Sentences with phrase «rock carvings at»

Here among the coral reefs and the glittering schools of tropical fish also lies a fascinating history of pirates and shipwrecks, historic rock carvings at Sapodilla Bay, remnants of a plantation house from the late 1700s, and the world's only conch farm.

Get in a kayak with a mate and make your way across Lake Taupo around Rangitira Point to the impressive 14 - metre high Maori Rock Carvings at Mine Bay, which is only accessible by water.

Sacks's survey includes forays into topics ranging from the history of typesetting to the twisty tale of c, k, and q. (The Phoenicians pronounced the precursors of k and q in slightly different ways, while the Etruscans replaced the Greek gamma - which stood for a sound they did not use - with the crescent - shaped c.) He carefully delves into the archaeological evidence for the alphabet's origins, describing the oldest known alphabetic inscriptions, dating to about 1800 B.C., which were recently identified among rock carvings at Wadi el - Hol in central Egypt.

«The giraffe's stature, dominated by its long neck and legs and an overall height that can reach 19 feet (~ 6 m), is an extraordinary feat of evolution that has inspired awe and wonder for at least 8,000 years — as far back as the famous rock carvings at Dabous in the Republic of Niger,» said Douglas Cavener of Penn State University, who led the research team with Morris Agaba of the Nelson Mandela African Institute for Science and Technology in Tanzania.

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And then a sighing breeze tunneling up the side of the mountain at a craggy overlook, where through - hikers have carved their nicknames into the rocks.

After taking the samples back to the lab, the team sterilized the outside of the rocks, carved away their outer layers, then incubated the exposed samples in 65 °C waters similar to those infiltrating the sea floor at the site — poor in oxygen but rich in chemicals such as dissolved hydrogen, sulfates, acetates, methanol, and dimethyl sulfide.

All schools have a degree of success with Times Tables Rock Stars but schools that get the most from the programme don't rush the tables for anyone, they use it for 3 minutes at the start of each maths lesson and they embrace the fun side so the main challenge is to carve out the time to do it well and find your inner rock mRock Stars but schools that get the most from the programme don't rush the tables for anyone, they use it for 3 minutes at the start of each maths lesson and they embrace the fun side so the main challenge is to carve out the time to do it well and find your inner rock mrock mojo.

At the industry peak, in 2006, there were 24,000 payday stores in the U.S., according to Stephens, an investment bank in Little Rock, Ark., that has carved out a specialty in subprime businesses.

The whole Trails» network that connects the Incan City of Machu Picchu and other archaeological compounds has a construction design in strict harmony with the natural surroundings and landscape, as great stretches of the trails are ledges, at the edge of deep abysses, surrounded by exuberant vegetation, with stairs carved in live rock.

Take a boat down river and gaze in wonder at the impressive Lycian Rock Tombs, carved straight into the cliff face, before spending an afternoon on the beautiful Iztuzu Beach, spotting loggerhead turtles.

In the end we ended up visiting the Tegalalang Rice Terraces, the Rock Temple of Gunung Kawi with its shrines carved into the rock wall, the Elephant Cave Temple, a coffee plantation, and we also enjoyed lunch at Sari Restaurant — a great little spot with magnificent views of Mount BaRock Temple of Gunung Kawi with its shrines carved into the rock wall, the Elephant Cave Temple, a coffee plantation, and we also enjoyed lunch at Sari Restaurant — a great little spot with magnificent views of Mount Barock wall, the Elephant Cave Temple, a coffee plantation, and we also enjoyed lunch at Sari Restaurant — a great little spot with magnificent views of Mount Batur.

Built as a private villa in 1920 and later used as headquarters for American command in World War II, this boutique hotel was carved into the rock face at the southeastern tip of the island.

Continue along the Danube for a stop to view King Decebal's face, carved into the rock on the banks of the river and the Romanian spa town Baile Herculane for overnight at the 3 - star Hotel Afrodita.

As I glide my kayak through the tangled channels separating the mounds, which appear at a distance like green bristling mole hills, I can almost picture the long receded glaciers that carved these rock formations into the pleasing rounded shapes before me.

The final section of the journey is the most dramatic, as it is carved through the solid rock that leads to Kyle Pier and Kyle of Lochalsh at the entrance to Loch Alsh, opposite Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye.

Set on slopes in a pyramidal shape, the Intihuatana ritual stone is a fascinating carved rock designed to point directly at the sun during the winter solstice so that at two points during the year the sun casts no shadow.

North of the parking area at low tide you may walk along the original stagecoach road, still harboring the wheel ruts carved into the rock.

Among the highlights are: the mountains and river estuaries of Bute Inlet; the wildflowers and birds on Mitlenatch Island; Kingcome Inlet's vast delta and waterfalls; the bighouse and totem remains on Village Island, in the Broughtons; the pebble beaches of Yuquot, at Nootka Sound; the contemporary totems and carvings at Fort Rupert, on north Vancouver Island; the hidden 1890s grave for two children on Redonda Island; the dilapidated boat houses overhanging Sointula's beaches; Sointula's whale rubbing beach; the old mine at Suquash, near Port Hardy; Ripple Rock; and more!

The visitor will marvel at the diversity - from Georgia's ancient cave cities, Christian monasteries and fortified towns to the rock - carved churches, Hellenistic temple and stunning mountainous landscapes of Armenia.

Signal Hill is a short hike leading to a collection of rocks with petroglyphs carved on them at the top of the hill.

At Port Campbell National Park, the Gibson Steps, originally hand carved into the sheer rock face of Gibson Beach, are now cement poured for safety.

There's also a nightly kecak (traditional Balinese dance) performance at 6 pm in an amphitheatre carved into the rock.

Damian Coutts, General Manager of Destination Great Lake Taupo says that thousands of people visit the Maori Rock Carvings on the cliff at Mine Bay each year.

For his recent Salt Arms sculpture series, recently on display at HATCH gallery in Tokyo, Higurashi meticulously carved rock salt into perfect replicas of various weapons.

«Noguchi got ideas from looking at the way the river carved rock,» said Dakin Hart, senior curator at the museum.

Paint - splattered cellophane dangling from the ceiling like shower curtains; mounds of powder, polystyrene, and topsoil molded into giant wedding cakes; colorful bars of soap carved like rock candy — it all may appear sugary sweet at the outset, but Karla Black's latest sculptures are hardly the aftermath of a baby shower.

Jensen's most recent work includes both oil paintings and sculptures that draw their inspiration from Scandinavian and Irish Bronze age art, including spirals and concentric circles that can be found Irish Neolithic rock carving, and symbolic offerings found at holy places in Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center presents «Rock - a-bye Baby 2012,» new works in colored pencil by Rita Fuchsberg, February 3 - March 11 at the Gallery, 259 Marble Street.

Represented South Africa at the Venice Biennale 1959 Solo exhibition of woodcuts at Wittenborn Gallery, New York Represented SA Touring exhibition, South and North America Painting and Sculpture, National Arts Club, New York Represented South Africa at Sao Paulo Biennale Represented on The National Arts Club International Exhibition of painting and sculpture, New York 1960 Represented South Africa at Ljubljana, Yugoslavia International graphic exhibition Exhibition of incised woodblock paintings at the Egon Guenther Gallery, Johannesburg 1961 Large mural, the Apocalypse, in Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church Motsethabong, Welkom, Orange Free State Represented South Africa at Sao Paulo Biennale Made Stations of the Cross for Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Rivonia, Sandton 1962 Guest Artist of the year at the Transvaal Academy Exhibition of Rock Faces, Egon Guenther Gallery, Johannesburg Designed tapestry St. Anne, woven by Marguerite Stephens, and carved the Stations of the Cross for St. Anne's Anglican Church, Piggs Peak, Swaziland 1963 Appointed President of South African Council of Artists in succession to Walter Battiss Principal witness against State at the Harold Ruben blasphemy trial Represented South Africa at International Conference of Plastic Arts at UNESCO, New York Became founder member of the Amadlozi Group consisting of Eduardo Villa, Sydney Kumalo, Cecily Sash and Guiseppo Cattaneo.

The tanks were usually carved into rock at the edge of the shore and constructed in such a way that some of their features bore precise relationships to sea level at the time.

European settlers first landed at Tavern Island in 1651 (as evidenced by a rock carving on the island).