Sentences with phrase «carving sandstone»

A 13th century carved sandstone statue used to decorate a Champa temple in Binh Dinh province.

En route to Agra, stop at Fatehpur Sikri, the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1569 to 1585, where elegant carved sandstone palaces remain incredibly well - preserved.

On the hunt for the Holy Grail Indie is led to this beautiful ornately carved sandstone temple façade, seemingly in the middle of nowhere, Petra's Treasury.

Award - winning Balinese architect Popo Danes curated the design, crafting contemporary interiors with an Asian twist using Indonesia's abundant natural materials — elaborately carved sandstone walls, polished teakwood floors, paras stone sun decks, marble basins and terrazzo baths.

Lluis Lleo's «Morpho's Nest in the Cadmium House» features a series of five outdoor paintings on carved sandstone.

Not exact matches

Geologically, Cathedral Rock is carved from the Permian Schnebly Hill formation, a redbeds sandstone formed from coastal sand dunes near the shoreline of the ancient Pedregosa Sea.

In the wall behind the altar, two words have been carved into the red sandstone, their letters a foot high: FATHER FORGIVE.

The giant Buddhas of Bamiyan, once painted in bright colors, remained silent sentinels as they reacquired the hues of the sandstone cliffs from which they were carved.

McEneny led his colleagues — including Tim Gordon, I - Bethlehem and Bob Reilly, D - Colonie — past troopers guarding Paterson's office, pointing out gubernatorial portraits and sandstone carvings as if he were giving an impromptu tour.

But he refused to talk to reporters as he traversed up and down the Capitol's carved, sandstone, «Million Dollar» staircase.

Artifacts at the exhibit include a spectacular column topped with the carved heads of Indian elephants and a huge 2,100 - pound sandstone bust of the people's chief deity, Dushara, the god of water and agriculture.

More than 3,000 tombs, dwellings, and temples are etched into the sandstone cliffs surrounding Petra, and recent excavations have revealed a caravan of camels carved into the canyon walls.

Like Abu Simbel, the Mut temple is hewn out of solid sandstone, carved right into the base of the pinnacle.

Over the eons, wind and water have carved this landscape into a maze of stunning red sandstone arches and spires.

Arches National Park, UT In this part of Utah's canyon country, more than 2,000 natural arches are carved out of red sandstone high above the Colorado River.

The soft sandstone wall from which the grottoes are carved has been eroded in the past by sand blown into the caves.

It was carved onto a piece of sandstone above the front door.

One of their many acts of notoriety was the destruction of two sixth - century Buddha statues carved out of sandstone cliffs in Bamiyan in central Afghanistan.

The sandstone is richly ornamented with carving and fretwork.

Nearby Sooke Potholes Provincial Park, explore the geological marvels carved deep in the sandstone bedrock from the last ice age.

Seventeen sandstone monuments carved between 426 A.D. and 810 A.D. still tower over the site.

From the lofty peaks of Krakadouw and Middelberg to the Stadsaal Caves, grotesquely hewn by rain and running water in sandstone, there is evidence of the ease with which upper sandstone relents to weather, resulting in places in surrealistically carved pillars and sculptured columns; the natural sandstone arch of the Wolfberg and the Wolfberg Cracks — deep chasms through the sandstone.

You see the beautiful marble and red sandstone buildings, the indescribably intricate carvings, and the cheap, delicious street food.

Large sandstone wall carvings and oversized potted plants create a private and peaceful tropical ambience.

Above the canoe, a set of antique carved panels are framed against a wall of golden sandstone.

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Located between Austin Point to the south and Hug Point to the north, a short walk north reveals a seasonal waterfall, caves carved into sandstone cliffs and tide pools accessible during low tide.

Wide plazas and rooms were carved in the sandstone and it's easy to imagine layers of rugs and trays of tea being passed during discussions.

The tasteful décor at our Siem Reap accommodation includes beautiful reclining sofas, handcrafted teak wood furniture, rich local textiles and unique Khmer style Apsara dancer sculptures carved from sandstone.

Sandstone and marble carved in 10th century motifs is used throughout.

The famous Sandstone Arches and Island in the Sky are both just an hour from town, and the mighty Colorado River carves through the canyon country nearby.

«We then spent the afternoon kayaking in the bay on a sea as smooth as glass, paddling past remarkable sandstone cliffs wind - carved and eroded into fantastic formations, many like ancient ruins.

Caravan's Grand Canyon adventure tour guests get to experience an afternoon boat cruise through Antelope Canyon with its rich red sandstone walls that were carved by over 5 million years of erosion.

But she can also make the chips fly, carving local sandstone into images related to the sea.

An ideal trip to this town should cover a visit to the incredible sandstone carvings and sculptures from the Angkor period at the town's museum and / or around old temples.

Self taught, he started carving sculptures from sandstone and then settled on his preferred material: found objects.

Carved Texas limestone with granite, marble, sandstone, soapstone, and quartzite.

Each piece is carved out of a single block of Pietra di Tuoro, a gray sandstone from Umbria.

Using stones from quartz, to granite and sandstone, he carves soft twists, scoops or pinches into the hard surface, as if he were sculpting with clay.

This expanse of 492 grottoes carved into the sandstone face of a nine - story - high cliff holds an unrivaled collection of Buddhist art, with more than 484,000 square feet of murals and 2,400 sculptures.

The Mogao Caves are carved into the face of a sandstone cliff at Dunhuang on the edge of the Gobi Desert.

In a perspectival shift, this assembly hangs atop acrylic - backed custom laminates of tourist graffiti carved in sandstone cliffs, forming wall - mounted ziggurats.