RIP Nizo Yamamoto (1953-2023).
A legendary background artist who worked as art director on many Ghibli movies, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Magnetic Rose...
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The Egyptian State Railway building (1908) overlooking Ramsis square, will be demolished due to the development plans in the square.
We have reached a level of insanity in Cairo. This is the fourth demolition I hear about in the past days! Our voices are no longer heard!
Digital representation of the splendid Ishtar Gate (575 BC), as it may have looked in Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605-562 BC) time, welcomed people to Babylon with its cobalt blue splendor.
King Nebuchadnezzar II, who dedicated it to Babylonian goddess Ishtar. Gate was located on north side of Babylon city and was part of a formal Processional Way that led into city.
Gate was more than 12m high and was decorated with constructed using glazed brick with alternating rows of bas-relief mušḫuššu (dragons), aurochs (bulls), and lions, symbolizing gods Marduk, Adad and Ishtar respectively. Toof and doors of gate were made of cedar, according to the dedication plaque.
#archaeohistories
Fantasy as we know it today was created by a self-taught French artist from the 19th century.
He has influenced everybody from HP Lovecraft to George Lucas and Tim Burton to Peter Jackson.
His name? Gustave Doré...
Morning!
After 6-7 hours of trying to fall asleep, I am still awake and unable to organize my thoughts. I am filled with restless thoughts. Often, I wish there was nothing in my mind and nothing was bothering me. But...
I commanded each of my 37 trillion cells.
You are completely free from now on. I don't have to keep structuring my body anymore.
Mix with air, mix with water, mix with the earth, and become the small elements that make up this world.
This is a a revolving column or earthquake scale. Originally designed by the ottoman architect Mimar Sinan (1490-1588), they are capable of detecting deformation in the structure after earthquakes. This is Merkez Cami mosque, Turkey https://t.co/cWH9ldUDtd
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An F-22 Raptor doing a Power Loop: a maneuver utilizing the full capabilities of the thrust vectoring technology to rotate the aircraft through the air while remaining stationary within a single point in the sky
[📹 USAF F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team]
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