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  • Willie Ishulutak, an Innuit soapstone carver in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada roughs out the fins of a soapstone narwhal sculpture outside his mother's house in the suburb of Apex. (From the book, What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Carving is one of the few traditions of the Inuit that has made the leap into the wage-earning modern world. Willie says he can complete two or three pieces in a day, then sell them in the evening at bars and restaurants in Iqaluit for $100 ($93 USD) each, and sometimes more. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Carved wooden door of Jameh Mosque, Yazd, Iran. Jameh (sometimes spelled Jamah) means "Friday.".
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  • Carvings on the temple wall at Halebid, South India. The ancient capital of the Hoysalas, Halebid was then known as Dwarasamudram. The city of Dwarasamudra flourished as a Capital of the Hoysala Empire during the 12th & 13th centuries..
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  • Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, MN
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  • La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, MN
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  • The Holy Land Experience is a Christian theme park in Orlando, Florida. The theme park recreates the architecture and themes of the ancient city of Jerusalem in 1st century Israel. The Holy Land Experience was founded and built by Marvin Rosenthal, a Jewish born Baptist minister but is now owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Rosenthal is also the chief executive of a ministry devoted to 'reaching the Jewish people for the Messiah' called Zion's Hope. Beside the theme park architectural recreations, there are church services and live presentations of biblical stories, most notably a big stage production featuring the life of Jesus. There are several restaurants and gift shops in the theme park. The staff dresses in biblical costumes. Admission is $40 for adults and $25 for youths, aged 6-18.
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  • Tierra Santa religious theme park, Buenos Aires
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  • Santuario Gauchito Gil, near Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Southermost city in the world. Legend has it that Gaucho Gil was a good-hearted outlaw who stole from the rich and gave to the poor. Before his hanging, Gil is said to have pledged to become a miracle worker. Now more than 100,000 people come to visit a shrine at the spot of his death, where they leave offerings and seek miracles of their own ? from help passing a grade in school to cures for illnesses. (from NPR)
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  • Santuario Gauchito Gil, near Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Southermost city in the world. Legend has it that Gaucho Gil was a good-hearted outlaw who stole from the rich and gave to the poor. Before his hanging, Gil is said to have pledged to become a miracle worker. Now more than 100,000 people come to visit a shrine at the spot of his death, where they leave offerings and seek miracles of their own ? from help passing a grade in school to cures for illnesses. (from NPR)
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  • Crocodile Harry, an artist who has made his home and studio in an abandoned opal mine. Coober Pedy. South Australia.
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  • Park of the Monsters (1552). Devised by the architect Pirro Ligorio on commission of Prince Pier Franceso Orsini, called Vicino, to vent the Prince's broken heart at the death of his wife Giulia Farnese. Bomarzo, Italy.
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  • Park of the Monsters (1552). Devised by the architect Pirro Ligorio on commission of Prince Pier Franceso Orsini, called Vicino, to vent the Prince's broken heart at the death of his wife Giulia Farnese. Bomarzo, Italy..
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  • Faith D'Aluisio hangs out at the Park of the Monsters (1552). Devised by the architect Pirro Ligorio on commission of Prince Pier Franceso Orsini, called Vicino, to vent the Prince's broken heart at the death of his wife Giulia Farnese. Bomarzo, Italy. MODEL RELEASED..
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  • Woodcarvers, Mysore, South India.
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  • Santuario Gauchito Gil, near Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Southermost city in the world. Legend has it that Gaucho Gil was a good-hearted outlaw who stole from the rich and gave to the poor. Before his hanging, Gil is said to have pledged to become a miracle worker. Now more than 100,000 people come to visit a shrine at the spot of his death, where they leave offerings and seek miracles of their own ? from help passing a grade in school to cures for illnesses. (from NPR)
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  • Wat Xiengthong, Luang Prabang, Laos. Monk leaving offering.
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  • Luang Prabang, Laos
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  • Vista Clara, health resort & spa. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
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  • Wieliczka, Poland. Salt Mine Chapel of the Blessed Kinga (near Krakow). detail.
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  • 5th century Buddha: a 12 meters tall granite statue of Buddha, hewn out of solid rock in the standing posture on a lotus pedestal. The statue was built during the reign of King Dhatusena in the 5th century AD. Awkana, Sri Lanka.
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  • Wat Xiengthong, Luang Prabang, Laos. Monk leaving offering.
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  • Park of the Monsters (1552). Devised by the architect Pirro Ligorio on commission of Prince Pier Franceso Orsini, called Vicino, to vent the Prince's broken heart at the death of his wife Giulia Farnese. Bomarzo, Italy..
    ITA_050926_081_Bomarzo_rwx.jpg
  • Park of the Monsters (1552). Devised by the architect Pirro Ligorio on commission of Prince Pier Franceso Orsini, called Vicino, to vent the Prince's broken heart at the death of his wife Giulia Farnese. Bomarzo, Italy.
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  • Decorated Bar restaurant in Prague, Czech Republic.
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  • A giant stone face in the Bayon Temple in Angkor, Cambodia. A temple-mountain complex containing 200 gigantic faces. The Banyon is a massive temple complex built by Jayavarman VII between 1181 and 1220. It features 3,936 feet of superb bas-relief carving and mysterious Buddha faces carved on the towers of the third level. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. .
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  • Carving on the temple wall at Halebid, South India. The ancient capital of the Hoysalas, Halebid was then known as Dwarasamudram. The great city of Dwarasamudra flourished as a Capital of the Hoysala Empire during the 12th & 13th centuries.
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  • Local children playing a gamve with stones and sticks at Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
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  • Recoletta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
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  • Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Mayan ruins at the Pyramid of the Masks at Kohunlich,  Mexico, Yucatan. Built prior to 500 AD, it is unknown whether they represent rulers or gods.
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  • Krakow, Poland. Altar Pentateuch of St. Mary's Church in Main Market Square.
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  • Bradbury Science Museum, Los Alamos, NM. Displays of Manhatten Project that developed the world's first atomic bombs during WWII.
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  • Bradbury Science Museum, Los Alamos, NM. Displays of Manhatten Project that developed the world's first atomic bombs during WWII.
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  • Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Indianapolis, Indiana. September 11 Memorial 9/11
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  • Recoletta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
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  • Recoletta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
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  • Recoletta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
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  • Recoletta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
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  • Recoletta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
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  • La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Tierra Santa religious theme park, Buenos Aires
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  • Maastricht, The Netherlands. Holland.
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  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
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  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
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  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
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  • Kuang Si Waterfall, Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • Kuang Si Waterfall, Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). The gold-leafed Buddhist Pagoda and surrounding shrines is the most important religious site in the country..
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  • Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). The gold-leafed Buddhist Pagoda and surrounding shrines is the most important religious site in the country..
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  • Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). The gold-leafed Buddhist Pagoda and surrounding shrines is the most important religious site in the country..
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  • Ananda Paya Pagoda, Bagan, Myanmar, (also known as Burma). The Bagan (also spelled Pagan) Plain on the banks of Irrawaddy River in central Myanmar, is the largest area of Buddhist temples, pagodas, stupas and ruins in the world. More than 2,200 remain today, many dating from the 11th and 12 centuries.
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  • Dawn from the top of the Thabelkhmauk Pagoada, Bagan, Myanmar, (also known as Burma). The Bagan (also spelled Pagan) Plain on the banks of Irrawaddy River in central Myanmar, is the largest area of Buddhist temples, pagodas, stupas and ruins in the world. More than 2,200 remain today, many dating from the 11th and 12 centuries.
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  • Mayan ruins at the Pyramid of the Masks at Kohunlich,  Mexico, Yucatan. Built prior to 500 AD, it is unknown whether they represent rulers or gods.
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  • Aukana, Sri Lanka. 5th century Buddha. This was one of Sir Arthur C. Clarke's favorite places to visit in Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur is best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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  • Bradbury Science Museum, Los Alamos, NM. Displays of Manhatten Project that developed the world's first atomic bombs during WWII.
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  • Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Upstate NY near Waddinton, NY
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  • Recoletta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
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  • La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
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  • Copenhagen, Denmark. Roundtower in the old city where Hungry Planet exhibit was held January to March 2011.
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  • Ban Saylom Village, just South of Luang Prabang, Laos. Every morning at dawn, barefoot Buddhist monks and novices in orange robes walk down the streets collecting food alms from devout, kneeling Buddhists. They then return to their temples (also known as "wats") and eat together. This procession is called Tak Bat, or Making Merit.
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  • Thousand Buddha Caves on the Mekong River, Luang Prabang, Laos..
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  • Shwedagon Pagoda at dawn in Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). The gold-leafed Buddhist Pagoda and surrounding shrines is the most important religious site in the country.
    BUR_120204_166_x.jpg
  • Shwedagon Pagoda at dawn in Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). The gold-leafed Buddhist Pagoda and surrounding shrines is the most important religious site in the country.
    BUR_120204_154_x.jpg
  • Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). The gold-leafed Buddhist Pagoda and surrounding shrines is the most important religious site in the country..
    BUR_120204_073_x.jpg
  • Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). The gold-leafed Buddhist Pagoda and surrounding shrines is the most important religious site in the country..
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  • The sacred Jain site of Sravanbelgola, 93km north of Mysore, consists of two hills and a large Tank. On one of the hills, Indragiri (also known as Vindhyagiri), stands an extraordinary eighteen meter high monolithic statue of a naked  male figure, Gomateshvara, which is the largest freestanding sculpture in India. The name of the other hill is Chandragiri, marking the arrival of Jainism in southern India.
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  • Inside a tomb in the great pyramids at Giza, outside Cairo, Egypt.  The lame tourist is none other than the famous writer Faith D'Aluisio.
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  • Brightly painted wooden boats on Sanur Beach, Bali, Indonesia.
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  • Recoletta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
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  • Shwedagon Pagoda at dawn in Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). The gold-leafed Buddhist Pagoda and surrounding shrines is the most important religious site in the country.
    BUR_120204_168_x.jpg
  • Shwedagon Pagoda at dawn in Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). The gold-leafed Buddhist Pagoda and surrounding shrines is the most important religious site in the country.
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  • A finished carving of a narwhal, made by Inuit carver Willie Ishulutak from Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory, Canada. (Willie Ishulutak is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Carving is one of the few traditions of the Inuit that has made the leap into the wage-earning modern world. Willie says he can complete two or three pieces in a day, then sell them in the evening at bars and restaurants in Iqaluit for $100 ($93 USD) each, and sometimes more.
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  • Willie Ishulutak, an Innuit soapstone carver in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada with one day's typical food, and drink. (From the book What I Eat, Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his day's worth of food on a typical day in the month of October was 4700 kcals. He is 29 years of age; 5 feet,  9 inches and 143 pounds. Carving is one of the few traditions of the Inuit that has made the leap into the wage-earning modern world. Willie says he can complete two or three pieces in a day, then sell them in the evening at bars and restaurants in Iqaluit for $100 ($93 USD) each, and sometimes more. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Gilded door carving at the Wat Xieng Thong  Buddhist temple complex, Luang Prabang, Laos
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  • Monkey carving at the Buddhist temple in the Lao Whisky village or Ban Xang Hai village on the Mekong River near Luang Prabang. Known for potent rice wine, weaving and a small Buddhist temple in the village. A tourist stop on the way to Pak Ou (also called Tam Ting Caves)
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  • Carved gilded doors at the Wat Mai Buddhist Temple next to the National Museum  and Theater in Luang Prabang, Laos
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  • Carved door at the Wat Mai Buddhist Temple next to the National Museum  and Theater in Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • Stony Hill Winery, St. Helena, CA (Napa Valley). Peter and Willinda McCrea, owners, in the winery with doors carved by Peter's father who started the winery. Stony Hill Winery is known for producing fine white wines which are aged in oak barrels that have been used for as many as 30 years, thereby not adding much oak flavor at all to the wine..
    USA_051222_23StonyHill_rwx.jpg
  • Stony Hill Winery, St. Helena, CA (Napa Valley). Peter and Willinda McCrea, owners, in the winery with doors carved by Peter's father who started the winery. Stony Hill Winery is known for producing fine white wines which are aged in oak barrels that have been used for as many as 30 years, thereby not adding much oak flavor at all to the wine..
    USA_051222_22StonyHill_rwx.jpg
  • Stony Hill Winery, St. Helena, CA (Napa Valley). Peter and Willinda McCrea, owners, in the winery with doors carved by Peter's father who started the winery. Stony Hill Winery is known for producing fine white wines which are aged in oak barrels that have been used for as many as 30 years, thereby not adding much oak flavor at all to the wine..
    USA_051222_20StonyHill_rwx.jpg
  • Stony Hill Winery, St. Helena, CA (Napa Valley). Peter and Willinda McCrea, owners, in the winery with doors carved by Peter's father who started the winery. Stony Hill Winery is known for producing fine white wines which are aged in oak barrels that have been used for as many as 30 years, thereby not adding much oak flavor at all to the wine..
    USA_051222_16StonyHill_rwx.jpg
  • Monesterio de Yuso, San Millán de Cogolla. One of two monasteries in the town, this 16th century Augustinian monastery is the larger of the two. It houses a treasury of ivory carvings depicting scenes from the lives of San Millán and San Felices. This monastery is said to be the birthplace of the Castillian language?43 words scribbled into a Latin codex by a 10th century monk. La Rioja, Spain.
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  • Group of monks gather at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor...
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  • Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
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  • Ruins at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
    CAM_05_xs.jpg
  • Angkor Wat temple seen in the reflection of the moat. Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
    CAM_03_xs.jpg
  • Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
    CAM_01_xs.jpg
  • A decorative pattern carved onto the doors of the Jameh Mosque in Yazd, Iran.
    IRN_061209_23_xw.jpg
  • Carved gilded doors at the Wat Mai Buddhist Temple next to the National Museum  and Theater in Luang Prabang, Laos
    LAO_110320_649_x.jpg
  • Stony Hill Winery, St. Helena, CA (Napa Valley). Stony Hill Winery is known for producing fine white wines which are aged in oak barrels that have been used for as many as 30 years, thereby not adding much oak flavor at all to the wine. The doors were hand carved by Peter McCrea, the winery founder..
    USA_051222_47StonyHill_rwx.jpg
  • Stony Hill Winery, St. Helena, CA (Napa Valley). Peter and Willinda McCrea, owners, in the winery with doors carved by Peter's father who started the winery. Stony Hill Winery is known for producing fine white wines which are aged in oak barrels that have been used for as many as 30 years, thereby not adding much oak flavor at all to the wine..
    USA_051222_12StonyHill_rwx.jpg
  • Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
    CAM_08_xs.jpg
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