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Musawwarat lies some 10 miles north-east of Naga and is surrounded by hills on all sides. Like Naga, it lies at the upper reaches of the Butana wadi system and at the foot of a raised sandstone plateau which feeds the area with rainwater.
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At a towering 17 metres tall, The Hive is a striking installation in the heart of a wildflower meadow that recreates life inside a beehive.
A stunning piece of contemporary art, it’s one of the most photographed spots in the Gardens.
Walk into this larger-than-life enclosure and you’ll immediately enter the whirring world of a real beehive at Kew.
One thousand LED lights glow according to the vibrations of bees that live in the Gardens.
In the background, a musical symphony responds to this activity. You might (or might not) notice that every sound is performed in the key of C – the very key that bees buzz in!
Exploring the secret life of bees on a human scale, the Hive is a space to celebrate their powerful role in sustaining life as we know it.
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire was built in the 18th century & currently the home of the 12th Duke of Marlborough and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Between 1764 & 1774 the famous landscape architect "Capability" Brown re-landscaped the 2000 acres.
Sir Winston Churchill was born here on the 30 November 1874.
A series of photos showing the house & some of the beautiful things to see within.
I traveled to India for the first time to present a keynote at the 3rd Global Conference on Emerging Trends for Business Librarianship, November 21-22, 2017 at the Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad, India. We did some sightseeing on our last day in India and visited the amazing Rani ki vav stepwell near Patan, north of Ahmedabad. I am so very glad that I made it here. From the Wikipedia page, "Rani ki vav, or Ran-ki vav (Queen’s step well) was constructed during the rule of the Chaulukya dynasty. It is generally assumed that it was built in the memory of Bhima I (r. c. 1022–1064) by his widowed queen Udayamati and probably completed by Udayamati and Karna after his death. A reference to Udayamati building the monument is in Prabandha Chintamani, composed by the Jain monk Merunga Suri in 1304 AD." The term vav is Gujarati for stepwell. Pictures from Thursday November 23, 2017.
The physical proportions of Nubian pyramids differ markedly from the Egyptian edifices: they are built of stepped courses of horizontally positioned stone blocks and range approximately 6–30 metres (20–98 ft) in height, but rise from fairly small foundation footprints that rarely exceed 8 metres (26 ft) in width, resulting in tall, narrow structures inclined at approximately 70°. Pyramid 4 (Amanirenas: 40-10 BCE)
Unesco World Heritage site....Vivian Slate Quarry (Llanberis,North Wales) this historic slate quarry date's back to the 1870's
Mystras, Greece.
The Mitropoli is located at the entrance of the lower town of Mystras and is the oldest church at the site.
This small museum, to the east of the mountain, contains finds from around Jebel Barkal, including some statues of kings of the Twenty Fifth dynasty of Egypt. This statue is of King Senkamaisken wearing high priest's robe, Napatan (640-620 BCE)
Seen at Jatiluwih Rice Terrace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
I believe this to be Mexican Primrose Willow (Ludwigia octovalvis)
The Buddha is depicted in the position of the Dhyana Mudra, the posture of meditation associated with his first Enlightenment. This statue is 7 feet 3 inches in height and carved from dolomite marble. It dates from the 4th-6th century.
The hill is all volcanic junk from the most recent eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano (c. 650,000 years ago). The downed trees are all leftovers from the 1988 forest fire. Mother Nature really reminds you who's boss at Yellowstone.
Bridge or causeway to south gate of Angkor Thom. On each side are 54 stone figures engaged in the performance of a famous Hindu story: the myth of the Churning of the Ocean. On the left side of the moat, 54 'devas' (guardian gods) pull the head of the snake 'Shesha' while on the right side 54 'asuras' (demon gods) pull the snake's tail in the opposite direction. In this myth, the body of the snake is wrapped around the central mountain—Mt. Meru—perhaps corresponding here to the Bayon temple at the center of the site. In any case, the myth relates that as the Devas pulled the snake in one direction and the gods pushed in the other, the ocean began to churn and precipitate the elements.
The Mausoleum.
The second stop on our tour of Rabat, Morocco, was the complex of the modern Mausoleum of Mohammed V and the 12th century Hassan Tower. Construction of the Hassan Tower stopped with the commissioning caliph died, and all that stands is the minaret and some traces of the walls. The modern columns mark the area that the mosque would have filled, and the Mausoleum of Mohammed V occupies the other end of the space.
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Kew Gardens, London's largest UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of the city. Home to the world's most diverse collection of living plants and a scientific research centre of international renown, it's the perfect day out.
Discover beautiful glasshouses including the iconic Palm House and its exotic rainforest; the Princess of Wales Conservatory which invites you to explore 10 of the world's climatic zones; and the Waterlily House with its amazing, giant lily pads.
Visitors of all ages love the 59ft (18m) high Treetop Walkway, which soars into the tree canopy offering a bird's-eye view of the gardens. Enjoy a stroll along the Great Broad Walk Borders, home to more than 60,000 plants, and step into history at Kew Palace, the former summer residence of King George III.
Kew Gardens is less than 30 minutes from central London, and easily reached by road, rail, and London Underground.