The firm behind the project, DP Architects, had quite the challenge in integrating more than 1,200 shops, parking for 14,000 vehicles, a huge indoor aquarium, ice skating rink and more into a navigable space. The mall’s must-see design feature is its massive indoor waterfall, complete ...
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TheGreat Sphinxof Egypt, one of the wonders of ancient Egyptian architecture, adjoins thepyramids of Gizaand has a length of 240 ft. Built in the fourth dynasty, it is approximately 4,500 years old. A 10-year, $2.5 million restoration project was completed in 1998. Other Egyptian buildings...
As a scholar, Stevenson published books and articles on Egyptology and the material culture of the ancient Near East, as well as a memoir about the reign of Maximilian I of Mexico. She was the first curator of the Egyptian Collection at the Penn Museum and played ...
Sir Christopher Michael Wren PRS is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history. He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710...
Built by architects Peró and Torres Armengol, it first opened as a theater in 1919, particularly famous for its tango performances. Ten years later, it was turned into a cinema, and was the first in the city to screen films with sound. In 2000, the theater was in danger of being ...
Designed by architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, the building features an exposed skeleton of brightly colored tubes, escalators on the exterior, and a panoramic view of the city from the top floor. The museum’s collection is one of the largest of modern and contemporary art in Europe,...
Delta. It was rediscovered there in 1799 by a soldier, Pierre-François Bouchard, of the Napoleonic expedition to Egypt. As the first Ancient Egyptian bilingual text recovered in modern times, the Rosetta Stone aroused widespread public interest with its potential to decipher this previously ...