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  • James and his fellow villagers are acting out a story about Nyabingi, the Batwa Deity in the village of Mukuno, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda. They were indigenous forest nomads before they were evicted from the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest when it was made a World Heritage site to protect the mountain gorillas. The Batwa Development Program now supports them.
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  • The 12th Fourth Plinth commission by the Mayor of London  artwork entitled The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist by the artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 29th March, 2018 in London, England. Started in 2006, the sculpture recreates over 7,000 archaeological artefacts looted from the Iraq Museum during the war there or destroyed elsewhere. Oneof these was Lamassu, a winged deity which guarded Nergal Gate at the entrance to the ancient city Assyrian city of Nineveh modern-day Mosul, Iraq which was destroyed by ISIS in 2015. The Lamassu, which had the same footprint as the Fourth Plinth is made of empty Iraqi date syrup cans, representative of a once-renowned industry.
    fourth_plinth-01-29-03-2018.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth commission by the Mayor of London  artwork entitled The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist by the artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 19th April 2018, in London, England. Started in 2006, the sculpture recreates over 7,000 archaeological artefacts looted from the Iraq Museum during the war there or destroyed elsewhere. Oneof these was Lamassu, a winged deity which guarded Nergal Gate at the entrance to the ancient city Assyrian city of Nineveh modern-day Mosul, Iraq which was destroyed by ISIS in 2015. The Lamassu, which had the same footprint as the Fourth Plinth is made of empty Iraqi date syrup cans, representative of a once-renowned industry.
    fourth_plinth-03-19-04-2018.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_008.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth commission by the Mayor of London  artwork entitled The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist by the artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 29th March, 2018 in London, England. Started in 2006, the sculpture recreates over 7,000 archaeological artefacts looted from the Iraq Museum during the war there or destroyed elsewhere. Oneof these was Lamassu, a winged deity which guarded Nergal Gate at the entrance to the ancient city Assyrian city of Nineveh modern-day Mosul, Iraq which was destroyed by ISIS in 2015. The Lamassu, which had the same footprint as the Fourth Plinth is made of empty Iraqi date syrup cans, representative of a once-renowned industry.
    fourth_plinth-04-29-03-2018.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth commission by the Mayor of London  artwork entitled The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist by the artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 19th April 2018, in London, England. Started in 2006, the sculpture recreates over 7,000 archaeological artefacts looted from the Iraq Museum during the war there or destroyed elsewhere. Oneof these was Lamassu, a winged deity which guarded Nergal Gate at the entrance to the ancient city Assyrian city of Nineveh modern-day Mosul, Iraq which was destroyed by ISIS in 2015. The Lamassu, which had the same footprint as the Fourth Plinth is made of empty Iraqi date syrup cans, representative of a once-renowned industry.
    fourth_plinth-05-19-04-2018.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_005.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_006.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth commission by the Mayor of London  artwork entitled The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist by the artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 29th March, 2018 in London, England. Started in 2006, the sculpture recreates over 7,000 archaeological artefacts looted from the Iraq Museum during the war there or destroyed elsewhere. Oneof these was Lamassu, a winged deity which guarded Nergal Gate at the entrance to the ancient city Assyrian city of Nineveh modern-day Mosul, Iraq which was destroyed by ISIS in 2015. The Lamassu, which had the same footprint as the Fourth Plinth is made of empty Iraqi date syrup cans, representative of a once-renowned industry.
    fourth_plinth-07-29-03-2018.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth commission by the Mayor of London  artwork entitled The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist by the artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 19th April 2018, in London, England. Started in 2006, the sculpture recreates over 7,000 archaeological artefacts looted from the Iraq Museum during the war there or destroyed elsewhere. Oneof these was Lamassu, a winged deity which guarded Nergal Gate at the entrance to the ancient city Assyrian city of Nineveh modern-day Mosul, Iraq which was destroyed by ISIS in 2015. The Lamassu, which had the same footprint as the Fourth Plinth is made of empty Iraqi date syrup cans, representative of a once-renowned industry.
    fourth_plinth-09-19-04-2018.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth commission by the Mayor of London  artwork entitled The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist by the artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 19th April 2018, in London, England. Started in 2006, the sculpture recreates over 7,000 archaeological artefacts looted from the Iraq Museum during the war there or destroyed elsewhere. Oneof these was Lamassu, a winged deity which guarded Nergal Gate at the entrance to the ancient city Assyrian city of Nineveh modern-day Mosul, Iraq which was destroyed by ISIS in 2015. The Lamassu, which had the same footprint as the Fourth Plinth is made of empty Iraqi date syrup cans, representative of a once-renowned industry.
    fourth_plinth-08-19-04-2018.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_007.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_004.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_003.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_002.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_001.jpg
  • Fake classical Greek statues stand outside a night club in Nafplio, a former Byzantines, Frank, Venetian, and Ottoman coastal Peloponnese port town of 14,000 on the Argolic Gulf. The walls of this modern building seen near wasteland on the outskirts of town are made to look authentic but result in a false tourist style. There are three pieces of fake art that stand on well-watered grass: One of a nude Greek Goddess, a miniature lion in the middle and nearest the viewer is a naked figure of a man - muscular and classically posed as a heroic and mythical figure. Nafplio was also the first capital of independent Greece which was  destroyed in the 7th Century for its alliance with Sparta. This contemporary landscape is therefore bears no resemblance to its heritage.
    greek_olympiad010-21-10_2003_1_1.jpg
  • Above a statue of the ancient Greek God Apollo, a contract window cleaner wipes window glass of Osprey in Lower Regent Street, on 2nd May 2019, in London, England.
    west_end_people-06-02-05-2019.jpg
  • Gold Buddha figures at Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai. This is a working temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. This is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 047_alamy_1.jpg
  • A cast copy of a classical ancient Greek statue of Apollo in a shop window near Piccadilly Circus, on 30th April 2019, in London, England.
    west_end-07-30-04-2019.jpg
  • The bust of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-03-11-04-2018.jpg
  • Atmospheric lighting helps display the reconstructed mid-3rd century Roman Mithraeum also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook where bull-sacrifice was practised, now beneath Bloombergs new European headquarters and open to the public, on 26th November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    mithraeum-05-26-11-2017.jpg
  • A small girl kicks her leg on a toy scooter, past an effigy of Jesus Christ encased in a shrine box outside a Catholic church in Camberwell, south London. The lady passes beneath the dominating figure that stands above the pavement. Encased in a glass-sided box and behind what resembles yellow garden fencing, the Christian idol stands with outstretched arms, a traditional figure for Catholics to practice idolatry. The church walls are constructed from red brick, in a style much-seen in industrial buildings.
    catholic_jesus13-09-01-2014_1.jpg
  • An effigy of Jesus Christ encased in a shrine box outside a Catholic church in Camberwell, south London. Encased in a glass-sided box and behind what resembles yellow garden fencing, the Christian idol stands with outstretched arms, a traditional figure for Catholics to practice idolatry. The church walls are constructed from red brick, in a style much-seen in industrial buildings.
    catholic_jesus10-09-01-2014_1.jpg
  • An effigy of Jesus Christ encased in a shrine box outside a Catholic church in Camberwell, south London. Encased in a glass-sided box and behind what resembles yellow garden fencing, the Christian idol stands with outstretched arms, a traditional figure for Catholics to practice idolatry. The church walls are constructed from red brick, in a style much-seen in industrial buildings.
    catholic_jesus05-09-01-2014_1.jpg
  • White plaster or cement Goddess statuettes stand on sale on the forecourt of a garden art business in an Athens suberb, Marathonas Avenue - the original Marathon route of 490 BC. The mostly female figurines are in various poses but are all nudes and are in various gestures of a classical heroic style. Those in the foreground have their arms at the heads and moulded breasts and bodies to show the perfect female form while further to the back are male Gods placed on plinths and in recesses. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery.
    greek_olympiad011-23-10_2003_1.jpg
  • On a partially-demolished building, a mural of the ancient  Goddess Nike remains chipped and scraped on an old restaurant wall. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers at the Temple of Zeus before competition but this site is in the heart of the modern town of Olympia that has grown up around the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
    greek_olympiad001-20-10_2003_1_1.jpg
  • The many hands of a gold Buddha figure at Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai. This is a working temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. This is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 067_alamy_1.jpg
  • Gold Buddha figures at Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai. This is a working temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. This is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 058_alamy_1.jpg
  • A cast copy of a classical ancient Greek statue of Apollo in a shop window near Piccadilly Circus, on 30th April 2019, in London, England.
    west_end-06-30-04-2019.jpg
  • The bust of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-04-11-04-2018.jpg
  • The bust of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-02-11-04-2018.jpg
  • Atmospheric lighting helps display the reconstructed mid-3rd century Roman Mithraeum also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook where bull-sacrifice was practised, now beneath Bloombergs new European headquarters and open to the public, on 26th November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    mithraeum-03-26-11-2017.jpg
  • A devoted young Christian girl holds the hand of a Jesus statue in the foyer of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mormons in central London, England. It is a Sunday morning and members of the Mormon church in Exhibition Road, central London have gathered for their service. The statue of Jesus stands in the corner of the churchs fmodern architecture.
    jesus_girl-03-30-10-2016.jpg
  • A local woman walks past an effigy of Jesus Christ encased in a shrine box outside a Catholic church in Camberwell, south London. The lady passes beneath the dominating figure that stands above the pavement. Encased in a glass-sided box and behind what resembles yellow garden fencing, the Christian idol stands with outstretched arms, a traditional figure for Catholics to practice idolatry. The church walls are constructed from red brick, in a style much-seen in industrial buildings.
    catholic_jesus11-09-01-2014_1.jpg
  • Gold Buddha figures at Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai. This is a working temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. This is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 052_alamy_1.jpg
  • Gold Buddha figures at Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai. This is a working temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. This is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 022_alamy_1.jpg
  • A hindu woman prays at the improvised altar with deities and statues inside the family's, Salawas, Rajasthan, India.
    20071130_india_0029_1.jpg
  • A hindu woman does the chores around their village house, Salawas, Rajasthan, India.
    20071130_india_0050_1.jpg
  • In the Villa of the Vettii in Pompeii we see a fresco in the lararium where a shrine to Roman guardian spirits of the household was situated. Family members performed daily rituals here to guarantee their protection by these domestic spirits. The first two characters are the deeply venerated 'lares' (presumed sons of Mercury and Lara) depicted as two young men in dancing postures, holding drinking horns that guaranteed prosperity. In the centre is the 'genius'. She is another guardian and fertility spirit ensuring the family line (gens) would continue and she wears the 'toga praetexta', bordered in purple, the garment of high-ranking Roman magistrates. Painted before the catastrophic eruption of Versuvius in AD79, these frescoes have been uncovered from metre-layers of volcanic ash and pumice but are now fading from moisture and cracked plaster.
    pompeii01-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • A statue of a Hindu deity at the Sterling Swamimalai Hotel (now Anandha)<br />
The hotel is an old, restored Brahmin House that has won many awards for its eco-friendly policies
    SFE_100130_058.jpg
  • Detail of a stone carving depicting a deity in the Chola style with a fly whisk at the Murugan temple in Swamimalai, India.
    SFE_100128_279.jpg
  • Detail of a stone carving depicting a deity in the Chola style with a fly whisk at the Murugan temple in Swamimalai, India.
    SFE_100128_279.jpg
  • A statue of a Hindu deity at the Sterling Swamimalai Hotel (now Anandha)<br />
The hotel is an old, restored Brahmin House that has won many awards for its eco-friendly policies
    SFE_100130_059.jpg
  • Cow grazes at the wall of Preah Khan, which was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Preah Khan_V_1.jpg
  • Portuguese drivers and riders, forced to stop their vehicles for the crowds, watch their national football team during their victory procession through the capitals streets, the day after the Euro 2016 final with France, on 11th July 2016, in Lisbon, Portugal. Standing higher to gain a better view in Praca Marques de Pombal in the largely corporate and banking district of the city, they take photos and cheer their favourite players, including the national hero/deity, Christiano Ronaldo.
    portugal_lisbon-27-11-07-2016.jpg
  • The Vedanta plant, Lanjigargh, Orissa. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070228_0087.jpg
  • Preah Khan was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Preah Khan_M_1.jpg
  • Intricate carvings at Preah Khan, which was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Preah Khan_E_1.jpg
  • Two girls play with their pet whilst singing songs at the entrance to Preah Khan, a temple built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Kids Preah Khan_A_1.jpg
  • Portuguese drivers and riders, forced to stop their vehicles for the crowds, watch their national football team during their victory procession through the capitals streets, the day after the Euro 2016 final with France, on 11th July 2016, in Lisbon, Portugal. Standing higher to gain a better view in Praca Marques de Pombal in the largely corporate and banking district of the city, they take photos and cheer their favourite players, including the national hero/deity, Christiano Ronaldo.
    portugal_lisbon-26-11-07-2016.jpg
  • Portuguese office workers have left their desks and PCs to climb on to a buildings ledge to watch their national football team during their victory procession through the capitals streets, the day after the Euro 2016 final with France, on 11th July 2016, in Lisbon, Portugal. Lined up along the concrete ledge near Praca Marques de Pombal in the largely corporate and banking district of the city, they take photos and cheer their favourite players, including the national hero/deity, Christiano Ronaldo.
    portugal_lisbon-25-11-07-2016.jpg
  • A Dongria Kondh Tribal woman carries a pot of water on her head in front of the Vedanta plant, Lanjigargh, Orissa, India. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0298.jpg
  • Boys washing in the Vansadhara river. The river is one of two that flows from Niramgiri mountain. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0172.jpg
  • Dabu Limajhi, a Dongria Kondh tribal woman in Kankasarpa villageg in her house. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0130.jpg
  • Dabu Limajhi, a Dongria Kondh tribal woman in Kankasarpa village, Orissa, India gossips with friends in her house. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0102.jpg
  • Tara Dei, a Dongria Kondh woman, Kankasarpa village, Orissa. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0085.jpg
  • A Dongria Kondh tribal woman carries water on her head on a road through Kalyansinghpur village, Orissa, India. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0065.jpg
  • Tribal women gather to protest and listen to speeches at Bijepur at a rally organised by the Adim Adhikar Surakshya Manch (a group to protect tribal groups) against the Vedanta plant. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0016.jpg
  • Intricate carvings at Preah Khan, which was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Preah Khan_S_1.jpg
  • Preah Khan was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Preah Khan_I_1.jpg
  • Preah Khan was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Preah Khan_H_1.jpg
  • Landmine victims pllay music for money outside the entrance to Preah Khan. Preah Khan was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Amputees Preah Khan_C_1.jpg
  • Thousands of Portuguese sports fans cheer their national football team bus as it passes-by during their victory procession through the capitals streets, the day after the Euro 2016 final with France, on 11th July 2016, in Lisbon, Portugal. Waving flags and voicing their love for the team in Praca Marques de Pombal in the largely corporate and banking district of the city, they take photos and cheer their favourite players, including the national hero/deity, Christiano Ronaldo.
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  • Rusting iron crosses on graves in a rural French hamlet in the Indre-et-Loire region. Graves of various ages and eras occupy this small plot on the edge of the hamlet with this rusty cross central to the scene. Angels face away from each other with a God deity looking down.
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  • Bending forward as a mark of humility and respect for his deity, a young follower of Tibetan-Buddhism adjusts a prayer bowl in front of an effigy of Buddha at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes and many here have had a troubled youth, sometimes escaping a criminal past so arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreats and self-purification, short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007.
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  • Dai Singh Majhi, a leader of the Niyamgiri Surakshya Samidi group in Belemba village, with his wife, Dipai, Orissa, India. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0285.jpg
  • The Tribal resettlement village, Lanjigargh built by Vedanta in return for land. The camp is now largely empty. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0242.jpg
  • Two tribal girls dance in the village of Kankasarpa, Orissa, India. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0214.jpg
  • Dongria Kondh Tribal women search for firewood in the forest near their village on the hills around Niyamgiri. Kankasarpa, Orissa, India. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0196.jpg
  • Basati Majhi and his son Ispar, both Dongria Kondh Tribals Kankasarpa village, Orissa, India. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0157.jpg
  • Dabu Limajhi, a Dongria Kondh tribal woman in Kankasarpa villageg in her house. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0114.jpg
  • A tribal woman and her baby at a gathering to protest and listen to speeches at Bijepur during a rally organised by the Adim Adhikar Surakshya Manch (a group to protect tribal groups) against the Vedanta plant. Orissa, India. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0020.jpg
  • A firewalker stands barefoot over a bed of hot embers at the Cultural Dance Show at the Kandy Temple Sri Lanka.<br />
The fire walking ceremony begins with the usual offerings to the Kataragama deity and chanting of mantras, it is accompanied by Kandyan dancers and drummers. For centuries, the art of man walking on fire has been a part of religious and mystical ceremonies in many parts of the world. It is known that many walkers have undergone a long religious training and are able to put themselves into a trance state at will. In this trance state they will feel no pain and fear no harm to their person.
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  • Preah Khan was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Preah Khan_Y_1.jpg
  • Preah Khan was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Preah Khan_Q_1.jpg
  • Intricate carvings at Preah Khan, which was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Preah Khan_N_1.jpg
  • Preah Khan was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Preah Khan_L_1.jpg
  • Preah Khan was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Preah Khan_G_1.jpg
  • Landmine victims pllay music for money outside the entrance to Preah Khan. Preah Khan was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Amputees Preah Khan_B_1.jpg
  • Dai Singh Majhi, a leader of the Niyamgiri Surakshya Samidi group in Belemba village, with his wife, Dipai, Orissa, India. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0043.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth commission by the Mayor of London  artwork entitled The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist by the artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 19th April 2018, in London, England. Started in 2006, the sculpture recreates over 7,000 archaeological artefacts looted from the Iraq Museum during the war there or destroyed elsewhere. Oneof these was Lamassu, a winged deity which guarded Nergal Gate at the entrance to the ancient city Assyrian city of Nineveh modern-day Mosul, Iraq which was destroyed by ISIS in 2015. The Lamassu, which had the same footprint as the Fourth Plinth is made of empty Iraqi date syrup cans, representative of a once-renowned industry.
    fourth_plinth-10-19-04-2018.jpg
  • Dabu Limajhi, a Dongria Kondh tribal woman in Kankasarpa village, Orissa, India gossips with friends in her house. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070301_0113.jpg
  • A villager digs a trench in front of the Vedanta plant, Kansari village, Orissa, India. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.
    SFE_070228_0017.jpg
  • Intricate carvings at Preah Khan, which was built and used by Jayavarman VII. Living there while Angkor Thom was being reconstructed. Once having the role of monastery and university to many thousands, it then became an inter-denominational temple for Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu and the main deity Lokesvara (plus another 282 gods). Today it is in a state of semi-collapse, lichen and moss covered, and with the jungle trees encroaching it's walls.
    2006-11-05_Preah Khan_J_1.jpg
  • A group of Indian women sit and talk on the banks of the river ganges at dawn on 21st December 2009, Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith.
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  • People worshipping and bathing in the river ganges at dawn on 21st December 2009, Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith.
    _MG_7431.jpg
  • People worshipping and bathing in the river ganges at dawn on 21st December 2009, Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith.
    _MG_7372.jpg
  • Sadhus / Babbas on the banks of the Ganges on 21st December 2009 in Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith.
    _MG_7333.jpg
  • The river ganges from a boat at dawn on 21st December 2009, Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith. .
    _MG_7289.jpg
  • The river ganges from a boat at dawn on 21st December 2009, Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith. .
    _MG_7303.jpg
  • The river ganges from a boat at dawn on 21st December 2009, Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith. .
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  • MF Husain (b. 1915, Maharashtra) India's foremost modernist painter at his studio in Mumbai (formerly Bombay). .In the 1990s some of Husain's works became controversial because of their portrayal of naked Hindu deities. Charges were brought against him by Hindu Nationalists but were dismissed by the Delhi High Court. Despite this, Husain remains in self imposed exile in London and Dubai. His painting continue to command prices of several million dollars at auction.
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  • A row of colourful saris on display on the banks of the Ganges on 21st December 2009 in Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith.
    _MG_7442.jpg
  • A woman on the banks of the river ganges at dawn on 21st December 2009, Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith.
    _MG_7343.jpg
  • A woman on the banks of the river ganges at dawn on 21st December 2009, Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith.
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  • A Sadhu / Babba in orange robes on the banks of the Ganges on 21st December 2009 in Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith.
    _MG_7366.jpg
  • People worshipping and bathing in the river ganges at dawn on 21st December 2009, Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith.
    _MG_7378.jpg
  • Sadhus / Babbas on the banks of the Ganges on 21st December 2009 in Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith.
    _MG_7320.jpg
  • Sadhus / Babbas on the banks of the Ganges on 21st December 2009 in Varanasi / Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to Hindu mythology, Varanasi was founded by Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is seen as a significant and holy place to followers of the Hundu faith.
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