Best of Rob:
June 15 - In the 'St. Elisabeth Begijnhof' or Beguinage (a semi-secluded community for medieval widows and spinsters, this founded in 1238), Kortrijk (Courtrai), Flanders
Best of Rob:
June 15 - Replicas of spurs hanging where the originals hung from 1302 (and the famous 'Battle of the Golden spurs') to 1382, in the Church of our lady (founded 1199, Catholic), Kortrijk (Courtrai)
Best of Rob:
June 15 - One very high ceiling for the 13th cent., in Amiens cathedral (Catholic, 1220-1406)
Best of Rob:
June 15 - In the incredible nave of the Amiens cathedral (13th cent.), tallest in France
Best of Rob:
June 15 - Mustachioed ne'er-do-well and his friend, portal of St. Firmin (1230-40), Amiens cathedral
Best of Rob:
June 15 - 'The beasts of the world lie down in the ruins of Nineveh' (Zeph.2:14), on the base of the portal of St. Firmin (1230-40), Amiens cathedral
Best of Rob:
June 15 - Part of the West facade between the Christ and Virgin portals (1220-40) of the cathedral in Amiens, with statues of Old Testament prophets
Best of Rob:
June 15 - Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens (Catholic, 1220-1406), the tallest cathedral in France & a Unesco site, Amiens
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - The oldest stone tools yet found anywhere (near Gona, Ethiopia, 2.5 million yrs. old), National Museum, Addis Ababa
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - What might be part of a rare double mihrab (1 points to Mecca, 1 to Jerusalem, a basis to speculate that this was one of the world's oldest mosques), possibly the Masjid al-Qiblatayn (7th cent.) altho I now think that that mosque stood next to it
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - What was left of either the Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Arabic for 'Mosque of the 2 Qiblahs', 7th cent.) in Jan. 2014 (there's much less there today) thought to be one of the world's oldest mosques, or of a mosque next to it, Zeila, Somaliland
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Interior of the shrine of Ibrahim Zeilici with his tomb (13th cent.), Zeila
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Shrine of Ibrahim Zeilici (13th cent.) in Zeila, 'the city of light', Somaliland
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - In the caves at Las Geel (9 - 3000 BC), Somaliland
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Sex at Las Geel (9 - 3000 BC), Somaliland
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Giraffe (extirpated here today), in a cave at Las Geel (9 -3000 BC), Somaliland
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - In a cave at Las Geel (9 - 3000 BC), Somaliland
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - A man with a bow and a dog I think, Las Geel caves (9 - 3000 BC), Somaliland
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Like they were painted yesterday, part of the ceiling in a cave at Las Geel (9 - 3,000 BC), Somaliland
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Amazingly well-preserved neolithic cave art at Las Geel (9 - 3000 BC), Somaliland
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - In Koromi, an Argobba village (12th cent.), Ethiopia
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - The tomb of Sheikh Abadir (Abadir Umar Ar-Rida, 13th cent), possibly the first Islamic shrine in town, a city so rich in shrines and mosques it's claimed to be the 4th holiest in Islam, Harar
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Site of the 'Holy of holies' (through the arch there), Washa Mikael church (12th cent. - 1531), Yekka hills, near Addis Ababa
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Washa Mikael church (between the 12th cent. and 1531), in the Yekka hills near Addis Ababa
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - In one of the chambers in 'the Long Cairn', (Neolithic, 3000-3500 BC), 'the Grey Cairns of Camster', Caithness, Scotland
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - In a chamber in 'the Round Cairn' (Neolithic, 3000-3500 BC, one of "the best preserved chambered cairns in the British Isles"), 'the Grey Cairns of Camster', Caithness, Scotland
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - A reconstruction (in part) of 'the Long Cairn' with ritual forecourt (Neolithic, 3000-3500 BC), 'the Grey cairns of Camster', Caithness, Scotland
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - Taken on the 'Hill o many stanes' (Neolithic, @ 2,000 BC), Caithness, Scotland
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - Interior of the Broch of Gurness (Iron age, 200s BC - 0s AD) with stairs to long-gone upper floors, Mainland, Orkney
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - Me at the Broch of Gurness (Iron age, @ 200 BC - 0s AD), Mainland, Orkney
