ISIS conquest of the historic city of Palmyra, the Unesco world heritage site, marks the first time the group “has seized an entire city from Syrian government forces.”
“The Islamic State militants now control about half of Syria’s territory. Nearly all of that is desert, although the militants have seized critical roads, oil and gas fields, and many sites where valuable antiquities can be excavated, now chief among them Palmyra.“
NYT
archaeology
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Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam, Shahrak, Afghanistan. The tower is 65 meters tall which was constructed in the 12th century.
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João Luís Carrilho da Graça - Archaeological museum at the Castle of São Jorge, Lisbon 2010. Via, photos © Fernando Guerra.
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Public Library in Ceuta, Spain | Paredes Pedrosa
The new Library in Ceuta is conditioned by the steep topography of the plot and by the Arab Marinid archaeological excavation of the XIV century that determine all interior spaces of the Library. Also the lack of space and the compactness of Ceuta, an autonomous Spanish city located on the north coast of Africa on the border of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, condition the proposal.
The orthogonal geometry of this ancient settlement is turned from that of the actual urban grid. This fact establishes a triangular geometry for the structure over the archaeological site and the urban value of the Arab city is included in the geometry of new building.
Photography: Fernando Alda
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The uncovering and exhibiting of Seuthopolis by architect Zheko Tilev, 2005.
Seuthopolis, the city of the Thracian king Seuthes the IIIrd, and the capital of the ancient state of Odrissia, (end of IV c. BC.) was discovered and explored in 1948 - 1954 during the construction of the Koprinca dam. Unfortunately, after the dam was filled with water the first and the best preserved Thracian city in modern Bulgaria remained on the bottom of the artificial lake. This mistake, from the times of historical and national nihilism, can be corrected today and Seuthopolis can be returned into the treasure house of world cultural heritage.
The project file can be downloaded as pdf here.
via mikasavela
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Llactapata inca ruins on the way to Machu Picchu, Peru (by Así fotografió Zaratustra).