That shouldn’t be the way of life of the past. It should definitely be the way of living of the future

This always fascinated me to the full. To come with something like this required not only amazing amount of imagination, but also knowledge and persistence. Imagine trying this for the first time and waiting for generations to find out if it worked. Extraordinary!

Wow, imagine the stories to be discovered in all them books!

This is a magnificent library and record of our past and deserves to be treated accordingly. The Tibetan government has a project going on now where they are digitally scanning the front and back of every item in it so it is both easily accessible and protects the knowledge from lost due to a tragic accident. Its fully indexed now and 20% done scanning. Side note though - it was never lost, a secret, or behind a wall. Those ideas were started by a facebook post using the picture above that spread via facebook. This was the birthplace of one of the 4 major schools of Tibetan Buddhism and the monastery actually ruled feudal Tibet for several centuries. There are records continuously over the last 1000 years discussing the library including replacement of volumes after a fire in the 16th century. If you are ever in Seattle, there is a Sakya temple there and they will tell you much more.

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I never knew this existed.

it's Wan Shi Tong's Library (ATLA)

Person looks eerily like a skeleton

Protect this from China at all costs

well this is something the powers that be, won't let us get a hold of

Surprised it's still standing.

Wow just wow

That skeleton seems very interested.

So many manuscripts!!

I want that in my house.

. . .and will this history every be printed. Like to a more realistic viewpoint than the bible says.

Game of Thrones when Sam went to Citadel to be a Maester

Have the Chinese burned them yet?

Who is allowed to read them? How long can they last without deteriorating?

If you can read Tibetan or Sanskrit

please tell me they started digitizing and making it public

Well this just shot to the top of the list.

now, when do WE get to read them. i want it in a book series, please,

what good is it if it's a secret

It takes just one match.

Secret manuscript?...now this gets me curious...

Do I need a library card...?

Looks like the wands at Mr Ollivander's

Those thinking if the person is a skeleton let me clarify.At first glance I also thought the same but then I googled the library and found the same picture,the person standing is actually a young girl with golden hair.The shadow around the eyes and on the left gives you the perception of a skeleton

Wow. Now I want to fly there just for the airport. Not going to do that though :-).

This is absolutely incredible! I can't even imagine how difficult it would be to create! I think this should be higher on the list, especially since it's not fake or photoshopped.

Never been across the bridge, but have flown over it many times landing at Kastrup. Also watched quite a good detective series in Danish/Swedish where someone was murdered and the body left right in the middle of the bridge. They must have spent hours on the name, as it was called The Bridge (Bron/Broen in Danish/Swedish). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1733785/

looks very 3d

this is so pretty!

as if archery wasnt hard enough

Tintagel I would imagine (the castle)

great picture!

Bucket list.

Beautiful!

Or fleeing from something.

I present to you the Weasley family reunion. (idk if someone already said that)

Can' t wait to see it this summer.....

Is anyone else getting anxiety vibes with this photo?

Smart

WOW!

This particular image is strangely photoshopped... Why don't the gold statue/lamp holders have a reflection?? It's like it was simply flipped but they cropped out a big chunk of where it meets. I've never seen a picture of this room that was SO mirrored on the floor.

Fun word fact: Zeugma is a Greek word which generically means 'to join' (the city is named for a pontoon bridge which links the land across the nearby Euphrates river). Today, 'zeugma' is used to describe a word which does double-duty in a sentence by affecting two subjects at once, usually with different definitions of that same word. For example, "The tiles and the archeologists were both floored by these ancient artisans."