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  • Rebuilt ruin of a cottage at My Lai, part of the memoral reconstruction there.  Reconstruction includes carcasses of murdered livestock.
    MyLai-memorialMy_Lai_VTN200602--0416.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
  • Oman, view of 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
  • Oman, ruins of the city of Qalhat.  Only the mosque of Bibi Maryam remains, built in the 13th century when Qalhat was a wealthy trading port, visited by Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta.  Earthquake levelled it in 14th century.  Single figure of a man in the doorway and outside the small, symmetrical structure. Wearing an orange dishdasha, he holds a point-and-shoot digital camera.  Ocean horizon and bright blue sky beyond.
    Qalhat_ruined_mosque_OMN200801--3996.jpg
  • Oman, entrance and views of 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.
    OMN200801--4074.jpg
  • Oman, ruins of the city of Qalhat.  Only the mosque of Bibi Maryam remains, built in the 13th century when Qalhat was a wealthy trading port, visited by Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta.  Earthquake levelled it in 14th century.  Single figure of a man in the doorway and outside the small, symmetrical structure.
    OMN200801--3996.jpg
  • Oman, entrance and views of 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.
    Omani_people_OMN200801--4074.jpg
  • Oman, view of the sinkhole 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
  • Angkor, Banteay Prei: facade with banyan tree growing out of it.  This temple served as an encampment for government soldiers fighting the Khmer Rouge.
    Angkor_temple_Banteay_Prei_KHM200602...jpg
  • Portico of Octavia remains, with attached medieval church and fish market, into which a modern lighting  boutique, has been fitted.  In the doorway, a woman holding a cigarette.  The casual juxtaposition of ancient, medieval, Baroque, and contemporary buildings and uses always fascinates me.
    ancient-contemporary-juxtaposed-ITA2...jpg
  • Acropolis: Parthenon, details of entablature with horse's head peering out from the pediment corner.  Metope figures faintly discernible.
    GRC197804-1-16m.jpg
  • Acropolis, Parthenon: detail of a damaged column.
    GRC197804-2-09.jpg
  • Acropolis, Erechtheum, details of restoration work ongoing.  Tools, planks, scaffolding.  Olive tree growing from foundation.
    GRC197804-2-17m.jpg
  • Acropolis, Propylaea, workmen doing repairs with scaffolding and tools.
    GRC197804-2-10.jpg
  • Acropolis, Propylaea, workmen doing repairs with scaffolding and tools.
    GRC197804-2-10.jpg
  • View towards the Parthenon from inside the Propylaea..  Planks provide footing for visitors while workmen build scaffolding..
    GRC197804-2-14m.jpg
  • Acropolis, Erechtheum, details of restoration work ongoing, seen from the lower side below the porch.  One corner caryatid visible, before they were replaced with replicas.
    Erectheum_GRC197804-2-15.jpg
  • Acropolis, Parthenon: detail of a damaged column of the peristyle.  One vast gouge out of the column shaft.  Scaffolding visible beyond, around the cella..
    Parthenon_GRC197804-2-09.jpg
  • Ancient Roman dining couch as excavated at Almenadilla, near Cordoba.  The site known in Spain as Villa Romana de "el Ruedo." Appears to have been a sanitarium or hospice where sick people went to be cared for until death.
    Almenadilla_Roman-couch-ESP201210--2...jpg
  • Dubrovnik-Croatia-HRV200606-304.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
  • Acropolis, Erechtheum, details of restoration work ongoing..
    Erectheum_GRC197804-2-17.jpg
  • Acropolis, Propylaea, Detail of saw leaning against the base of a Propylon column.  The column flutes are clearly delineated, as it the fact that it has shifted on the platform.
    Athens_Acropolis_GRC197804-2-11.jpg
  • Acropolis, Parthenon: details of temple base and substructure, weeds growing in between the stones..
    Parthenon_stylobate_GRC197804-2-06.jpg
  • Acropolis: Temple of Nike detail: damaged Ionic frieze and capitals showing holes and broken cornice.
    Nike_GRC197804-1-29.jpg
  • Acropolis: Parthenon, details of entablature, looking upward at one corner showing a piece of a column capital broken off and a gaping space along one cornice.
    Parthenon_GRC197804-1-15.jpg
  • broken-windows--HRV200606-303.jpg
  • Angkor, Banteay Srei:  cluster of central sanctuaries and other structures; two tourists in white hats in the foreground..
    Angkor_temple_Banteay_Srei_interior_...jpg
  • Siding detail of a derelict wooden barn in rural Virginia.  Its planks make rough horizontal parallels.  Unused, it still stands like an old old man.
    Rough_wood_parallel_PT2002-05-23.jpg
  • Acropolis, Propylaea, workmen doing repairs with scaffolding and tools.  One on the ground, one on the scaffold; tourists leaving the Acropolis around them; Parthenon and Erechtheum visible beyond.
    Athens_Propylaea_GRC197804-2-14.jpg
  • Acropolis, Propylaea, workmen doing repairs with scaffolding and tools.  One on the ground gestures to another on scaffolding by the Propylon.  Tourists wander about, some picking their way toward the Propylon.  Parthenon itself partially visible on the left.
    Athens_Acropolis_GRC197804-2-10.jpg
  • Athens Acropolis repair needs in detail of broken colonnade.
    Parthenon_GRC197804-1-19.jpg
  • Acropolis: Parthenon, details of entablature showing broken cornice and one metope still in situ.
    Parthenon_GRC197804-1-12.jpg
  • Sunlit alley between shadowed mud brick mansions, village of Al Hamra, Oman.  The homes have been abandoned but remain standing.  All are defensive with small slit windows set high in the facades, and crenellations on the flat roofs.
    Omani mud brick village of Al Hamra
  • Acropolis, Propylaea, workmen doing repairs with scaffolding and tools.  One on the scaffold of the Propylon tightens a clamp around a column.
    Athens_Propylaea_GRC197804-2-13.jpg
  • Acropolis: Parthenon, details of entablature.  Doric column capitals, abaci, entablature, and a corner of the cornice with horse's head silhouetted against blue sky..
    Parthenon_GRC197804-1-16.jpg
  • Acropolis: Parthenon, details of entablature on the eastern side,  Upward view of cornice, metopes, one column capital.  In the pediment, one horse's head and one god's knee project above the cornice.
    Parthenon_GRC197804-1-14.jpg
  • Approaching the Acropolis, the Parthenon roof and entablature appear peeking over the heights.
    Athens_Acropolis_GRC197804-01-11.jpg
  • Dubrovnik-defense-position-HRV200606...jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins, detail of exterior wall and buttresses.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_300.jpg
  • Ostia Antica, ruins of Republican era temple of Heracles.  Statue of C. Cartilius Poplicola on the temple platform.  Late afternoon sun, slanted shadows.
    Ostia_Antica_ITA200901--1044.jpg
  • Views of the ruins of Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales.
    Conwy Castle interior walls.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
  • 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
  • Lecturer and guide Dr. Trevor Marchand, of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, [ SOAS ] explaining the history and architecture of the mud brick village of Al Hamra, Oman, to a group of tourists.   Most listen attentively; one woman focuses her camera elsewhere.  Ruined mud brick home at left, repaired mud brick multi story building in the background.
    tourists-Omani-village-OMN200801--36...jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temple seen from ruins of the city.  An oak (?) tree towers over the ancient structure, still standing.  A different interpretation of nature overcoming the works of man.
    Paestum_trees_ITA200610-083.tif
  • Two boys and a girl aged 8 to 11 jumping in the son et lumiere theater platform. Each is caught in the air.  Sphinx and pyramid of Chephren (Khafre) beyond, with other temple ruins on each side.
    Giza-pyramids-Sphinx-children--EGY19...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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Views of the ruins of Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales. Interior from below showing empty fireplace in the royal quarters.
    WAL201605--5162.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
  • Ruins of Mtoni Palace, built by Sultan Seyyid Said to get  his Persian wife to move to Zanzibar.  View of main entrance from the outside.
    Zanzibar_TNZ200801--4363.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : temple of Athena or Ceres from the city ruins and wall stumps.  An umbrella pine dominates the area.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-082.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : view across the ancient city ruins toward the temple of Athena or Ceres.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-076.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
  • 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
  • Rebuilt two storey skena or scene or scaena frons building of the Roman theater at Merida, built 16-15 BC by Vipsanius Agrippa, then consul.  White marble columns stand out in front of a rubble masonry and brick wall behind them.
    Merida_Roman_theater_scene_ESP201210...jpg
  • In the entrance to the Merida amphitheater.
    American-tourists-Spanish-guide-ESP2...jpg
  • Column capitals of the Temple of Athena at Assos, Turkey, lie scattered on the ground in 1968.The temple, is sited on a cliff that overlooked the ancient city (where Aristotle lived for a time) and now overlooks a tiny picturesque village port. It is the earliest archaic Doric temple in Turkey, dating about 530 BC.
    Assos_archaic_Doric_capitals_TUR1968...jpg
  • Ostia Antica. Headless statue, wearing a toga, along the street; umbrella pine tree behind it.
    Ostia_Antica_ITA200901--1028.jpg
  • Angkor, Banteay Kdei, side view of west gopura in the afternoon.  Built by Jayavarman VII in the late 12th century of poor quality sandstone, the structure sags rather sadly.
    Angkor_temple_Banteay_Kdei_KHM200602...jpg
  • Views of the archaeological site at Al Baleed, part of UNESCO's Land of Frankincense preservation area.  Carved stone column capital lies on the ground.
    Al_Baleed_archaeological_site_OMN200...jpg
  • "Umbilicus Urbis Romae" inscription on a marble  plaque fragment attached to the side of the ancient speakers' platform near the arch of Septimus Severus, Roman Forum.  ...
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901--0517.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
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  • ESP201210--0075.jpg
  • ESP201210--0029.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
  • Detail of Harappan masonry at Lothal in a detailed view of a pavement showing for size contrast a single modern brick.
    Harappan_Lothal_IND201301--0839.jpg
  • View down the main city street, toward the main city gate and distant landscape.  Street is lined with wall stumps of the ancient houses and shops, many with mosaic floors still in situ.
    Volubilis_MOR200411_0443.jpg
  • View across the partly reconstructed Roman amphitheater at Merida, Spain.
    Merida_amphitheater_ESP201210--0027.jpg
  • Ancient Roman bridge over the Guadiana River, Merida, Spain.  It has been kept in good repair and traffic still uses it. Its perfect hemicycles are perfectly reflected in the river as a mirror.
    Merida_bridge_ESP201210--0069.jpg
  • View of the remains of the ancient Roman Aqueduct at Los Milagros, Merida, Spain.  One woman tourist walks along the bottom of the structure.  Masonry pillars with brick in horizontal bands and arches.
    Merida_Roman_Aqueduct_ESP201210--002...jpg
  • Angkor: doorways at Banteay Kdei recede in perspective.  Saturated colors of green moss, yellow sunlight, blue and aqua rock.  Not a realistic view.
    Angkor_temple_Banteay_Kdei_interior_...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
  • Roman Forum, looking along the main street (Via Sacra)  toward the Arch of Titus.
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901--0510.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
  • Interior of a curving corridor along an upper floor in Trajan's Markets, showing arched windows and brickwork detail, with more windows seen through the nearest one.  Gentle daylight illuminates the floor and wall stumps.
    Trajans-market-Rome_ITA200901--0481.jpg
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  • Crumbled city gate at the Harappan city of Dholavira, Gujarat, India.
    Harappan_Dholavira_IND201301--2780ed.jpg
  • Ancient Roman mosaic wave design, found in Merida, Spain.
    mosaic_waves_border_design_ESP201210...jpg
  • Exterior stone wall of the amphitheater at Merida, with ashlar masonry pillar adjoining layers of roughly shaped rock in magenta, cyan, yellow, and grey.
    stone_wall_closeup_ESP201210--0028.jpg
  • Square panel set in a floral rinceau border, a female head on each side representing the seasons.  In the panel, a man spears an attacking boar under a spiky tree.
    Ancient_Roman_hunter_boar_ESP201210-...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
  • Remaining pillars of the Roman aqueduct at Merida, Spain.  Two are crowned with stork nests. Ashlar masonry with horizontal narrow bands of red brick.
    Merida_Aqueduct_ESP201210--0020.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
  • Archaeological work entails learning from scraps of remains.   Major finds are rare.  Potsherds that have sifted to the surface can offer clues to what lies beneath.  Here, an archaeologist shows a sherd from a site currently being explored.  Its thickness indicates that it is not ancient Greek but more probably late Roman.
    Archaeology_potsherd_TUR199710-15.jpg
  • View of Conwy town from the top of the ruins of Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales.
    WAL201605--5167.jpg
  • Defaced fresco of the Angel Gabriel in the ruins of a Greek Orthodox church in Ayvalik, Turkey
    Ayvalik TUR199710-02-2.jpg
  • Views of the ruins of Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales. Exterior view from near the entrance.
    WAL201605--5166.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins; looking along the south aisle.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_323.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
  • The ruins of a summer palace built by Abd el Rahman III in the 10th century at the height of his power for his favorite wife (concubine? mistress?) named Azahara.  Elegant and extravagant at the time, known as Medinat al Azahara, the palace was destroyed by a new wave of Berber invaders after which it became a quarry for building material.  Now being excavated and restored for presentation and education.
    Archaeological-site-Medinat_Azahara_...jpg
  • Angkor Thom, row of plastic chairs, waiting for tired tourists to rest and drink water, outside one of the ruined temples ( prasats )
    Angkor_Thom_visitors-KHM200602-287.jpg
  • Views of the ruins of Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales.
    WAL201605--5145.jpg
  • Views of the ruins of Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales.
    Approaching Conwy Castle.jpg
  • Views of the ruins of Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales.
    On the top of the wall.jpg
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