Sentences with phrase «of obelisk»

The second - generation Echo has been redesigned with less of an obelisk - like look, in favor of a fabric wrap and a shorter, slightly more portly physique.

It was only dusk when the town hall photo was taken, but almost completely dark when we took the picture of the obelisk.

Michael Tsegaye's Group and solo exhibitions include: Recent Histories, Contemporary African Photography and Video Art in 2017 at the Walther Collection Museum in Germany, Ankober, Addis Fine Art, Addis Abba (2015 - 2016), Medecins Sans Frontiers, National Museum Addis Ababa (2011), For a Sustainable World, African Photography Biennal 9th Edition, (2011), Selam Arts Festival, Toronto, Canada (2010), Hotel Dystopia Room # 25/55: Al Bastakiya Art Fair, Dubai, UAE (2010) and Aksum Rediscovered: The Reinstallation of the Obelisk, The UNESCO House, Paris, France (2009).

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.

An Icelander whose intensely psychological, yet still melodically accessible modernist scores like «Prisoners» and «Sicario» speak in alien languages of subsonic strings and nerve - chilling brass at last gets his actual close encounter as he translates the Rorschach Test language of obelisk / monolith dwelling inter-dimensional deities here.

And when it all clicks, you'll look back and wonder why you thought they were so weird for a quarter - century, just like I'm ashamed about my lack of obelisk appreciation.

Something over seventy years ago it occurred to certain Americans to bring one of these obelisks to America so that it could be seen by those who could not make the journey to Egypt.

In front you can see one of the obelisks of ancient Rome.

In what feels like some sordid Dr. who episode, you are dumped on a remote part of a UK - future inlet, and I tasked with collecting scraps and assorted detritus to survive whilst Evading highly tuned Victorian - era hunter - bots as you seek the pieces of the obelisks that may somehow lead to your escape from said highly - stylized prison.

During the last decade of her life, she turned her attention to public sculpture, many in the form of obelisks.

I have a vignette in my dining room where one of my obelisks and one of the bowls lay on their sides - the cleaning lady and several friends always wanted to stand them up!

Not exact matches

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.

The Perth - based junior announced this week that final assay results from a 45 - hole aircore / RC drill program at the Obelisk prospect within the Paterson mining region in the north of W.A, had extended the size of the system from 1 km to more than 4 km and it remains open in all directions.

Obelisk is part of the Great Sandy Desert tenement, where Sipa is earning up to an interest of up to 80 % by spending $ 3 million over the next four years.

Of particular note is the scale, coherence and tenor of the anomalism at Obelisk, the presence of significant molybdenum, tungsten, silver and copper and the metal associations — which are similar to some of the very large deposits in the district.&raquOf particular note is the scale, coherence and tenor of the anomalism at Obelisk, the presence of significant molybdenum, tungsten, silver and copper and the metal associations — which are similar to some of the very large deposits in the district.&raquof the anomalism at Obelisk, the presence of significant molybdenum, tungsten, silver and copper and the metal associations — which are similar to some of the very large deposits in the district.&raquof significant molybdenum, tungsten, silver and copper and the metal associations — which are similar to some of the very large deposits in the district.&raquof the very large deposits in the district.»

Sipa Resources Obelisk prospect in the Paterson mining region of W.A shows some similarities to the giant Teller mine in the same district

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).

Upon arrival at Batlle & Ordoñez Park, a photo stop is made at the La Carreta monument (Covered Wagon) before resuming your drive past the Obelisk and Soccer Stadium, and on to the residential area of Carrasco.

It contained a number of remarkable constructions such as Augustus's Mausoleum (an enormous building, some forty metres high, topped with a bronze colossus of Augustus), the beautiful and ornate Ara Pacis, and a giant sundial (an obelisk taken from Egypt, signifying the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra which began his rule) erected in such a way as to demonstrate the cosmological significance of Augustus's birth (its shadow bisected the Ara Pacis on his birthday).

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 truncated obelisk's flat top is capped, in a way both formally and materially awkward, by an exogenous metal structure resembling a flying saucer that contains communications equipment; a needle fitted with a series of rings rises from this structure, attaining the «iconic» height of 1,776 feet.

Above the base rises a geometrically chamfered glass obelisk consisting of elongated isosceles triangles alternately pointing upward or downward.

On display at the British Museum is the astonishing black obelisk of Shalmaneser III.

The religion in the U.S. is catholic, Sun - day, Saturn - day, moon - day, buildings with obelisk, «sex» on top of so called holy buildings where many people go to hear what one man has to say three time a week while they are kept dumb like sheep being led to slaughter.

For many centuries there lay side by side in one of the famous archaeological sites two enormous obelisks, cut with great skill out of the living rock of Egypt, dressed down to the proper shape, then deeply inscribed with hieroglyphic characters.

For many, it's still hard to forget the images of the large obelisk in the center of Buenos Aires that was covered with a giant «condom» on World AIDS Day in 2005.

A row of bars and pizza stands with their backs to the river and a massive concrete obelisk baring the name «Mussolini» bracket the open expanse of a four - lane divided boulevard.

Its 350 acres of winding roads and majestic mature trees — not to mention a spectacular collection of 19th and 20th Century sculpture in the form of crypts, obelisks and headstones — are as picturesque and welcoming as any tract of similar scale in a city or suburban park.

Susan Watterson has more than twenty years of hands - on experience in many facets of the culinary arts: hotels (The Jefferson and Sheraton Premiere), restaurants (Old Angler's Inn, Obelisk); catering (Design Cuisine, Fete Accomplie, Susan Gage Caterers) and education (L'Academie de Cuisine).

There's no crater left today, just a 2 - metre lava - rock obelisk, a few historical photos on a chain - link fence and a single stump of the steel firing tower that held the bomb, which was code - named «the gadget».

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.

If you like, you can show your date some of the key points of interest around the lake, such as a 100 foot high totem pole, an obelisk that was erected by none other than George II and the remnants of an ancient North African city (which has been shipped over to Britain and reconstructed).

Sparks fly in the Volcano Zone when all our heroes face off against the full fury of Fusion Dimension's elite Obelisk Force!

Girls in pinafores and straw hats are preparing for an outing to Hanging Rock, where giant obelisks of red stone jut out of the earth and create a labyrinth of craggy interstices — a geological marvel and a sacred site for Aboriginal Australians.

We had the center of Paris right below us - the place de la Concorde with the obelisk, the Orangerie, the Chambre des Députés, the Seine with its pompous bridges, palaces, gardens.

The recipient receives an obelisk — the symbol of school library excellence — and $ 10,000 toward its school library program.

For the first time, all winners at this year's Cardinal Crystal Grooming Achievement Awards, which will be presented at the SuperZoo show in Las Vegas on July 21, will receive a cash prize of $ 1,000 to go along with their Crystal obelisk statue, which has long been regarded as the grooming industry's version of an Oscar.

Choose from various thematic tours of the grounds or wander by yourself along the antiquated Celtic crosses and ornate marble obelisks.

It surges up from the sea and towards the seafront and its wide ribbon of sandy beach and an even wider promenade with a war memorial obelisk as its landmark.

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Buenos Aires has the layout of a European capital — with the grand avenues cutting through the city, impressive monuments like the Obelisk, visible from far away.

This 4.5 - star hotel is within close proximity of Unfinished Obelisk and Mausoleum of the Aga Khan.

An obelisk covered in hieroglyphics might seem out of place in Paris, but it goes to show how powerful France once was in the world.

The obelisk, one of the most iconic landmarks in Buenos Aires, is located in the República Square between two of the largest and widest streets in the world: Av.

Other stone obelisks are also thought to have astronomical significance as does the cave of Inti Mach» ay to the western edge of the site.

The theater stands near Plaza de la República, a square on Avenida 9 de Julio where you can see the Obelisco de Buenos Aires (Obelisk of Buenos Aires), a 1936 monument to honor the foundation of the city.

Designed as a meeting - place by the eminent local architect John Wood in the eighteenth century, this pretty square has an obelisk at its centre and is surrounded by houses of fine Georgian architecture.

Enjoy a guided tour of this magical Nabatean City with highlights including the Siq, Treasury, Obelisk Tomb, Calligraphy, Jabal Madbach (sacrificial palace), Tombs, Theater, Mountaintop Tombs

Churches too play a large part in the country's architectural identity and some of the world's oldest can be found on the islands of Lake Tana, while at Axum (home of the Queen of Sheba), the giant, granite obelisks prove even the most ancient architecture is phenomenal.

We will begin with the ancient Hippodrome, which was the scene of chariot raoes, with the three monuments: the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine.