Detail from the Moorish palaces of the Alhambra in Granada, Andalusia Spain, built in the mid 14th century for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain.
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Ajanta Caves, India
These caves date back as early as 200 BC, and are known for their beautiful stonework, paintings, and architecture. It is said that they were abandoned in the 7th century AD when Buddhism began declining all over India. The caves are some of the oldest known Buddhist temples and shrines and are still considered sacred. All interior spaces and architectural design, as well as statues and stonework on the walls were created by chiseling away at and removing rock from the mountainside. Engineers today have no explanation as to how it was cut from the 70 foot high granite cliff over 2000 years ago.
More info on the Wiki site….amazing.
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Architectural terracotta plaque (so-called Campana plaque) representing Hercules capturing the Cretan bull, discovered in 1828 in Quadraro (Roma Vecchia). - Gregorian Etruscan Museum (Vatican Museums), from the first half of the 1st century A.D.
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The Nabataean eye-stele of Goddess of Hayyan, son of Nybat, from the Temple of the Winged Lions, Petra, 1st century AD
“The Goddess of Hayyan son of Nybat” reads the inscription of this enigmatic representation of a Nabataean deity. Thought to be Al-Uzzá (the very strong), the main goddess of Petra, who was identified with the Greek Aphrodite and the Egyptian Isis.
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Trajan’s column, marble.
Rome, Italy.
113 A.D.
Commemorating Roman emperor Trajan’s victory in the Dacian Wars, completed in 113 AD.
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Chaldean king of Babylon, Marduk-apla-iddina II (biblical Merodach-Baladan) reigned 722-710 bc & 703-702 bc Grants land to a vassal in exchange for service. — Berlin museum
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Marble Relief of the Gods, Archaeological Museum of Brauron, Greece, 420 - 410 BC. From left: Zeus, Leto, Apollo, Artemis.
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Assyrian King Ashur-nasir-pal II meets a high official during a review of soldiers and war prisoners. From the North-West Palace at Nimrud. The British Museum, London, UK.
