Summit of Blackrock
Appalachian Moutains, Virginia
10 June 2017, 05:14 PM
38°13'12.03" N, 78°44'24.95" W
Altitude: 3,128 ft
645–635 BC
CONTEXT
"Shepherds and herdsmen lament at what the lions had done.
Corpses of men, cattle, and sheep lie in heaps as if the plague had killed them."
Quell the lion scourge, exalt the struggle — that was the task of the King.
Alexander The Great
by
1981 AD
located at
Atelier Arno Breker , Düsseldorf, Germany
Website
Bronze with Green Patina
Blackrock Mountain
Appalachian Moutains, Virginia
10 June 2017, 05:12 PM
38°13'12.03" N, 78°44'24.87" W
Altitude: 3,124 ft
The Triumph of Achilles
by
Franz Matsch, 1892 AD
Achilles dragging the dead body of Hector near the gates of Troy.
Fresco, Upper Level of Main Hall of the Achilleion at Corfu, Greece.
Lion Hunt
as depicted on
The Alexander Sarcophagus, 325-311 BC
Scene from
directed by
Peter Brook
Video
Drona:
Tell me what you can see, Arjuna.
Arjuna:
I can see only the eye of the bird.
Drona:
Can you not see the trees and the sky?
Or perhaps the branch the bird is sitting on?
Arjuna:
No, all I see is the eye and nothing else.
Appalachian Trail
Tennessee
09 March 2018, 02:36 PM
Altitude: 5,783 ft
645–635 BC
CONTEXT
"Shepherds and herdsmen lament at what the lions had done.
Corpses of men, cattle, and sheep lie in heaps as if the plague had killed them."
Quell the lion scourge, exalt the struggle — that was the task of the King.
The Battle Between Gods and Giants
525 BC
The Northern frieze of the Siphnian Treasury depicts stories from the Gigantomachy.
865BC-860BC
Found in Nimrud at the temple of Ishtar, Sharrat-niphi.
The lion guarded the entrance to the temple (commisioned by Ashurnasirpal II).
1250 BC
Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov
Emperor of Russia
( Nicholas II )
by
Anonymous, April 27, 1906 AD
Speech from the throne of Emperor Nicholas II while opening the Duma, 1906 AD
Google Map: Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.
