Many more pictures at the link.
Posted on 11/22/2007 12:02:56 PM PST by fanfan
“Stunned by what they had found, the authorities decided to seize the temples on behalf of the government.”
The more things change....
Yup.
Absolutely amazing. Thanks for posting.
LBT
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My pleasure!
Did you see the pictures at the link? Very impressive.
” Big Ben is 15,000 cubic feet. “
Wrong! Off by a factor of 10! (Actual interior volume of the tower is about 150,000 cubic feet.)
Yet another example of the pitiful innumeracy rampant in the mass media.
An ordinary, smallish, house has a volume of about 15,000 cubic feet. That should have tipped off the author of the article to, at least, ask someone who completed one high school math course to check the figures.
In previous centuries, these guys would have lended their talents to cathedrals and beautiful public buildings. But no one’s building cathedrals anymore, and new public buildings are ugly now, so the beauty’s gone underground.
WOW and
Thanks.
Wow....excuisite artwork. The government should let him continue on with his work.
Beautiful. Also feels very New Age/
BTTT
Cool!!
Wow, reminds me of Henry Darger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Darger
The temples are astounding! It truly is amazing what these people accomplished.
(My previous post was a reaction to a pet peeve — now, I’m more awestruck than anything.)
LOL.
I wouldn’t have known, but I don’t write ‘em, I just post ‘em.
Pretty amazing, eh?
Look at the detail!
A bit, yes.
I’d vote for the salt mines in Krakow! Of course, the media is not likely to make as big a deal over the artistic additions to these excavations because they are Christian! The carvings include a life size replica of the Last Supper carved in salt.
“It’s the oldest operational salt mine in Europe which has been working for over 700 years. Since 1978, the mine is on UNESCO’s list of World Class Landmarks of Cultural and Natural Heritage - where it was listed among the top 12 attractions in the world. The tourist route open to sightseers is only a small part of the entire mine. The mine includes 7.5 million square meters of post-excavation space on nine levels, each between 64 and 327 meters. The tourist route extends to level three only - to the depth of 135 meters. During the 2,5 hour tour, you will travel underground approximately 3.5 km. During this time you will see 30 of the more than 2148 chambers.”
Scroll down on this link for pictures:
But the 'Temples of Damanhur' are not the great legacy of some long-lost civilisation, they are the work of a 57-year-old former insurance broker from northern Italy who, inspired by a childhood vision, began digging into the rock.ML/NJ
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