotal role it played during its time.
Wrapped around the outside wall, are three lines clockwise panels depicting 108 scenes from Valmiki's Ramayana. The story goes that the kings would make three parikrama's of the temple every morning. The panels simulated them reading the epic every day. Was this the first Ramayana comic?
The panels are arranged such that the corners and doorways have important episodes, a clue into how the designers thought of visual placements.
More on the temple @ sunilshinde.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/hazararama-temp...
More on Hampi @ sunilshinde.typepad.com/my_weblog/hampi_india/
At the ancient time, the Agora constituted the main meeting place of the Athenians. The site developed starting from VIth century before Christ. It knew an important development under the reign of Pericles.
Salamis (Constantia), Famagusta, Turkish Republic of North Cyprus. Greek and Roman remains of ancient city. Flying buttresses.
The El Djem Archaeological Museum showcases an exceptional collection of Roman mosaics. All are richly coloured, in excellent condition and sensitively displayed. Highlights include a gory array of scenes from the colosseum and multiple images of a drunken Dionysus. At the rear of the museum is the House of Africa, an AD 170 Roman villa from the heart of El Jem that was excavated in the 1990s and transferred here for display.
The House of Africa owes its name to an impressive medallion mosaic depicting the Goddess Africa, a moody-looking young woman symbolising the Roman province of Africa (by the hide and two elephant tusks she wears as headgear).
Neptune Roman Mosaic.
After the conquest of Carthage, the Roman province of Africa (which is Tunisia today) became one of the richest provinces of the empire and many wealthy people here commissioned beautiful mosaics in their villas. The Bardo Palace and Museum is a repository of some of the richest collections of Roman mosaics in the world.
The Bardo brings together one of the finest and largest collections of Roman mosaics in the world thanks to the excavations undertaken from the beginning of the 20th century on archaeological sites in the country including Carthage, Hadrumetum, Dougga, or Utica. The mosaics represent a unique source for research on everyday life in Roman Africa. The Museum also contains a rich collection of marble statues representing the gods and Roman emperors found on various sites including those of Carthage and Thuburbo Majus.
The guide books advised to visit the excellent Bardo Museum early in the morning or during lunch time to avoid crowds. However, we almost had the whole museum to ourselves. The attack by ISIS in March hit the tourism industry of Tunisia badly, leaving the sights and hotels empty. A few glass-encased artefacts were minimally damaged by the bullets but the jewels of the museum, the unprotected mosaics from the various Roman ruins in Tunisia, have miraculously survived unscathed.
A tomb near nazareth, Israel dates to the first century. Similar to Christ's tomb with the stone rolled over the entry. XLarge size.
As is also true for the Jain temples, BAPS temples are built strictly to the codes defined in the Shilpa Shastras.
The beautiful architecture around Dresden Schlossplatz illuminated by morning light. The Schlossplatz in Dresden is one of the historical places of the city and forms a building complex a landmark of the city center of Dresden includes Katholische Hofkirche on the right, Oberlandesgericht on the left and Fürstenzug in the background, Dresden.
Salamis (Constantia), Famagusta, Turkish Republic of North Cyprus. Greek and Roman remains of ancient city. Statues.
The Arch of Hadrian is a monumental gateway resembling a Roman triumphal arch. It spanned an ancient road from the center of Athens to the complex of structures on the eastern side of the city that included the Temple of Olympian Zeus. Built 131 AD.
Carthage Room.
After the conquest of Carthage, the Roman province of Africa (which is Tunisia today) became one of the richest provinces of the empire and many wealthy people here commissioned beautiful mosaics in their villas. The Bardo Palace and Museum is a repository of some of the richest collections of Roman mosaics in the world.
The Bardo brings together one of the finest and largest collections of Roman mosaics in the world thanks to the excavations undertaken from the beginning of the 20th century on archaeological sites in the country including Carthage, Hadrumetum, Dougga, or Utica. The mosaics represent a unique source for research on everyday life in Roman Africa. The Museum also contains a rich collection of marble statues representing the gods and Roman emperors found on various sites including those of Carthage and Thuburbo Majus.
The guide books advised to visit the excellent Bardo Museum early in the morning or during lunch time to avoid crowds. However, we almost had the whole museum to ourselves. The attack by ISIS in March hit the tourism industry of Tunisia badly, leaving the sights and hotels empty. A few glass-encased artefacts were minimally damaged by the bullets but the jewels of the museum, the unprotected mosaics from the various Roman ruins in Tunisia, have miraculously survived unscathed.