Masonry Collection (page 6)

The Stone-Cutting Establishment at Oreston, with part of the
Engraving of the Prince of Wales visiting the Oreston granite quarry, viewing part of the masonry for the new Eddystone Lighthouse, August 1879

Luxor Temple (Detail)
The front Pylon at Luxor showing the massive seated statues of Rameses II and the empty base of the obelisk now standing in the Place de la Concorde, Paris

Sphinx at Memphis
A sphinx statue at Memphis in alabaster c.1567-1320 BC. 8 metres long and 4.25 metres tall

Luxor (Front View)
The Great front Pylon of Luxor Temple, which originally was fronted by 6 statues of Rameses II, two sitting and four standing. Built around 1250 BC

Luxor / Lotus Columns
Luxor Temple - Lotus Flower pillars, testament to the grandiose design of Egyptian religious buildings of this period

Luxor Columns (Shadows)
The papyriform pillars (shaped in the form of the papyrus plant) with dramatic shadows in the evening light

Temple of Luxor / Egypt
A detail looking through the front Pylon at Luxor toward the columned hall beyond. The two weathered forms of Rameses II sit in stately pose behind the one remaining obelisk

St Sergius Church / Cairo
The gateway of the Hanging Church, St Sergius, Cairo. It houses a deep crypt, 10 metres below the church floor. Date: circa 1970

Rameses II & Nefertiti
RAMESES II (THE GREAT) with Queen Nefertiti shown making an offering to the Sun God Amun on a wall relief at the Temple of Luxor

Treasury of Atreus
This structure was named the Treasury of Atreus, but is in fact a tholos tomb, built in the mid 13th century BC. This view is previous to the clearing of the entrance

Third Treasury Mycenae
The Third Treasury at Mycenae. Later Greeks described the massive polygonal masonry at Mycenae as Cyclopean, built of stones that only a Cyclops could lift. The name has stuck

Children & Toy Balloon
Two young children play with a delicate scale model of an early hot air balloon, with a basket in the form of a boat

Temple of Diana - Nimes
The Temple of Diane (Diana / Artemis) at Nimes attracting attention in this late 18th century scene from artists and some tourists examining a tomb and the masonry

Tyn Church - Prague
A view on part of The Church of Our Lady in front of Tyn - a dominant feature of the Old Town district of Prague and the main church of this area since the 14th century

A Ruined building in the English countryside. Whether the remains of a castle, part of a manor house or just a Victorian folly - sadly we cannot tell. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Circular Bath / Bath
The Circular Roman Bath at Bath, Somerset. The existence of the remains were secret until 1755, when hot water came rushing out of the Roman masonry

Hadrians Wall - Brunton
A section of Hadrians Wall at Brunton, opposite the fort of Chesters, which is the other side of the North Tyne River. The site has evidence of the Roman bridge abutment

South Gate - Housesteads
The Southern Gateway of Housesteads Fort on Hadrians Wall. The Fort contains the only visible remains of a Roman hospital in Britain and superbly preserved latrines!

West Gate at Housesteads
The Western Gate of Housesteads Fort (Borcovius). This substantially excavated fort is on a dramatic stretch of the wall perched atop limestone crags

Zimbabwe / Great Zimbabwe
The massive conical tower in the amazing Iron Age site of Great Zimbabwe, the greatest expression of the building skills and trading wealth of the Shona empire

Aeneas Meets Dido
Medieval construction techniques in evidence when Aeneas arrives at Carthage while the city is being rebuilt by Dido, its Queen

Ecuador / Ingachugana
Close to the important Ingapirca site near Canar is this site, the Ingachugana, an enclosure of carved rocks with a ceremonial altar

Futuristic building site
A futuristic building site, on which all the work is done by machinery. The architect simply sits in a box and operates the controls

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