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15 hours ago · The young king was little known until British archaeologist, Howard Carter, discovered his tomb in 1922. The crypt had been sealed for around 3,000 years and the news was met with global ...
4 days ago · Qingming Festival by the Riverside. A famous ancient painting in China, The Qingming Festival by the Riverside, is a long, painted scroll 528 cm long and 24.8 cm wide, which portrays street scenes of Bianjing (today's Kaifeng City, Henan Province), the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). The work was created by Zhang Zeduan, a ...
1 day ago · Beyond the tomb, however, a large river interrupts the gardens, echoing the ending of Mumtaz’s life. Even more remarkably, a second configuration can be seen from above: the river itself serves as the cross-axis of the charbagh layout. A second set of gardens on the other shore mirrors the ones in front of the Taj Mahal to complete the symmetry.
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15 hours ago · Father Landry, a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, has been appointed by the U.S. bishops a “National Eucharistic Preacher.” Toggle Comments
3 days ago · Across the Yamuna River from the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, lies the first mausoleum constructed by a Mughal Empress, for her parents.In 2019, in partnership with the Archaeological Survey of India, WMF celebrated the completion of a conservation project to restore the gardens and provide local residents and visitors from both India and abroad with an opportunity to learn more about the history ...
3 days ago · She had a fine eye for detail, noticing the way light eased through fronds and textiles, or the delicate lines of fish traps in a river, or the inner geometry of flowers.
