This is insane skill. It takes an absolute master to carve the marble net at such realism and accuracy.

Better worker's rights than many places I have worked.

Wowww absolutely gorgeous

The symmetry is just mind blowing!

The whole entire structure looks incredible, with incredible history behind it too. Glad it’s still standing as is and has held up well over the years. And to think, as with everything else featured in this article, all man made, perhaps the most incredible part of all.

Visiting Petra last year was a mind-blowing experience! Just incredible to see the carved out temples, churches, tombs, and diversion dams. Need to go back one day to hike up to the Monastery (Ad Deir)

Absolutely incredible work of art.

It’s so beautiful it’s make me want to cry.

This is really nice, I’d love to go see it in person

IIRC there's a stairwell inside so you can look out his eyes, but I could have been dreaming.

That's a mouthful

Draco's spirit animal at Hogwarts?

Stunning. I recently learned they are still excavating Pompeii and Herculaneum even today.

*Khmer

Fascinating Emperor: Not only an incredible military strategist, but also a human rights pioneer. He had a great interest in Law and was one of the first to introduce concepts like freeing of slaves and protection of orphans and children.

The Underground is amazing all round when you consider its age. Not much fun in rush hour though.

Ngl…this is so cool looking, I’d wear it now.

Hate to be the pizza deliver person to that place.

A chaperone chair, the 3rd seat is for the couples guardian. Apparently Napoleon had them throughout the Louvre so his advisors could spy on eachother.

Isn't it the Parthenon? I thought the Acropolis was the hill that it sits on.

The « mystery » remains to attract tourists. That’s a joint fracture.

That final photo really drives home the scale of the place. That's incredible.

So cool! Most of them look to be in mint condition, just imagine how much those would be worth. I’m not smart enough to know if there’d be any monetary value outside Greece or not, but I’m fairly certain just because of their history and the condition that they’re in they’d fetch a decent price regardless of where they’re from. I myself would love to have em

In the history of Gods, Christ is just a baby, there was a lot of Gods before him.

smiting. Smitten is the past tense.

What museum is this kept in, and how often do its security guards walk their rounds...?

Built over Stock Gyhll to avoid land tax.

It worked. Some places ypu can still walk on the surface of a roman road, 2000 years old. That is amazing.

Sadly most of what you can see today is a poorly-done reconstruction by a misguided British archaeologist in the early 20th cenrury.

According to legend, the original bridge was built by the very Devil himself, as it was too difficult for mortals to build. The Devil agreed to build the bridge in exchange for the soul of the first being to cross the bridge. However he was tricked of his prize by a canny old woman, who threw bread across the bridge, which her dog ran after, thus becoming the first ‘being’ to cross the new bridge. In Switzerland there is a devil's brigde too, with a similar legend. The only difference was that the townfolk rushed a goat to cross the bridge, it's located in the Schöllenen.

The Flintstones summer house ?

not exactly. this one was "restored" meaning a lot of what you see except the ruined part in the middle is not original.

I wonder if anybody ever made cushions that they'd bring around to these places. Stone's never been soft, and these events would go for hours sometimes.

I've seen a few of these catholic relics in the flesh, as it were, but they still creep me out every time.

An introvert's dream home.

Imagine being there, in that picture. That would be amazing.

Megalithic = Prehistoric civilizations. This crystal did not come from the area and is not unique to the region. It was buried with someone. When it was found between 2007-2010…there were 25 bodies buried there along with several crystal arrowheads. Archeologists believe that because if it’s rarity, someone very elite and wealthy sources and paid a craftsman handsomely to create this. For its time, it is considered technologically advanced.

Robin Trower approves...

Nope. Nopity Nope. Beautiful but that’s gonna be a hard no from dawg.

henry II hasn’t lived that long, even if the armor is effective. :D (edit done, marianne ;) )

Oh wow would I love to have scaled down version of this to cook outside !

Jaw dropping… no pun intended

Was able to wander through several public bath houses in Pompeii during my visit last year. I especially enjoyed the beautiful mosaics and frescos - was amazed how many of them retained their vivid colors

Perfection

This is interesting, but it really doesn't belong in this list, seeing as though it was built in 1985.

that's a really gorgeous photo. wish I'd known about this place when I went to Armenia last year!

I hope it’s still safe during the war. It’s not just people and everything else that is lost…the world looses cultural heritage sites like for future generations.

So Romans weren't the first with plumbing?

What anti maskers thought they were forced to wear during Covid...

Colossi of Memnon