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old paintings of older ruins, a mood https://t.co/L3PzEEt4ee
roman architecture, etc must've seemed even more impressive before skyscrapers and iphones https://t.co/y7e1jSnm0J
I met a traveller from an antique land... https://t.co/biXfXIntvm
... round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare... https://t.co/qCdwDmmtz3
... the lone and level sands stretch far away.” https://t.co/2tAeOISQNU
what would you tell your child, when she asks about the ruins? "they must have been a great people, my love, to have built such great artifacts." "then why are they gone?" "I do not know." "was it something bad?" "perhaps. I do not know." "that's scary!" "it is." https://t.co/Ueqn9lN3Za
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botw ruins https://t.co/ZRLDvSSgE0
various ruins via @IndiaHistorypic Sharda Peeth In Neelam Valley, Kashmir Ancient temples In Kafir Kot near Dera Ismail Khan Martand Sun Temple, Kashmir Nalanda University, Bihar https://t.co/6plo3jT5uk
Vijayanagara https://t.co/qnKUljAZtn
Sidon & Tyre https://t.co/5OGox3ioBM
Ruins of the Parthenon (1880) by American landscape painter, Sanford Robinson Gifford. From the NGA, "Gifford referenced his precise portrayal of light and atmosphere by deeming the completed work "not a picture of a building, but a picture of a day."" h/t @archaeologyart https://t.co/g7cZBtcG5Y
The Arch of Titus https://t.co/loQDl04xqt
not paintings but i wanna put this here anyway https://t.co/rG2nLOCvSA