Ancient Roman aqueduct in Caesarea Maritima, Israel
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Steve Reich - The Desert Music, for 10 voices and reduced orchestra (1984)
I. Fast
Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Chorus
Steve Reich et al.
Begin, my friend
for you cannot,
you may be sure,
take your song,
which drives all things out of mind,
with you to the other world.
- William Carlos Williams
Theocritus: Idyl I
(Jean-Léon Gérome [1824-1904] | Prayer in the Desert)
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Babylon gardens, from Alexander Movie set.
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The ruins of Sar o Tar, Afghanistan, circa 1943.
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Deleted Scene: Escape From Jabba’s Palace
Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy, Brandon Alinger
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Studio portrait of a woman in traditional Orthodox clothes with a headdress from Bileća, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1903
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Ceremonial Zoomorphic Dagger
Dated: mid-16th century
Culture: Indian, Vijayanagar or Deccan
Medium: steel, bronze, rubies
Measurements: overall length 42 cm
In an elegant, flowing style the hilt consists on one side of a rather large lion holding a small elephant between his front paws and a phoenix bird and a dragon with a long tail on the other side. The base of the hilt consists of two phoenixes with their heads facing the steel blade.
Source: Copyright © 2016 The David Collection
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Oasis de Haucachina, Ica
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FAvourite pastime: trying to figure out what Carthaginian architecture most accurately/commonly looked like
Bonus art of Roman Empire Carthage too
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