World Heritage: Monumental SitesThis second volume, dedicated specifically to monumental sites, focuses on forty-seven emblematic instances of diverse geographic, cultural, and historic sites, providing each with a clear, well-documented explanatory text, enriched with in-depth boxes and a beautiful selection of pictures with detailed captions. This volume is a fabulous guide through wonderful sites such as the Palace and Gardens of Schonbrunn, the Palace and Gardens of Versailles, Mount Athos, The Kremlin of Moscow, the Great Wall of China, the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the Forbidden City in Beijing, The Taj Mahal, the Royal Palaces of Abomey, the Pueblo of Taos and the Statue of Liberty in New York among many others. |
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... Ramesses II along the banks of the Nile . On the facing page The houses on the outskirts of. The Temples of Abu Simbel View of the façade of the Great Temple of Ramesses II . T The temporal subdivision of Egyptian history into dynasties ...
... Ramesses II along the banks of the Nile . On the facing page The houses on the outskirts of. The Temples of Abu Simbel View of the façade of the Great Temple of Ramesses II . T The temporal subdivision of Egyptian history into dynasties ...
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... Ramesses II , Amon - Ra , the Sun God and king of all the gods , Harakhte and Ptah . In order to render more distant and therefore more majestic the sacred sacellum , an illusionistic layout with false perspective was created by ...
... Ramesses II , Amon - Ra , the Sun God and king of all the gods , Harakhte and Ptah . In order to render more distant and therefore more majestic the sacred sacellum , an illusionistic layout with false perspective was created by ...
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Monumental Sites Unesco. 明 www MAAM THE TOMBS OF RAMESSES II AND NEFERTARI While the Pharaoh Ramesses II lived much longer than his wife Nefertari , sixty - seven years as opposed to forty - six years , their life after death was far ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. 明 www MAAM THE TOMBS OF RAMESSES II AND NEFERTARI While the Pharaoh Ramesses II lived much longer than his wife Nefertari , sixty - seven years as opposed to forty - six years , their life after death was far ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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