Category: Turkey
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No fire, no smoke
No fire, no smoke No smoke curling up out of the kitchen chimneys.The sultans have long gone,their palace has become a museum.And the tree, delighted at having been saved,happily twists its branches this way and that. Photo of the week: Chimneys on Sultan’s kitchen, Topkapi palace, Istanbul, Turkey 2003
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Light upon light
Light upon light Rays of the setting sunilluminating spacewithout and within.Light …Space …Peace … Photo of the week: Sultan Ahmet Camii, Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey 2003
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Priene
Priene The temple of Athena in Priene was built in the Ionic order, clearly recognizable from the shape of the capitals with two volutes (scrolls). In the course of time the whole temple had collapsed or was destroyed. All the pillars were down and their drums were spread around. Only in the sixties of the…
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Drum field
Drum field After last week’s Gerasa-Jerash, another example of past and present next to each other, 24 centuries apart. In the foreground, drums of pillars of the temple of Athena in the ancient Greek city of Priene, Turkey. In the background, the neatly organized agricultural fields of the plain below. Archaic Priene had a sea…
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Attractive simplicity
Attractive simplicity Happiness is hard to find when living in abject poverty. Or at the other end of the line where one bathes in abject luxury. Fortunately there is a middle ground where true happiness can be found. Running into a rudimental little terrace after a hike around a lake. Listening to a man playing…
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