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  • My Son Champa archaeological site, central Vietnam.  Became a World Heritage site in 1999.  Four sided column base set aside for a museum on the site:  each side has a relief sculpture of a smiling, grinning female caryatid kneeling with arms upraised to hold up the top of the base..
    Female_caryatids_My_Son_VTN200602-10...jpg
  • Entrance to the temple precinct of Vishnu at Changu Narayan in the Kathmandu Valley.  A temple has been on the site since the 5th century.  Changu Narayan is one of the Monument Zones designated by UNESCO as a world heritage site.
    Nepal-Changu-Narayan-NPL200110-6-1a.jpg
  • Bhaktapur, World Heritage city, Shiva statue, head & shoulders, trident behind.  The face is daubed with red paint in celebration of Dasain.
    Statue Shiva Bhaktapur NPL200110-2-9.jpg
  • Bhaktapur, World Heritage city, Shiva statue, head & shoulders, trident behind.  The face is daubed with red paint in celebration of Dasain..
    NPL200110-2-9.jpg
  • Dubrovnik: view from the Serbian position from which the Yugoslav People's Army bombarded Dubrovnik 1991-1992.  The site is peaceful now, covered with yellow flowering broom.  The city gleams in the distance as a cruise ship makes its way from the Dubrovnik harbor out to sea.
    HRV200606-325 (1).jpg
  • Oman, entrance to the ruins at Ubar (also known as Shisr or Wubar).  Remains of stone built walls, with sinkhole below into which the ancient site fell. Though the Quran story describes a wealthy city which vanished, this site was most probably a walled caravanserai around a water hole.  About 30 campsites have been identified in the vicinity.  Site identified by Wilfred Thesiger and Nicholas Clapp in 1990, using satellite photographs.
    Oman_Wubar_ruins_Ancient_Oman_Omani_...jpg
  • Dubrovnik from the Serbian position in 1991-92 from which they bombarded the ancient town.  The site is peaceful now, covered with yellow flowering broom.  The city gleams in the distance as a cruise ship makes its way toward the Dubrovnik harbor.
    Dubrovnik-defense-HRV200606-325.jpg
  • Tempietto di Bramante, in courtyard of San Pietro di Montorio. 1502, on the site where St. Peter is supposed to have been crucified.  Round, Doric order, dome, seen through arched entrance.
    Bramante-tempietto-Rome_ITA200901--1...jpg
  • Cat resident in Trajan's Markets area patrols Trajan's Forum.  Many ancient Roman sites are also cat sanctuaries.
    Trajans-market-Rome_ITA200901--0489.JPG
  • Oman, Sumhuram ruins, views over the remains toward the Indian Ocean and the ancient harbor.  An Omani man explores the area, having never been there before.
    Sumhuram_archaeological_site_OMN2008...jpg
  • Sumhuram, details of ashlar masonry walls (1st century BC) of the entrance to the ancient city.  Carved inscription in ancient South Arabian language, covered by a protective transparent plastic ( Lucite?)  shield.  Sumhuram, was an outpost of the pre-Islamic kingdom of Hadramawt on the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, now in the Dhofar region of Oman.  The language of the inscription is yet untranslated.
    Sumhuram_archaeological_site_OMN2008...jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence. Rose window from the outside.
    HRV200606-008.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins, detail of exterior wall and buttresses.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_300.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins; looking up at bare ruined choirs and empty arches against a plain blue sky.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_316.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: exterior of east front; family picknicking at one corner.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_308.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: looking up at the bare ruined choirs, empty arches.
    Fountains_Abbey ENG200607-302.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins; looking along the south aisle.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_323.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: detail of one bay in the nave, with clerestory windows above.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_328.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: ashlar masonry detail of finely shaped rectangular stones.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_324.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: ashlar masonry of a column in the nave.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_331.jpg
  • Bare ruined choirs:  nave of Fountains Abbey looking westward.  Pillars and arches cast powerful shadows on the smooth grass.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_320.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins; looking west down the empty nave, with shadow pattern from the columns.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_306.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins, looking up at the bare ruined choirs and empty arches
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_303.jpg
  • Angkor Thom: a skinny little boy fishing in the rubble-filled city moat using a torn fish net; Bayon temple face towers beyond.
    KHM200602-039m.jpg
  • Orchestra of land mine victims playing outside Banteay Srei temple, Angkor.  All have lost one limb or another.
    KHM200602-087 .jpg
  • Female guard at Banteay Srei seated in the window frame of the temple.
    KHM200602-118.jpg
  • Incense seller outside a Buddhist shrine in the Angkor Wat temple precinct.  The wall behind him has a small sculptured relief of Apsara dancers.  He is middle aged, rather good looking, and his face seems timid and anxious with a core of strength and determination underneath.
    KHM200602-045.jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence. Six or seven tourists, seen from the chest up, waiting out a rainstorm in the entrance or narthex.  People nearer the door look up at the sky.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-017.jpg
  • Statue of the guardian lion, seated, in front of the north entrance, by Nikola Firentinac, a Florentine sculptor (d. 1435).  Side view of its rigid posture and proportionately small head, grinning vacuously.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-006.jpg
  • View of Wadi el Ayn ( Ain ), Oman, showing hill topped by Iron Age beehive tombs; in the distance, a village, and beyond a mountain, under a clear pale blue sky.
    Oman_OMN200801--3648.jpg
  • Detail, head of St. James, from the statue on the portal, right side.  Hair schematized in narrow parallel ridges; stern facial expression.
    St. James Sibenik HRV200606-009.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins.  View of colonnade separating the nave and side aisle on the north side.
    Fountains Abbey ENG200607_307.jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence.  View across the cathedral square in a rainstorm as tourists scurry for cover
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-024.jpg
  • Detail, head of St. James, from the statue on the portal, right side.  Hair schematized in narrow incised parallel ridges; stern facial expression.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-009.jpg
  • Dubrovnik restored: Croatian flag flying in the old town square .
    Dubrovnik HRV200606-286.jpg
  • HRV200606-017.jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence. Rose window from the outside.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-008.jpg
  • Ruins of Iron Age beehive tombs at Wadi el Ayn, seen as a sloping graphic pattern of rocks with distant overlapping hills and a sunlit cliff in the distance.
    Oman_OMN200801-3651.jpg
  • Angkor Ta Prohm, perspective view down a corridor, orange-robed monk pausing in the distance.
    KHM200602-147.jpg
  • Restored Dubrovnik homes have largely new roofs,made from tiles specially manufactured in Spain by original methods.  Citizens saves many of the original roof tiles, however, and these are used when visible wherever possible, while the new tiles have been set underneath them.  This view includes an unrestored roofless abbey church, though its vegetable garden is in active use.
    HRV200606-265a.jpg
  • View of the abbey church and refectory from the southwest.  Lawn and wall stumps of vanished buildings in the foreground.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200208-09.jpg
  • View across the main courtyard toward the Panch Mahal, or five storey palace, at Fatehpur Sikri, off the road between Agra and Jaipur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1569 by the Mughal emperor Akbar, and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585, when the city was abandoned for lack of water.
    Fatehpur_Sikri_Panch_Mahal_IND200111...jpg
  • Peristyle, Diocletian's Palace, looking toward the entrance to the palace residential area.  Groups of tourists standing about, seated on the steps; one holds up her camera, another studies a guidebook, others in the center cluster around their guide.
    HRV200606-112.jpg
  • Friday mosque, Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park.  Mughal ornament in a provincial style locally known as Indo-Saracenic.  Tomb in the center of the precinct, arcaded enclosure wall beyond.
    Champaner_Friday_Mosque_IND201301--0...jpg
  • Friday mosque, Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, view of courtyard and enclosure from entrance porch.  Jain craftsmen applying Jain techniques to Moslem building.
    Champaner-Jama-Mascid-IND201301--054...jpg
  • View from the interior of the window of pierced stone in squares, each square filled with a geometric or curvelinear motif.
    Geometric-window-grille-IND201301--0...jpg
  • Angkor Wat: shrine worker collecting money offerings from a Buddhist altar within Angkor Wat. One of the sacred pools visible outside the doorways.
    KHM200602_089.jpg
  • Frontal view of three young men in colorful costume with drum and spears marching down the main street.
    HRV200606-364.jpg
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  • Friday mosque, Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park.
    IND201301--0565 - Copy.jpg
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  • Angkor Wat: apsara dancers in relief betwen windows filled with carved stone balusters.
    KHM200602--062.jpg
  • Statue of the guardian lion, seated, in front of the north entrance, by Nikola Firentinac, a Florentine sculptor (d. 1435).  Side view of its rigid posture and proportionately small head.
    HRV200606-006.jpg
  • Tivoli, Villa Adriana, Maritime Theatre.  Remains of the emperor's private study, on an islet surrounded by a moat.
    Villa_Adriana_ITA200901--0902.jpg
  • Angkor Thom, Bayon temple approached from the west gate in morning sunshine.
    Angkor_Thom_Bayon_entrance_KHM200602...jpg
  • A Temple to Shiva with light scaffolding around it and a billboard examined by a male visitor: Italian-funded UNESCO conservation works in progress.
    My_Son_VTN200602--0463.jpg
  • Oman, Sumhuram ruins, views over the remains toward the Indian Ocean and the ancient harbor.  An Omani man explores the area, having never been there before.
    OMN200801--4109.jpg
  • One of the beehive tombs at Bat, Oman, dating from 2500 BC.  Tombs were robbed long ago.  Inscription painted on a rock in the interior says, in Arabic, "forbidden to enter"
    OMN200801--3639.jpg
  • Angkor, Ta Som temple: detail of one Apsara dancer figure in a niche, surrounded by scrolled foliage ornament.  She is bare-breasted and wears an enigmatic smile as one arm is raised holding what looks like a club.
    Khmer Apsara KHM200602--253.jpg
  • Oman, Sumhuram ruins, views over the remains toward the Indian Ocean and the ancient harbor.  View over the remaining wall stumps of the harbor warehouses.
    Sumhuram_ancient_harbor_OMN200801--4...jpg
  • Ruins of a trade warehouse near the vast Wadi Haynun, near the UNESCO "Land of Frankincense" preservation area, Dhofar, Oman.  The wall stumps are the remains of a stopover on the frankincense trade route through the Arabian peninsula.
    Wadi_Haynun_Dhofar_OMN200801--4063.jpg
  • Portrait of an Omani young man in white dishdasha and red turban, seen in profile against a blue sky and distant desert landscape.  He is a guide at the ruins of the ancient port city of Sumhuram, southern Oman.
    OMN200801--4105.jpg
  • One of the beehive tombs at Bat, Oman, dating from 2500 BC.  Tombs were robbed long ago.  Inscription painted on a rock in the interior says, in Arabic, "forbidden to enter"
    OMN200801--3639.jpg
  • Panel showing three Apsara dancers among flourishing plants in a wall in Angkor Thom.
    Khmer Apsara KHM200602--286 copy cop...jpg
  • Angkor Thom : Naga balustrade on the entrance causeway over the moat.  Close up of deity head, hand, and foot.
    Angkor deity KHM200602-351.jpg
  • Portrait of an Omani young man in white dishdasha and red turban, seen in profile against a blue sky and distant desert landscape.  He is a guide at the ruins of the ancient port city of Sumhuram, southern Oman.
    Profile of a young Omani in red turban
  • Angkor Thom, Bayon, four faced towers of the temple.  The giant heads, each facing a cardinal compass point as protection, may be portraits of Jayavarman VII, the king who built the temple XII century.  This head wears a broad, satisfied smile.
    Ancient_Khmer_king_head_KHM200602--2...jpg
  • Tivoli, Villa Adriana, view along the wall of the former atrium that sheltered after-dinner strollers from the sun or rain and ran alongside the pecile, or fish pond.
    Villa_Adriana_ITA200901--0893.jpg
  • One of the beehive tombs at Bat, Oman, dating from 2500 BC.  Tombs were robbed long ago.  Inscription painted on a rock in the interior says, in Arabic, "forbidden to enter"
    Oman_Bat_beehive_tomb_OMN200801--363...jpg
  • Angkor Wat : carved wall reliefs. West gallery, battle of Kurukshetra between Kauravas and Pandavas. Detail of running line of warriors.
    Angkor Kurukshetra KHM200602--050.jpg
  • Angkor Wat : carved wall reliefs. West gallery, battle of Kurukshetra between Kauravas and Pandavas. Detail of leader in chariot
    Angkor Kurukshetra KHM200602-049.jpg
  • Three plants, stylized but botanically accurate, sculptured on a wall panel inside the Taj Mahal.  A stylized border top and bottom of pietra dura, scrolled in dark marble pietra dura.
    Tah_Mahal_detail_IND200111-3-20 .jpg
  • Pattern detail to show original tiles saved after Serb bombardment set on top of reproduction tiles manufactured for the restoration.
    Dubrovnik-roof-tiles--HRV200606-268.jpg
  • Outside the Lion Gate in Durbar Square, stone statue of a ferocious lion; behind it and to the left, a stone carving of Ugrachandi, the god Shiva's consort in her fearful manifestation.  Man passes right on a bicyle; two Nepali women walk by on the left.
    NPL200110-2-0.jpg
  • Overview of the Roman forum from the overlook at the back of the Capitoline Museum, looking through an arched opening and over a protective barrier.
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901-4857.jpg
  • San Clemente, interior, looking out from the main doorway to the courtyard and street beyond
    San-Clemente-Rome_ITA200901--1255.jpg
  • Tiered roofs of the Patan temple Jagannarayan Mandir, with a figure of King Yoganarandra Malla on the top of a column in front of it.  Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO Monument Zone in the Kathmandu Valley. Temple dated late 16th century.  The king ruled ca. 1685-1706.
    Nepal-Patan-temple-NPL200110-5-5sc.jpg
  • Angkor, Ta Som : detail of one Apsara dancer figure in a niche, surrounded by scrolled foliage ornament.
    Apsara_Angkor_KHM200602--253.jpg
  • Wat Sa Si seen from across the wooden bridge
    Sukhothai_wat_sa_si__THA200603_127.jpg
  • Taj Mahal from the east at sunrise: seen through the arched entrance of the guest house which frames the east side of the tomb..
    Taj_Mahal_sunrise_IND200111-3-24.jpg
  • Taj Mahal terrace, looking toward the guest house next to the tomb structure.  White marble and red sandstone in contrast.
    Taj_Mahal_terrace_IND200111-3-11.jpg
  • Colonnade of the Quwwat ul Islam mosque in the Mehrauli Archaeological Park, Delhi.  Early Islamic structure in India uses rich Hindu ornament on the columns of the prayer hall.  Tourists linger in the shadow of a column, only partly visible.
    Delhi_Mehrauli_IND200111-1-7.jpg
  • Restored Dubrovnik homes have largely new roofs,made from tiles specially manufactured in Spain by original methods.  Citizens saved many of the original roof tiles, however, and these are used when visible wherever possible, while the new tiles have been set underneath them.
    Dubrovnik-tile-roofs-restored--HRV20...jpg
  • Split, Diocletian's Palace, interior view showing part of the oculus, several arched window openings, and restored floor where a young teenaged boy practices his ball kicking skills.
    Split-Croatia-HRV200606-122.jpg
  • Intricate design of female figure, vines, dentils, and other ornamental rows, on a Romano-Byzantine column capital re-used in a later building..
    Dubrovnik-Croatia-HRV200606-378.jpg
  • Yound woman wearing the official guard uniform of a long grey dress with shoulder insignia, over which she has draped a dark pink scarf.  She is seated in a window embrasure at one of the Angkor temples (Banteay Srei).  She wears a faint but serene smile.
    Cambodian woman guard at Angkor KHM2...jpg
  • Museo Nazionale de Roma, Palazzo Massimo, flying horse or unicorn, detail of a wall painting from an ancient Roman house.
    Rome_ITA200901--1139.jpg
  • Pantheon dome exterior top with seagulls flying around the oculus.  Grey sky with rain clouds above.
    Pantheon-dome-exterior-Rome_ITA20090...jpg
  • View from the top of the Vittoriale (Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II).  Visible are the Pantheon and the Castel Sant'Angelo.
    Cityscape-Rome_Vittoriale_ITA200901-...jpg
  • St Peter's Square in the rain, couple running under an umbrella, curved hemicycle of Bernini's colonnade beyond, grey clouds above.
    St-Peter-courtyard-Rome_ITA200901--0...jpg
  • Oman, Nakhl fortress.  Built by Al Arabiyah dynasty imam who threw the Portuguese out of Oman in the 1640s.  Used until the 1950s as the residence of the local wali (governor). Restored in the 1990s.
    OMN200801--3589.jpg
  • Angkor forest : trunk and crown of a rubber tree, looking upward.
    rubber_tree_KHM200602-129.jpg
  • Taj Mahal at sunset from the other side of the Jumna river; buffalo walking by, on its way home.  The entire complex is visible: tomb, guest house, and mosque.  Two figures in the distance in brightly colored saris.
    Taj_Mahal_sunset_IND200111-3-26.jpg
  • Taj Mahal from the east at sunrise, with a row of 7 visitors seated in the foreground shadow. One minaret visible at the left..
    Taj_Mahal_sunrise_IND200111-3-25a.jpg
  • Taj Mahal terrace, looking westward along the Jumna River. Part of the adjoining mosque and its chhatri.  Bench for visitors to enjoy the view, empty now.
    Taj_Mahal_terrace_IND200111-3-10.jpg
  • Split, Diocletian's Palace, groups of tourists standing about, seated on the steps. View of the peristyle looking toward the entrance to the palace residential area.
    Split-Croatia-HRV200606-112.jpg
  • View down a medieval street in Trogir, Croatia.  Trogir is the best-preserved Romanesque-Gothic complex not only in the Adriatic, but in all of Central Europe. Trogir's medieval core, surrounded by walls, comprises a preserved castle and tower and a series of dwellings and palaces from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods. (Wikipedia) Though no people are present, there is nevertheless a sense that these ancient dwellings are still kept up and lived in.
    Trogir-streetscape--HRV200606-101.jpg
  • Stonehenge, closeup of a group of the central bluestone structures.  In the distance, a hiker is seen.
    Stonehenge_sarcen_stones_ENG198707-2...jpg
  • Closeup of a sleeping dark grey granite Buddha, Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang, Laos.  His smiling head rests on his right hand as he sleeps on his side.  He is draped with a new bright yellow shawl.  Wall hanging behind him in red and yellow patterns.
    Sleeping_Buddha_statue_LAO200601_259.jpg
  • Angkor Wat, Naga figure on fence surrounding temple terrace, dirt road into forest beyond.
    Angkor_Wat_exterior-Seven-headed naga
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