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Usually not like this style much, but this is a very nice use of crumple folding Florence Girard. I think it was from Spain convention designed around 2016. A quote from 2012 "Girard's dancer is based on the technique of (wet) crumpling, using scissors, rubber bands and clothes pegs to shape at all costs a moving silhouette, freed from any geometrical constraint."
The Asklepion is an ancient medical complex built in honor of the god of healing - Asklepios. It was also the first psychiatric hospital which became famous during the 2nd century.
Pergamon (Ancient Greek: τὸ Πέργαμον or ἡ Πέργαμος), or Pergamum, was an ancient Greek city in Aeolis, currently located 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus (modern day Bakırçay). Today, the main sites of ancient Pergamon are to the north and west of the modern city of Bergama in Turkey.
Some ancient authors regarded it as a colony of the Arcadians, but the various origin stories all belong to legend. The Greek historians reconstructed a complete history for it due to confusion with the distant Teuthrania. It became the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon during the Hellenistic period, under the Attalid dynasty, 281–133 BC. Pergamon is cited in the Book of Revelation as one of the seven churches of Asia.
Greater Manchester Police. Taken at the GMP Openshaw Workshop Complex on Saturday the 21st of December 2013.
PictionID:46333544 - Catalog:14_021382 - Title:Warren AFB Details: Launcher-1; Complex 65-3 Area Date: 12/04/1958 - Filename:14_021382.tif - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Apartment Complex
Gouache on Paper, 2013
I used a set of repetitions in producing work for this exhibit:
•Three sets of seven arbitrary shapes, each set using the same color
•Three sets of arbitrary dots, each set using the same color
•Two sets of arbitrary lines, each set using the same color
So I did that over and over and over until this happened. That’s not to say I didn’t add some salt and other seasoning to the mix – there are some extra layers of texture throughout the exhibit, but the base, the foundation of all the work here are those eight sets of arbitrary objects, titled "Spooky Action."
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Laas Gaal or Laas Geel is a complex of caves and rock shelters in Somaliland. Famous for their rock art, the caves are located not far from Hargeisa, and contain some of the earliest known cave paintings in Africa. Laas Gaal's rock art is estimated to date back to somewhere between 9,000–8,000 and 3,000 BCE.
It is just a fantastic place to visit.
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Thought I'd show a pic of the smoke on a bad day. I'm not sure what this fire is doing. I can't find a very recent post of it. The air quality is "Hazardous" ...so stay indoors is what it looks like today :( I pray that we would get rain but there is none in the forecast.....the smoke is so thick that it makes me nauseous and sick to my stomach! :( This is Sunday 4th.......says 3rd for date on Flickr? Outskirts of Missoula is only about 8-9 miles from the Lolo Complex Fire. This is the group of homes out where I live and this is the quality of my image...this is thick smoke! Yuck!! Air quality = Hazardous! You can't hardly even see your neighbors homes!!!
S73-37287 (16 Nov. 1973) --- The Skylab 4/Saturn 1B space vehicle is launched from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 9:01:23 a.m., Friday, Nov. 16, 1973. Skylab 4 is the third and last of three scheduled manned Skylab missions. Photo credit: NASA
Golden Mile Complex (Chinese: 黄金坊; pinyin: Huángjīn fāng) is a high-rise commercial and residential building on Beach Road in Kallang, Singapore. The building was formerly known as Woh Hup Complex.[1] The complex contains 411 shops and 500 parking spaces. The building, much like Lucky Plaza, is largely an ethnic enclave for the Thai population in Singapore.
The embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is located on the 8th floor of the Golden Mile Tower. The 5th Floor has recently been taken over by Singapore's only independent vintage cinema The Projector.[2]
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The Philae temple complex is an island-based temple complex in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt.
Until the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, the temple complex was located on Philae Island, near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt. These rapids and the surrounding area have been variously flooded since the initial construction of the Aswan Low Dam in 1902. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other complexes before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. The hieroglyphic reliefs of the temple complex are being studied and published by the Philae Temple Text Project of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna (Institute OREA).
The ancient Egyptian name of the smaller island meant "boundary". As their southern frontier, the pharaohs of Egypt kept there a strong garrison, and it was also a barracks for Greek and Roman soldiers in their turn.
The first religious building on Philae was likely a shrine built by Pharaoh Taharqa of the 25th Dynasty, which was probably dedicated to Amun. However this structure is only known from a few blocks reused in later buildings, which Gerhard Haeny suspects may have been brought over for reuse from structures elsewhere.
The oldest temple to have undoubtedly stood on the island, as well as the first evidence of Isis-worship there, was a small kiosk built by Psamtik II of the 26th Dynasty. This was followed by contributions from Amasis II (26th Dynasty) and Nectanebo I (30th Dynasty). Of these early buildings, only two elements built by Nectanebo I survive– a kiosk that was originally the vestibule of the old Isis temple, and a gateway which was later incorporated into the first pylon of the current temple.
More than two thirds of Philae's surviving structures were built in the Ptolemaic era, during which the island became a prominent site of pilgrimage not only for Egyptians and Nubians but for pilgrims from as far as Anatolia, Crete, and the Greek mainland. In this way, Philae gradually overtook Elephantine as the most important sanctuary in southern Egypt. Some of these pilgrims marked their presence with inscriptions on the temple walls, including votive inscriptions known as proskynemata, as well as other types. Among these are inscriptions left by three Romans (maybe ambassadors) at the first pylon in the summer of 116 BC, which represent the oldest known Latin inscriptions in Egypt.
Along with the various contributions of Ptolemaic rulers, Philae also received additions from the Nubian king Arqamani, who contributed to the Temple of Arensnuphis and the mammisi, and his successor Adikhalamani, whose name has been found on a stela on the island. Some experts have interpreted these additions as signs of collaboration between the Nubian and Ptolemaic governments, but others consider them to represent a period of Nubian occupation of the region, likely enabled by the revolt of Hugronaphor in Upper Egypt. The cartouches of Arqamani were later erased by Ptolemy V, while the stela of Adikhalamani was eventually reused as filling under the floor of the pronaos.
The Roman era saw an overall decline in pilgrimage to Philae, especially from Mediterranean regions, as evidenced by the reduced number of inscriptions. Nevertheless, it remained an important sacred site, especially for Nubians, who continued to visit both as individual pilgrims and in official delegations from their government in Meroë.
Several Roman emperors made artistic and architectural contributions to Philae. While most of the architectural additions date to the Julio-Claudian dynasty, the island continued to receive contributions to its temples up to the time of Caracalla as well as a triple arch built by Diocletian. In AD 298, Diocletian ceded Roman territory south of the First Cataract as part of an agreement made with the neighboring Nobades, withdrawing the border to about the area of Philae itself. The Kushite king Yesebokheamani made a pilgrimage to Philae in this period and may have taken over the Roman hegemony.
During the Roman era, Philae was the site of the last known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, written in AD 394, and the last known Demotic inscription, written in 452.
Christianity seems to have been present at Philae by the fourth century, at which point it coexisted with traditional Egyptian religion. According to the Coptic hagiography Life of Aaron, the first bishop of Philae was Macedonius (attested in the early fourth century), who is said to have killed the sacred falcon kept on the island, though modern experts question the historicity of this account. By the mid fifth century, a petition from Bishop Appion of Syene to co-emperors Theodosius II and Valentinian III indicates the presence of multiple churches on the island functioning alongside the pagan temples.
Traditional worship at Philae appears to have survived into at least the fifth century, despite the anti-pagan discrimination at times. In fact, the fifth-century historian Priscus mentions a treaty between the Roman commander Maximinus and the Blemmyes and Nobades in 452, which amongst other things ensured access to the cult image of Isis.
According to the sixth-century historian Procopius, the temple was closed down officially in AD 537 by the local commander Narses the Persarmenian in accordance with an order of Byzantine emperor Justinian I. This event is conventionally considered to mark the end of ancient Egyptian religion. However, its importance has recently come into question, following a major study by Jitse Dijkstra who argues that organised paganism at Philae ended in the fifth century, based on the fact that the last inscriptional evidence of an active pagan priesthood there dates to the 450s. Nevertheless, some adherence to traditional religion seems to have survived into the sixth century, based on a petition from Dioscorus of Aphrodito to the governor of the Thebaid dated to 567. The letter warns of an unnamed man (the text calls him "eater of raw meat") who, in addition to plundering houses and stealing tax revenue, is alleged to have restored paganism at "the sanctuaries", possibly referring to the temples at Philae.
Philae retained significance as a Christian centre even after its closure as a pagan site. Five of its temples were converted into churches (including the Temple of Isis, which was dedicated to Saint Stephen), and two purpose-built churches were constructed on the north side of the island.
The island of Philae attracted much attention in the 19th century. In the 1820s, Joseph Bonomi the Younger, a British Egyptologist and museum curator visited the island. So did Amelia Edwards, a British novelist in 1873–1874.
The approach by water is quite the most beautiful. Seen from the level of a small boat, the island, with its palms, its colonnades, its pylons, seems to rise out of the river like a mirage. Piled rocks frame it on either side, and the purple mountains close up the distance. As the boat glides nearer between glistening boulders, those sculptured towers rise higher and even higher against the sky. They show no sign of ruin or age. All looks solid, stately, perfect. One forgets for the moment that anything is changed. If a sound of antique chanting were to be borne along the quiet air–if a procession of white-robed priests bearing aloft the veiled ark of the God, were to come sweeping round between the palms and pylons–we should not think it strange.
— Amelia B. Edwards, A thousand miles up the Nile / by Amelia B. Edwards, 1831–1892, p. 207.
These visits are only a small sample of the great interest that Victorian-era Britain had for Egypt. Soon, tourism to Philae became common.
In 1902, the Aswan Low Dam was completed on the Nile River by the British. This threatened to submerge many ancient landmarks, including the temple complex of Philae. However, the British prioritized the advancement of Modern Egypt at the expense of the complex. The height of the dam was raised twice, from 1907 to 1912 and from 1929 to 1934, and the island of Philae was nearly always flooded. In fact, the only times that the complex was not underwater was when the dam's sluices were open from July to October.
It was proposed that the temples be relocated, piece by piece, to nearby islands, such as Bigeh or Elephantine. However, the temples' foundations and other architectural supporting structures were strengthened instead. Although the buildings were physically secure, the island's attractive vegetation and the colors of the temples' reliefs were washed away. Also, the bricks of the Philae temples soon became encrusted with silt and other debris carried by the Nile.
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After the surrender of the Netherlands, the airport fell into German hands on May 15. It was prepared for reuse and expanded. Aircraft stands, shelters and bunkers were built in the northern part. The field was better drained and roads were built. In the autumn of 1940 the airfield was put back into use. In the period 1940-1944 the Luftwaffe units 7, 8 and 9 of the JagdGeschwader 54 flying with Messerschmitt Bf109E 's and a flak group were stationed at flugplatz Bergen . They had regional air defense and air escort of ships or convoysas tasks. German bombers also occasionally used the airfield as an alternate airport.
As displayed in OUSA 2013 exhibit by Kei Morisue (Revolver separate). It was mentioned this is final version for this model. Regardless there is open space (looking on top view). The head is based on trooper helmet diagram in tanteidan.
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Part of the Azabudai Hills complex in Tokyo, Japan, this building showcases a refined approach to urban architecture. Its rounded vertical panels and golden-bronze facade create a striking interplay of light and shadow, adding depth and character to the structure. The building is seamlessly integrated into its surroundings, with a tiered base that connects to the pedestrian-friendly spaces of this mixed-use development. The metallic finish contrasts beautifully with the glass-and-steel skyscrapers nearby, emphasizing material diversity within Tokyo’s skyline.
Designed as a key element of Azabudai Hills, this structure reflects the complex’s emphasis on blending aesthetics with functionality. The accessible pathways and landscaped areas surrounding the building highlight a commitment to inclusive and thoughtful urban planning. The facade’s dynamic surface evolves throughout the day, capturing the essence of Tokyo’s ever-changing light and energy. As a part of one of the city’s newest and most ambitious redevelopment projects, this building exemplifies the forward-thinking design and attention to detail that define the Azabudai Hills complex.
Westside Metro extension on Broad Street.
Was heading towards Five Ways Island then over to Cineworld at the Five Ways Entertainment Complex.
Five Ways Complex and Cineworld.
Broad Street Cluster: The Bank, The Mercian and Cumberland House.
Figure details:
Classification: Nendoroid 2069
Character: Gotou Hitori
Origins: Bocchi the Rock
Company: Good Smile Company
General Veiw of Holy Complex of Jame Mosque Of Natanz & Sheikh Abdo-Samad Natanzi Isfahani
Isfahanian Flickr Gathering
Iran/Isfahan/Natanz
ایران/اصفهان/نطنز
[CAMERA] Canon EOS 10D
[LENS] EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
[Forcal Length] 24mm
[Tv] 0.7
[Av] f/3.5
[Ev] +2
[ISO] 400
[Option] trimming
[main ver.] digi*ana*logue
Complex reflections, shadows, and light in shallow, still waters.
This one is better on black (press "L").
EXPLORED - June 7, 2012 #296
This is what the old Wal-Mart building at 100 London Shopping Center in London, KY looks like as of the present day. The old Wal-Mart entrance has finally been remodeled slightly and two new businesses have moved in, finally making the old Wal-Mart fully occupied after many years. Troll & Toad Games & Comics (which is a locally-owned independent hobby store) had opened in the left portion in February 2012, while rue 21 had opened in October 2011 in the right portion. Meanwhile, Goody's had reopened in January 2011 (as more Peebles stores had adopted the Goody's name in most areas).