Images Dated 13th August 2005

Art Greek. Hellenistic. The Statue of Lacoon (Laacoonte). 2

Art Greek. Hellenistic. Statue of Lacoon and his sons (Antiphates and Thymbraeus). The sculpture is attributed by three sculptors from the island of Rhodes. Agesander, Athenedores and Polydorus. 2th BC. Detail. Vaticans Museums. Vatican City

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

2nd, Aeneid, Ancient, Apolo, Art, Bc, Century, Christ, City, Classical, Greece, Greek, Group, Historical, History, Ii, Iind, Iliad, Lacoon, Laocoonte, Marble, Mithological, Monumental, Myt, Mythology, Prist, Serpents, Snake, Snakes, State, Troy, Vatican, War

Teotihuacan Mexico Pyramids

The holy city of Teotihuacan (the place where the gods were created) is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D. it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond

© fitopardo

White-browed Scrubwren with food in mouth

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White-browed Scrubwren with food in mouth
The subspecies illustrated restricted to the Shark Bay area of the mid-west coast of Western Australia. At Monkey Mia.
Sericornis frontalis balstoni
A secretive bird preferring dense cover but not uncommon just overlooked. About 11 or 12 subspecies ranging around the eastern, southern and western coasts of Australia.
Don Hadden
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© Don Hadden/ardea.com