Ruins of the Memnonium in Thebes, Egypt c1875
Blind
yet alive to
life
Design symmetry, repetition, ornament & — emotion!

Our design philosophy encompasses entire civilizations, summarizes millenia and highlights human emotion.


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Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī
Sit
be still
and listen.


— Rumi

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī

Director/animator
Ethem Cem, Uğur Baltepe

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Temple of Seti I

by
Museo Egizio Photographic Archive

Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Seti I at Abydos. An egyptian can be seen photographed next to a column.

Google Map: Temple of Seti I, Egypt.

Temple of Bacchus

by
G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, 1898 to 1946 AD

The entrance to the Temple of Bacchus c. 1900 AD.

Google Map: Temple of Bacchus, Lebanon.

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MEDINET ABOU Temple ~ David Roberts 1856
WONDER
&
inspiration

Ruins at Medinet Abou, Thebes, Egypt

by
Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1 May 1847

A man selling (or making, or mending) rugs sits among the fallen columns.
Tinted lithograph.

Google Map: Medinet Abou, Thebes, Egypt.

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Chair of Omar, Mosque of Omar


Absorb the world
— MEDITATE

Chaire d'Omar (Chair of Omar)

by
Felix Bonfils, 1870–1879

A freestanding triple archway and small stone tower that are at one corner of the plaza surrounding the Dome of the Rock. Chair of Omar also known as Minbar Burhan al-Din stands immediately adjacent to the southern colonnade of the Dome of the Rock terrace.

Google Map: Chair of Omar, Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel.

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The Flooded Entrance Gateway in 1st Pylon
Temple of Isis
Philae, Egypt

by
G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection , c. 1936 AD

The Philae temple complex was dismantled and relocated to Agilkia island, as part of a wider UNESCO project related to the 1960s construction of the Aswan High Dam and the eventual flooding of many sites posed by its large reservoir upstream.

Google Map: Entrance, Temple of Isis, Agilika, Egypt


Ruins of the ramesseum
Temple of Ramesses II
Thebes, Egypt

by
G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection , c. 1936 AD
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Rameseum, Colossus of Ramses II

Google Map: Colossus of Ramses II, Thebes, Egypt

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Sphinx & Pyramids
THE PAST
in service of
self

Sphinx and Pyramids

by
Felix Bonfils, 1870–1879

Sphinx and Pyramids

Google Map: The Sphinx, Egypt

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The Temple of Dendur, 1853
The Sacred
Spirit
speaks in —
ART
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The Temple of Dendur, 1853
TIME
vs.
Spirit
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El Assasif, Porte de Granit Rose, No. 2 by John Beasley Greene 1853–1854
What is Life?
A Grand Journey
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Ramesseum, Thebes by John Beasly Greene
Man Perishes
but his spirit
speaks.


Ruins of the ramesseum
Temple of Ramesses II
Thebes, Egypt

by
G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection , c. 1936 AD
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Rameseum, Colossus of Ramses II

Google Map: Ruins of the ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt

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