Sentences with phrase «egyptian obelisks»
In the 1990s he embarked on a series of paintings, the «Stelae,» whose vertical forms evoked the solemn majesty of Egyptian obelisks, Han dynasty tomb posts or the menhirs of Stonehenge.
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This amazing mix offers sites as diverse as the Hippodrome, where Romans raced chariots, to ancient Egyptian obelisks and the famous Blue Mosque.
Since you already used a restaurant example, let me continue with the analogy: we're serving tasty food to an ever increasing number of satisfied, loyal customers and making enough money on every meal served to pay back original investment in fixed overhead by next year (those faux - egyptian obelisks didn't come cheap).
Piazza del Popolo It's said to be one of the best people - watching spots in the city (which, for Rome, says a lot)-- that is, if you can take your eyes off the 17th - century churches and Egyptian obelisk, among other sights.
This work began when Clockshop invited me, in 2014, to perform on Michael Parker's artwork The Unfinished, for which the outline of an obelisk — based on an unfinished ancient Egyptian obelisk — was excised into a pad of asphalt next to the concrete Los Angeles River.
Not exact matches
Take, for instance, the fact that the videos showing the beheadings and executions of Ethiopian and Egyptian Christians were entitled «A Message Signed in Blood to the Nation of the Cross», and that the cover of ISIS» official magazine, Dabiq, in October 2014 featured a picture of St Peter's Square with an ISIS flag superimposed atop the obelisk that adorns the centre of that iconic Christian building.
The discovery of a 4,000 - year - old pyramidion found near the excavation of the largest Old Kingdom obelisk fragment may be the first evidence of the existence of satellite pyramids for Queen Ankhnespepy II, the most important Egyptian queen of the sixth dynasty.
The obelisk is a classic Egyptian motif symbolizing the connection between heaven and earth, and Calle's monument can be viewed as a conduit, forging connections across time and generations — uniting us through shared human commonalities, including our inescapable universal end.