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alexander stefanatos

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Under the pillars

Egypt
Karnak in Upper Egypt
A lonely walker strolls on the main path of the famous Karnak complex and its gigantic pillars consisting the second largest ancient center of the world and legendary emblem of the 18th dynasty (1500-1200 BC) of Egyptian Pharaohs.

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BGW-photo 29/11/2014 13:38
impressive comparison of scale with a man in the middle ...
great, I like such kind of pics ...!

Bernd
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s. sabine krause 09/11/2014 11:27
it's the strangest thing: when i spotted this image in the preview, my first thought was "the walls of jericho!" ; ) i think it's because in my imagination i was always visually combining the intimidating blare of the trumpets with the majestic architecture of the venerable walls they tore down – hence in my mind i see sky-high trumpet-like walls, thinking of the biblical jericho. and apparently "my jericho" is located in upper egypt… ; ) the way those pillars of karnak seem to be sternly looking down on the black figure passing humbly beneath them – absolutely impressive!!! the vertical format and the light/dark contrasts even enhance this sense of a glorious clash between belittling greatness and humble humanity! a definite eye-catcher in your gallery, alexander! greetings, sabine.
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Vera Shulga 08/11/2014 20:07
great!
how pillars saw many different people
best regards, vera
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LadyNoone 01/11/2014 21:51
Majestic.
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Janos Gardonyi 31/10/2014 21:43
luminous karnak temple....+++++janos
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Agelos Kardamilas 30/10/2014 22:42
!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Lawson McCulloch 30/10/2014 20:16
The walker gives this wonderful place a great sense of scale. Oh to have walked in the path of the pharaoss.
best wishes,
Lawson
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catherine Berthe 30/10/2014 19:01
superbe avec cette silhouette si petite au milieu de ces vestiges!!! amitiés catherine
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SINA 30/10/2014 11:47
GROSSARTIG ALEXANDER
BEEINDRUCKEND
BEST REGARDS SINA
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Harold Thompson 30/10/2014 9:03
Good comparison of scale like sue says about how it was built but the workmanship in forming them too with the simple tools used
:-)) Harold
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Sue Thompson 30/10/2014 8:30
That lone man walking between these towering pillars really gives excellent perspective to the scene. Those illars are immense and looking at the size of some of the stones used it does beg the question HOW.....how did they even start to build such places.
A superb picture.

:))
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Axilleas Pitsavas 30/10/2014 1:21
Para poli kali!
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Tassos Kitsakis 29/10/2014 22:55
Very Impressive.

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