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11/25/2024

The Sacro Bosco ("Sacred Grove"),colloquially called Park of the Monsters (Parco dei Mostri in Italian), also named Garden of Bomarzo, is a Mannerist monumental complex located in Bomarzo, in the province of Viterbo, in northern Lazio, Italy.

The garden was created during the 16th century. The design is attributed to Pirro Ligorio, and the sculptures to Simone Moschino. Situated in a wooded valley bottom beneath the castle of Orsini, it is populated by grotesque sculptures and small buildings located among the natural vegetation

11/04/2024

The San Francisco Flower & Garden Show

11/02/2024

Chichén Itzá was a major focal point in the Northern Maya Lowlands from the Late Classic (c. AD 600–900) through the Terminal Classic (c. AD 800–900) and into the early portion of the Postclassic period (c. AD 900–1200).

The site exhibits a multitude of architectural styles, reminiscent of styles seen in central Mexico and of the Puuc and Chenes styles of the Northern Maya lowlands. The presence of central Mexican styles was once thought to have been representative of direct migration or even conquest from central Mexico, but most contemporary interpretations view the presence of these non-Maya styles more as the result of cultural diffusion.

10/27/2024

Although the kingdom of Pergamon was also included in Rome during the Hellenistic period, the situation in Rome was not very advanced. During this period, the city had city walls made of local poor quality tuff stone. The residences and public buildings within the walls were an irregular and distorted city, usually made of mud brick and wood. The ideal of Republican Rome had a prejudiced and negative view of the luxury and pomp of Hellenistic kingdoms.

There was a Rome whose Hellenistic pomp and aspirations had a cynical and condemning point of view. If this perspective had not been broken, Rome would probably never have prospered. The city of Rome, with its modest public buildings, crooked city walls and poor housing, actually represented a still slum state. After Julius Caesar built a rectangular forum surrounded by stoas, next to the Forum Romanum area, whose senate building was made of plain brick for many years, the senate building made of plain bricks in 53 BC, and the winds of change began to blow as the perspectives on ostentation and pomp were broken would like your thoughts on this book.

                                       

10/23/2024

Mount Rushmore National Monument is at the center of a massive statue carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe or Six Grandparents) in the Black Hills of South Dakota Keystone. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw its ex*****on from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son, Lincoln Borglum. The statue features the 60-foot (18 m) heads of George Washington (1732-1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), and Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), as suggested by Borglum. . Four presidents were chosen to represent the birth, growth, development and preservation of the nation, respectively. The memorial park covers 1,278 acres (2.00 sq mi; 5.17 km2) and the true mountain has an elevation of 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level.

       

10/07/2024

Delphi in legend previously called Pytho, was an ancient sacred precinct and the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The ancient Greeks considered the centre of the world to be in Delphi, marked by the stone monument known as the Omphalos of Delphi (navel). The Athena temple complex, including the Delphic Tholos. The background is the Pleistos River Valley

09/25/2024

09/24/2024

Pompeii

09/20/2024

The Swallow's Nest castle; is a decorative castle in Gaspra, a small spa town between Yalta and Alupka on the Crimean peninsula. It was built between 1911 and 1912 by the Russian architect Leonid Sherwood in a Neo-Gothic design for Pavel Leonardovich von Steingel, a nobleman of German origin, at the top of the 40-meter-high (130 ft) Aurora Cliff.

The castle overlooks Cape Ai-Todor on the Black Sea coast and is located near the ruins of the Roman fortress of Charax. The Swallow's Nest, which has become a symbol of Crimea's southern coastline, is one of Crimea's most popular visitor attractions

09/19/2024

An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense. The term is typically used to refer to the Acropolis of Athens, yet every Greek city had an acropolis of its own. Acropolises were used as religious centers and places of worship, forts, and places in which the royal and high-status resided. Acropolises became the nuclei of large cities of classical ancient times, and served as important centers of a community. Some well-known acropolises have become the centers of tourism in present-day, and, especially, the Acropolis of Athens has been a revolutionary center for the studies of ancient Greece since the Mycenaean period. Many of them have become a source of revenue for Greece, and represent some great technology during the period

09/16/2024

The Otomi Ceremonial Center is a recently built ceremonial center of the Otomi people located in Temoaya, State of Mexico, this center is used for ancestral and sacred ceremonies of the Otomi people. It has an area of approximately 45 hectares and also has recreation and camping areas. Due to its high altitude (3,200 meters above sea level), it is used daily by high performance athletes for high mountain training.

09/14/2024

The Trojan horse is a wooden horse model built by Odysseus to cross the Trojan walls and sneak into the city. The war has been going on for about 10 years. Soldiers are bored and tired. Thanks to his intelligence, Odysseus, who was also loved by Athena, came to the idea of ​​making a wooden horse. According to the plan, the Akhaites seem to be retreating from the war and leave a very large wooden horse behind. While Odysseus and other distinguished commanders hide inside the horse, the others sail and hide their ships behind Bozcaada in a way that the Trojans cannot see them.

In order for the plan to work, they leave an Akhaite soldier with the horse, whose task is to make the wooden horse enter the walls of Troy. The Trojans, who see the Akha people withdraw, go to the giant wooden horse in front of the west gate in astonishment. The Akhalı soldier named Sinon, who appeared at this time, said that he hated the Greeks, that they chose him as a victim for the wind necessary for the return of the Akhalı and he escaped and escaped

           

08/01/2024

Pompeii; was an ancient city in what is now the comune (municipality) of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy. Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, the city was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

07/16/2024

The Sky Rock Petroglyphs, a secluded and unusual group of petroglyphs in the Volcanic Tablelands near Bishop, California. The Sky Rock Petroglyphs are located at the top of a huge volcanic block. Dozens of petroglyphs of different shapes and forms face the sky, hence the name Sky Rock.

07/07/2024

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07/07/2024

Petroglyph National Monument protects a variety of cultural and natural resources including five volcanic cones, hundreds of archeological sites and an estimated 24,000 images carved by Ancestral Pueblo peoples and early Spanish settlers. Many of the images are recognizable as animals, people, brands and crosses; others are more complex. Their meaning was, possibly, understood only by the carver.

These images are the cultural heritage of a people who have long since moved into other areas and moved on through history for many reasons. The monument is intended as a protection for these lands and sites from and for visitors to see and appreciate for generations to come. The national monument is managed in a manner that allows recreational use. The monument has four major sites that visitors can access, Boca Negra Canyon, Rinconada Canyon, Piedras Marcadas Canyon, and the Volcano Day Use trails.

                                       

07/06/2024

The Urn tombs, derived its name from the jar that crowns the pediment. Also called by the bedouin al-Mahkamah (court of justice) it was probably constructed around 70 CE.

High up in the facade there are 3 niches which give on to small burial chambers, but which was adapted in 446 CE to serve as a Byzantine church.

07/04/2024

The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting him in his afterlife.