Taylor's skillfully crafted sculptures not only provide reprieve for besieged coral reefs, but also are reminiscent of a kind
of lost civilization of grace and beauty that can be rediscovered, if we choose — a profound alchemy where human intervention is transformed from blight to life.
News of this lost civilization began leaking out in the 1970s, when archaeologists came to dig in the southern reaches of the Soviet Union and in Afghanistan.
Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the
Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya by William Carlsen, details the 1839 journey of two explorers, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, who uncovered and documented what would come to be known as the ruins of the Maya civilization.
It is a land where coral reefs swarm with rainbow - hued fish, postcard - perfect islands are ringed by white sand beaches, and Jungle Rivers flow from forest - clad mountains that hide mysterious caves and the stone
temples of lost civilizations.
As part of the archeological component of the program, the children will travel back in time on horseback to on - site ancient Maya temples and become junior archeologists learning about the
mystery of a lost civilization.
The wilderness is appropriately dense with foliage, and the barren towns alongside the riverbanks are stacked with the steel carcasses of automobiles and other tell - tale
signs of a lost civilization.
As Rosenthal says, Hulusi reflects on «ruins and the abandoned
places of lost civilizations» while suggesting an idealized place, with the landscape in a primordial balance between harmonyand beauty, and at the same time referencing socio - political history and the mechanics of image making.
Watch as they explore the legendary
ruins of lost civilizations, seek out their descendants, and find the ancient mysteries these sites have hidden for generations.
We who were left behind live in the ruins
of a lost civilization, scuttling in and out of doorways too tall for us.
Laid among the ruins
of a lost civilization, a «world where mankind is not the dominant species, and highly advanced machines sit at the top of the food chain,» Guerrilla Games describes.
Installed along a 300 - yard stretch of the untouched terrain of the High Line, Bove's sculptures reveal themselves among the unruly vegetation, like mysteriously pristine ruins
of a lost civilization or a contemporary version of a Zen garden.