Beach on the Andaman Sea in Khao Lak, Thailand.

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The winged genie is shown holding a conical fruit which has presumably been dipped into a bucket of pollen held in preparation for fertilizing the Tree of Life, an important symbol in Assyrian religious belief.

I took these photos at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The reliefs are from interior walls of the palace of Ashurnasirpal II who reigned from 883 to 859 BC. He was the first Assyrian king to use carved reliefs on the interior walls of a palace at the site of Kalhu (now called Nimrud).

Relief of an eagle-headed demon engaged in a ritual to expel sickness and evil spirits.

Like Greek and Roman statues these reliefs were originally painted. These reliefs had small traces of black, white, red and blue paint when they were first rediscovered in the 1830′s.

Related: Statue of King Mankaure and His Queen (Egypt) – Egyptian Hieroglyphs at the Met in NYC – Blue Balloon Dog at LACMA

I took this photo on the Campuhan Ridge trail in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The hike was quite nice short (about 1 km, 2 km round trip) walk. The goes starts with some vistas of rice fields and nature. Then the trail goes into a village setting with quite a few artists galleries for the tourists. At the end of the trail there is a very nice restaurant with great views.

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Detail from ceramic tile artwork on roof of Chinese temple in Malacca, Malaysia.

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View in Northern Utah when I was driving from Mount Timpanogos to Dinosaur National Monument.

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I can’t remember the temple name, I’ll add it once I have a chance to go through my photos and organize them. The temple is in the Angkor park area, which includes: Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm (which is famous for the banyans growing over the temple) and many more.

Related: Banteay Srei Temple in Cambodia – Mesa Verde National Park, USA – Cypress Garden Swamp, South Carolina, USA

Bugatti Veyron on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California by John Hunter.

Lots of people are gawking at it; even on Rodeo Drive it caused quite a stir.

Related: Marina Bay Sands, the “Ocean Liner” Sky Park – Blue Balloon Dog at LACMA – Goat Skull Sculpture by Pablo Picasso

Bill Hunter in Moscow (I think), USSR in the 1960s.

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Sewu temple is the second largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia, Borobudur is the largest. The Sewa temple is located in the Prambanan temple complex in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (about 1 km away from Prambanan temple). They are rebuilding many of the temples on the site which now lie in ruins.

Candi Sewu was likely built in the 8th century as the royal palace at the end of the Rakai Panangkaran kingdom.

Related: Buddha Statues, Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia – Banteay Srei temple, Cambodia – Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Leopard at the Timbavati Game Reserve in South Africa by Justin Hunter.

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