Mingun Pahtodawgyi, aka Mingun Paya, on the Ayeyarwady river, nearby Mandalay, central Myanmar. Sometimes called 'The largest pile of bricks in the world', this vanity monolith was built in the 1790s and is broken by many earthquakes. 2014 [OC] [3888x2592]3yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Tomb of Cyrus the Great [600-530BC], founder of the Achaemenid (Persian) Empire [550–330 BC] , at Pasargadae, near Shiraz in Iran. Alexander is known to have stood in veneration in roughly the same spot, hundreds of years later. He ordered the pillaged tomb restored. [Photo 2009] [OC]4yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Local child sitting outside her medieval home in the Hijaz mountains north of Sana'a, Yemen. [2013][3264x4912][OC]1wk ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/HumanPorn
Wooden statue of Ka-Aper aka Sheikh el-Beled aka 'The Mayor of the Town' (sycamore, copper, rock crystal), Egypt Old Kingdom, 25th century BCE. Four-and-a-half *thousand* years old, yet still so realistic he might just grab his wig and step right out of the cabinet [Potato Quality][OC][511x681]5yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Dendrosicyos (cucumber tree) and Dracaena cinnabari (dragon tree) on a steep ascent from the northern coast to the Dihamri highlands of Socotra Island, Yemen. I swam in that pool, bottom right. Photo from 2013. [OC][3942x2733]1yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/EarthPorn
We're all justly outraged by the suffering of Ukrainian people. May I just say? - let's not meanwhile forget the millions of Yemeni children who are starving and dying *right now* - this very minute - from a similar tragedy. Pic from Sana'a, 2013 [OC]2yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/ireland
We've seen this before, but maybe need reminding?... in 1981 the Iranians renamed the street on which their British Embassy is located from 'Winston Churchill Street' to what you see here. Embassy was forced to create another main entrance on another street. Tehran, 2009. [1600x1200]2yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/ireland
Socotra Island, Yemen. A Soviet-era T34/85 has sat here since the 80s when USSR supported Yemeni quoteunquote communists in the south4yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/AbandonedPorn
Tempting thirst-quencher. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 2011 [OC]4yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/CrappyDesign
Ruins of the colossal Temple of Jupiter at Heliopolis or Baalbek, modern Lebanon, completed ~60CE. Six of 54 columns remain. At 2.5m diameter, 30m height they are the largest pillars known from the ancient world. Justinian installed six of them in the Hagia Sophia. [OC] [3888x2592]4yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Elevated view of Theravada Buddhist Sula-mani-hu-hpay Temple (centre) at Bagan, Mandalay, central Myanmar. Built 1183 CE. At least 60m/200ft height. Material: local fired brick. Name means 'Crowning Jewel' or 'Small Ruby'. Reportedly severely damaged by major earthquake in 2016. [3888x2592][OC]2yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Pyongyang inner suburbs, 2012, 952x771 [OC]. Taken surreptitiously from my tourist bus.4yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/UrbanHell
A Rajput man drinking tea from a saucer in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, 2014. - Simple beauty and wisdom surround us, if we look for them.4yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/MostBeautiful
Can someone translate the text on this painting I bought in North Korea? TIA9yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/Korean
Socotra, Yemen, 2014. The terrible injustices currently being perpetrated on the Yemeni citizenry deserve much more mainstream media coverage.6yr ⋅ Straight_at_em ⋅ r/pics
