fajrdrako | Lost Civilizations... (Reply)

After a lovely brunch at Von's, I went to Chapters with

maaseru and got a book called Lost Civilizations: Rediscovering the Great Civilizations of the Past with my gift certificates. I got it because of its gorgeous pictures, and because its index had several cites I was unfamiliar with: Luoyang, Nemrut Dagh, Pagan and Philae. I realized afterwards that I'd seen Philae in an Imax movie about rafting down the Nile, but I hadn't remembered the name.

It's always a special treat to look at pictures of Karnac and Carnac, but many - most - all of the sites are breathtakingly beautiful. I hope something still stands of Persepoliz.

I thoroughly enjoyed the pictures of Nemrut Dagh, where the huge, eery stone head, broken and on the ground, made me think of Ozymandias.