QSOs, providing distant, luminous sources of radiation, provide a means to detect gas by absorption in the interstellar and intergalactic medium. Of particular interest to astronomers studying metal line systems in lines of sight to QSOs are the...
“The images on Trajan’s Column are not only notable for their bold artistry, but also constitute an important historical record. This section of the frieze vividly illustrates the painstaking accuracy of the depictions. The lower register shows...
“Illustration of a suovetaurilia, a ritual sacrifice made before the start of a military offensive. At the bottom, a pig and a sheep are being led to the sacrificial altar. The ox which was also destined for sacrifice cannot be seen in this view....
Architecture; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Funerary facilities; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Military officers; Military personnel; People associated with military...
From the "Elements of Architecture: Column and Colonnade" section of the "Art of Ancient Egypt" chapter (Chapter 3). Elements included: capital; shaft; base; capital (double bull).
"The form of the upper levels of the structure are much debated by scholars and have been reconstructed here after the work of James Packer." (caption, p.235); "It's total length was about 170 metres. [...] The building was 60 metres...
"The construction technique and decorations of the villa suggest that it must have been built around the middle of the first century B.C. Only about thirty years earlier the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla had conquered Pompeii and...
Close-up image of a brick column on the Manchester Courthouse in Clay County, Kentucky. The photographer's title refers to a battle in the Baker-Howard feud. See ULPA 1982.01.036.n for another image of this courthouse.
