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“Death blowing bubbles,” one of the several depictions of death created by Johann Georg Leinberger between 1729 and 1731 for the ceiling of the Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey in Bamberg, Germany. The bubbles are symbols of the fragility of life

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The haunting ancient Celtic carnyx being played for an audience. This is the sound Roman soldiers would have heard their Celtic enemies make.

Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey

On the ancient streets of Byblos, northern Lebanon

The rock-cut Temple of Hathor in Abu Simbel, Egypt

Temple of Apollo in the ancient roman city of Didyma, Turkey

by smacss on Flickr.The city of Aswan in southern Egypt - stands on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract and is a busy market and tourist centre.

“Srah Damrei carvings at Phnom Kulen / Cambodia .”

No man made structure can hold up to the power that is nature

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The Great Wall of China near Jiayuguan Pass, Gansu, China

Pond filled with water lilies in Angkor Wat, Cambodia

by Philanderob on Flickr.Greetings from Olympos - Karpathos Island, Greece.

Temple of Athena in Assos, Turkey

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Uruk, Iraq 

Ancient, St. Johns College Library, Cambridge, England

This is my header photo. I painted the original in an art class a few years ago. The assignment was to paint 2 opposites using shades and tints of 2 colors opposite each other on the color wheel. I chose ancient and modern, using yellows and blues. I’ve been learning to work on Adobe, and I recreated this piece in Illustrator a few weeks ago.

Scenes from one of the more intact old growth forests here.