Early morning frost on the statues of Versailles (photo taken this morning)

Partial floor plan of the second floor of the Chateau de Versailles, France

Jackson Davis’ design for the capitol building of Columbus, Ohio

The Peoples Gas Building, Chicago

The Colosseum, Rome

Morning light at Vaux le Vicomte.

📸 Amazing photographs taken by Alex Miller on his fun and spectacular website (www.inthebuff716.com) of the Liberty Building in downtown Buffalo, New York. You can see the Art Deco Architectural masterpiece City Hall in a few of the dramatic photographs. *NOTE: The first photo is of the large full December moon taken by A. Cortez of Syracuse, NY.

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America's Castles: "BILTMORE ESTATE"

📺 America's Castles TV show episode:

George Vanderbilt wanted to build Biltmore Estate as his own French Château in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. To execute his dreams he chose the prominent American architect, Richard Morris Hunt, educated at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Landscape-architect, Frederick Law Olmsted who created NYC's Central Park & San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, was in charge of the 120,000 acres of formal gardens,, pristine forest and woodlands.

The video follows the history of the Gilded Age ~ Beaux-Arts Château from its construction in 1895 through its self sustainability usage today. 🇺🇸🇫🇷

💻 BILTMOREESTATE.org

Gold Mask of Tutankhamun

Probably the most famous artifact in the world, the 11 kg death mask of pharaoh Tutankhamun was restored in 2015. The work is more than just the careful repair of a 3300 year old death mask.

In August 2014, cleaning staff in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo mishandled. They accidentally knocked off the beard of Tutankhamun’s death mask. In no time at all, they glued the separated beard back on with an insoluble epoxy resin ( also known as superglue ). This was not a good idea, as it later turned out: “ They didn’t reattach the beard in its original position, the beard tilted slightly to the left side,” explains Christian Eckmann.

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"In my culture, death is not the end. it's more of a stepping off point. You reach out with both hands and Bast and Sekhmet, they lead you into a green veld where you can run forever."

Rest in peace, Chadwick.

I think we should also appreciate how he took the time out of his days to visit kids at the St. Jude hospital while still battling with his own cancer. He was a real life superhero to not only me but millions of people <3

danaigurira: How do you honor a king? Reeling from the loss of my colleague, my friend, my brother. Struggling for words. Nothing feels adequate. I always marveled at how special Chadwick was. Such a pure hearted, profoundly generous, regal, fun guy. My entire job as Okoye was to respect and protect a king. Honor his leadership. Chadwick made that job profoundly easy. He was the epitome of kindness, elegance, diligence and grace. On many an occasion I would think how thankful I was that he was the leading man I was working closely with. A true class act. And so perfectly equipped to take on the responsibility of leading the franchise that changed everything for Black representation.

He made everyone feel loved, heard and seen. He played great, iconic roles because he possessed inside of himself that connection to greatness to be able to so richly bring them to life. He had a heroic spirit, and marched to the beat of his own drum; hence his excellence as an artist and the incredible courage and determination as he faced life’s challenges; while still guiding us all.

He was zen and sweet and funny (with the very best laugh), attentive, and truly, truly, good. I can’t even wrap my mind around this loss. A loss resonating in my own heart as well as around the globe. The children he inspired, my heart aches for them, to lose their hero just as they finally found him. I am so thankful to have taken the Black Panther journey with him. To have known him, spent time in his light and leadership and to call him forever a friend.

Lala Ngoxolo Kumkani.

Han Solo in Return of the Jedi

The Temple of Khnum at Esna

The Temple of Esna is dedicated to the god Khnum, his consorts Menhit and Nebtu, their son, Heka, and also the goddess Neith. It dates to the Ptolemaic Period (ca. 305-30 BC), and was built of red sandstone, and its portico consisted of six rows of four columns each, with lotus-leaf capitals, all of which however differ from each other.

The Spreckles Mansion in Pacific Heights - San Francisco, CA (now the home of Danielle Steele)

📸 Amazing photographs taken by Alex Miller on his fun and spectacular website (www.inthebuff716.com) of the Liberty Building in downtown Buffalo, New York. You can see the Art Deco Architectural masterpiece City Hall in a few of the dramatic photographs. *NOTE: The first photo is of the large full December moon taken by A. Cortez of Syracuse, NY.