Ruins at sunset.
Summer ends.
Kaluts.
The rock castle.
Caravanserai in Dasht-e Lut.
Footprints.
Arg-e Rayen.
In the citadel.
Roofs of Yazd.
Bâdgir.
Bâdgir.
Clouds over Yazd.
Towards the unknown.
Worship of wisdom.
The moon cries over Isfahan.
دخمه.
مسجد شیخ لطف الله Masjed-e Sheikh Lotf-ollāh
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Details2.
Details 3.
Friday Prayer.
Abyaneh.
Detail.
The griffins.
The Royal Guard.
Lamassu.
Persepolis.
The Twin Minarets.
Touched by light.
Arches in black.
Rusty.
Purple sunset.
Blue Universe.
The tree of golden coins.
My beloved is brighter than the sun
Birds flight.
Arrivederci
Relax.
Une merveilleuse rencontre.
Anse Lazio.
Le crabe.
OooOoOOOo o OO oo
Ile flottante.
Abstrait bleu.
Vol d'oiseau.
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Bull head.


Entrances to important buildings were frequently ‘protected’ by pairs of colossal animals (some of which were mythological guardian creatures) in the ancient Near East.
The bodies of the bulls were carved in relief on the side walls of the portico, whereas the heads were carved in the round.
Sometime in the past, perhaps when Persepoli was sacked, the heads became detached from their bodies. They were found not far from the bodies during excavations in 1932/3 by archaeologists . Unfortunately, the ears and horns, which were clearly not carved from the same block of stone but added separately, were not recovered
The bodies of the bulls were carved in relief on the side walls of the portico, whereas the heads were carved in the round.
Sometime in the past, perhaps when Persepoli was sacked, the heads became detached from their bodies. They were found not far from the bodies during excavations in 1932/3 by archaeologists . Unfortunately, the ears and horns, which were clearly not carved from the same block of stone but added separately, were not recovered
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Belle journée mon amie ! bisous♫
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The Hawk's Aerie!!
Another Beautifully captured image of this sculpture . Well done Annemarie. Regards Tess
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