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Carl Sandburg College dedicated a collection of artifacts from former president Dr. William “Bill” Anderson on Tuesday, May 2 in the Sandburg Library. The Dr. William Anderson Collection includes personal pieces that were donated by Anderson, who served as Sandburg’s second president from 1977-1983, and will play an essential role in preserving the history of the College and its namesake. The extensive collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, autographed books, letters, postcards, memorabilia and more. Included among the items are handwritten letters from Helga Sandburg Crile, Carl Sandburg’s youngest daughter; a Commencement address from Helga with her handwritten notes; books signed by Carl Sandburg; documentation of Civil War re-enactments on College grounds that were started by Anderson; and correspondence with Burl Ives.
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This intervention-exhibition presents artworks and installations across the galleries and public spaces of the McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum, and the Mills Observatory. The works conjure up an image of future artifacts, questions ideas of what we leave behind and reveals the hidden material cultures of our technological age. The audience can choose to hunt for these artifacts or find them by chance; either way they will provide new conversations between museum objects and their audience.
Gabriel Menotti (Brazil)
Scott Kildall (USA)
Roel Roscam Abbing (Netherlands)
Thomson & Craighead (UK)
Nedyalka Panova (Bulgaria)
Check out the individual programme entries for more information about the work and the artist. www.northeastofnorth.com
With thanks to Leisure & Culture Dundee.
THE MCMANUS AND THE MILLS OBSERVATORY
The McManus Albert Square, Meadowside Dundee DD1 1DA
The Mills Observatory, Glamis Road, Balgay Park, Dundee, DD2 2UB
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This was part of the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs Exhibit at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington.
I took an artistic approach in this digital representation and attempted to use lighting to show the physicality of the dog tags. They shine in real light, and they shine in the digital photo.
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Discovered in 1570 by Diego García de Palacio, the Maya site of Copan is one of the most important sites of the Mayan civilization. The site is functioned as the political, civil and religious centre of the Copan Valley. It was also the political centre and cultural focus of a larger territory that covered the southeast portion of the Maya area and its periphery. Copán is in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. It is one of the most important sites of the Maya civilization, which was not excavated until the 19th century. The ruined citadel and imposing public squares reveal the three main stages of development before the city was abandoned in the early 10th century.
This ancient Maya city mirrors the beauty of the physical landscapes in which it flourished—a fertile, well-watered mountain valley in western Honduras at an elevation of 600 meters (1,970 feet) above mean sea level. It was the capital city of a major Classic period kingdom from the 5th to 9th centuries AD. The city was in the extreme southeast of the Mesoamerican cultural region, on the frontier with the Isthmo-Colombian cultural region, and was almost surrounded by non-Maya peoples.
Copán was occupied for more than two thousand years, from the Early Preclassic period to the Postclassic. The city developed a distinctive sculptural style within the tradition of the lowland Maya, perhaps to emphasize the Maya ethnicity of the city's rulers.
The first evidence of population in the Copan Valley dates back to 1500 B.C., but the first Maya-Cholan immigration from the Guatemalan Highlands is dated around 100 A.D. The Maya leader Yax Kuk Mo, coming from the area of Tikal (Petén), arrived in the Copan Valley in 427 A.D., and started a dynasty of 16 rulers that transformed Copan into one of the greatest Maya cities during the Classic Maya Period. The great period of Copán, paralleling that of other major Mayan cities, occurred during the Classical period, AD 300-900. Major cultural developments took place with significant achievements in mathematics, astronomy and hieroglyphic writing. The archaeological remains and imposing public squares reveal the three main stages of development, during which evolved the temples, plazas, altar complexes and ball courts that can be seen today, before the city was abandoned in the early 10th century.
Copan's history has been reconstructed in detail by archaeologists and epigraphers. Copán was a powerful city ruling a vast kingdom within the southern Maya area. The city suffered a major political disaster in AD 738 when Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil, one of the greatest kings in Copán's dynastic history, was captured and executed by his former vassal, the king of Quiriguá. This unexpected defeat resulted in a 17-year hiatus at the city, during which time Copán may have been subject to Quiriguá in a reversal of fortunes.
The Mayan city of Copán as it exists today is composed of a main complex of ruins with several secondary complexes encircling it. The main complex consists of the Acropolis and important plazas. Among the five plazas are the Ceremonial Plaza, with an impressive stadium opening onto a mound with numerous richly sculptured monoliths and altars; the Hieroglyphic Stairway Plaza, with a monumental stairway at its eastern end that is one of the outstanding structures of Mayan culture. On the risers of this 100 m wide stairway are more than 1,800 individual glyphs which constitute the longest known Mayan inscription. The Eastern Plaza rises a considerable height above the valley floor. On its western side is a stairway sculptured with figures of jaguars originally inlaid with black obsidian.
From what is known today, the sculpture of Copán appears to have attained a high degree of perfection. The Acropolis, a magnificent architectural complex, appears today as a large mass of rubble which came about through successive additions of pyramids, terraces and temples. The world's largest archaeological cut runs through the Acropolis. In the walls of the cut, it is possible to distinguish floor levels of previous plazas and covered water outlets. The construction of the Great Plaza and the Acropolis reflects a prodigious amount of effort because of the size of its levelled and originally paved expanse of three hectares and the latter because of the enormous volume of its elevated mass, which rises some 30 meters from the ground.
The design of the site, with its temples, plazas, terraces and other features, represent a type of architectural and sculptural complex among the most characteristic of the Classic Maya Civilization. The Maya site of Copan represents one of the most spectacular achievements of the Classic Maya Period because of the number, elaboration and magnitude of its architectural and sculptural monuments. The stelae and altars at the Plaza form one of the most beautiful sculpture ensembles in the region. In both the design and execution of monuments, the Maya bequeathed a unique example of their creative genius and advanced civilization at Copan.
The lengthy inscription on the Hieroglyphic Stairway, the longest inscribed text in the Maya region, is of considerable historic significance for the site, and for a wider cultural area.
Alfred Maudslay (1850–1931) quit his position as a colonial official at the age of just 22 to embark on an extraordinary undertaking that he'd pursue for the rest of his life. He was a pioneering British explorer and archaeologist who conducted the first systematic, scientific studies of major Maya ruins between 1881 and 1894, including Tikal, Copán, Quiriguá, Palenque, and Chichén Itzá. He utilized high-quality photography and plaster casting techniques to document and preserve Mayan monuments. His work was published in the influential five-volume Biologia Centrali-Americana (1889–1902).
— MARMARIS MUSEUM —
''Marmaris Fort was restored in 1990 opened to serv as Marmaris Museum it has seven closed spaces three of the exhibitions both are arranged as archeology galeries of the museum you may visit the exhibition at Marmaris Museum and see the various ornaments traced works historical artifacts and various pots most which belonged to the rich antiqueage of Marmaris and Dacta but generally belonged to Hellenistic (330 - 30 B.C.) Roman (30 B.C. - 395 D.C.) and Byzantine (395 - 1453 D.C.) periods at the same time it is possible to visit the Marmaris Fort which is a precious historical monument of Ottoman period''.
Herodotus states that the castle was first built in 3,000 BC, Physkos (Marmaris) which was a Caria city in that period was a transition point between the Aegean and the Mediterranean as it is now. The port of the city, with its trade routes opening Rhodes and Egypt had been significant throughout the ages.
During the reign of Gazi Ahmet Bey in Menteşe Seigniory in beginning of 15th century, the castle and its port were repaired. Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, on a military mission to Rhodes on 22nd July 1522, commanded to repair the castle in order to use it as a military base. Hafsa Sultan Caravanserai is located in the entrance of a narrow street with steps to the castles. It is understood from an inscription above the entrance that Ottoman Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent had made the Hafsa Sultan Caravanserai built in the name of his mother Hafsa Sultan in 1545. It was built for the purposes of accommodation and trade during the Rhodes expedition. The Caravanserai is two-storied and has a rectangular plan with one large and seven small rooms and a Turkish bath. Downstairs was used for the stores and upstairs was for the accommodation and the top was covered with vault. The Caravanserai and the Marmaris Castle have an entireness specific for complex structures of the period.
In 1913, a German ship escaped from the French cruisers and by passing the strait of Marmaris took refuge in the port. The Turkish soldiers protecting the port did not surrende the German ship to the French and duly performed their duty. Thereupon, the French ships mined the port. Leyneli Cavit Bey, the security officer of the castle and Ömer Efendi, the gunnery officer, demined and rendered about 48 mines overnight. Faced with the situation in July and August in 1914, the French bombarded the Marmaris Castle. The cannon shot caused great damage in the castle and most of it is destroyed. Afterwards, the French Navy disembarked but had to go back to the sea against the superhuman efforts of two officers and the heroic resistance of the Turkish soldiers to protect the castle.
The castle populated by the people of Marmaris from the Pre-Republic until recently is known to have 18 houses one fountain and a cistern. Marmaris Castle is a monument that has been registered as a cultural asset in order to be protected. The interior of the castle being restored and transformed into the Archaeological Museum and the gardens are opened to the public in 1991. There are totally seven closed rooms. Barrel-vaulted entrance opens onto the interior garden. The stairs on the left and right sides in the courtyard provide access to the walls. Indoor facilities that are covered with barrel vaults are used as exhibition halls today. The courtyard of the museum is also used as an open exhibition area. The artifacts from Protohistoric Ages Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Eastern Roman (Byzantine) periods to the Republican Period are being displayed in the museum.
Information from museum info boards.
Bronze cauldrons of the Archaic era rested on tripods terminating in lion paws. They were adorned with griffin and bull figurines.
Museum label.
A rusted can in the desert.
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Alt Text: a can buried in the desert.