Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Does not change or condone the fact that it was looted. As a citizen of a country at the receiving end, I know how it feels. No difference to museums and collectors falsifying papers to buy smuggled artifacts nowadays. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Jayanand, > Looting is a better fate than they would have got had they been left at > Dur-Sharrukin, as Allah's Enlightened Pursuers of an Ancient Culture (camel > rustling, beheading, etc.) started destroying the ruins in March this > year.... > > Isn't religion just great. > > Douglas > > PS good juxtapositioning of ancient and modern beards, Jay > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" < > jayanand at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 4:12 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: His Ancester? > > > I see you have been busy photographing one of the world's biggest temples >> to larceny, plunder and loot! The other one, of course, is The British >> Museum. >> >> Nice catch, nevertheless! >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 7:02 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> >> wrote: >> >> Winged Bulls from Palace of Sargon II, 8th Century BC, >>> Musee du Louvre, Paris, Ile-de-France, France >>> Leica Monochrom, Summicron-M 1:2/35 mm ASPH., iso 320 >>> >>> His Ancester? >>> https://tinyurl.com/ke7lbra >>> >>> Please click on the photo to view it in a larger size. >>> >>> Thanks for looking and all comments welcome! >>> >>> Jay >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >