which have stood for the past 3,400 a long time within the Theban Necropolis, fair west of the city of Luxor in Egypt. They were built to stand protect at the entrance of Amenhotep’s dedication sanctuary, small of which remains nowadays. Its establishment was as well near to the Nile, and gradually dissolved absent over the centuries. At 18 meters tall (60 feet) and weigh around 720 tons each, the Colossi are all that stay, but both have endured broad harm over the aContinue reading “The Colossi of Memnon are 2 sandstone statues of the Egyptian Pharoah Amenhotep III”
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Henry Moore & Reclining Figure, The arrangement of these three nude females recalls the traditional composition of ‘The Three Graces
Reclining Figure 1938 (LH 192) is a small sculpture by Henry Moore of an sinuous abstracted human figure. An enlarged version was made in 1984 for the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Singapore. The resulting Large Reclining Figure (LH 192b) is some 9 metres (30 ft) long, making it the largest sculpture made by Moore. Reclining FigureContinue reading “Henry Moore & Reclining Figure, The arrangement of these three nude females recalls the traditional composition of ‘The Three Graces”
The Arch by Henry Moores
The Arch could be a six-metre tall Roman travertine design situated on the north bank of the Long Water. It was displayed by the craftsman Henry Moore to the country for siting in Kensington Gardens in 1980 – two a long time after his eightieth-birthday show at the Serpentine Display, London. The Arch is made from seven travertine stones weighing a add up to of 37 tons. The stones were sourced from a quarry in northern Italy. After being dismantled inContinue reading “The Arch by Henry Moores”
Thomas Charles Llethbridge, – Philosophy, Ethnology and Archaeology.
Thomas Charles Lethbridge (23 March 1901 – 30 September 1971), better known as T. C. Lethbridge, was an English archaeologist, parapsychologist, and explorer. A specialist in Anglo-Saxon archaeology, he served as honorary Keeper of Anglo-Saxon Antiquities at the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology from 1923 to 1957, and over the course of hisContinue reading “Thomas Charles Llethbridge, – Philosophy, Ethnology and Archaeology.”
V. Gordon Childe , cultural, historical, archaeologist
Vere Gordon Childe (14 April 1892 – 19 October 1957) was an Australian archaeologist who specialized in the study of European prehistory. He spent most of his life in the United Kingdom, working as an academic for the University of Edinburgh and then the Institute of Archaeology, London. He wrote twenty-six books during his career.Continue reading “V. Gordon Childe , cultural, historical, archaeologist”
William Stukeley
William Stukeley FRS FSA (7 November 1687 – 3 March 1765) was an English antiquarian, physician and Anglican clergyman. A significant influence on the later development of archaeology, he pioneered the scholarly investigation of the prehistoric monuments of Stonehenge and Avebury in Wiltshire. He published over twenty books on archaeology and other subjects during hisContinue reading “William Stukeley”
PUREJOHN FASHION MAGAZINE UK: LGN MILITARY: BOSSES MADE
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The bridge is named after Pero, also known as Pero Jones, who lived from around 1753 to 1798, arriving in Bristol from the Caribbean Island of Nevis in 1783, as the slave of the merchant John Pinney (1740-1818) at 7 Great George Street. History. The bridge was designed by the Irish artist Eilis O’Connell, inContinue reading
Heraion of Samos – Heritage preservation
The Heraion of Samos was a large sanctuary to the goddess Hera, on the island of Samos, Greece, 6 km southwest of the ancient city of Samos (modern Pythagoreion), in the low, marshy basin of the Imbrasos river, near where it enters the sea. The late Archaic temple in the sanctuary was the first ofContinue reading “Heraion of Samos – Heritage preservation”
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BLM STATUE COMES DOWN AFTER 1 DAY — Burst Updates
CFP: “A sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester installed without authorization on the site where a monument to a 17th-century parliamentarian and slave trader was ripped down by protesters last month was taken down by the city after just one day, according to a report.” “City workers carefully removed the statue of Jen Reid […]Continue reading “BLM STATUE COMES DOWN AFTER 1 DAY — Burst Updates”
