And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
ReplyDeleteLook on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Saw similar architecture in the Bogart movie Sahara.
ReplyDeletesomething significant happened there once... but that was a long time ago, and no one seems to remember. just bricks piled on bricks now.
ReplyDeleteDifferent angle of The Baha'al Halim and Nuriyas tombs that were built in the 14th and 16th centuries, respectively.
ReplyDeleteLooks like it could be a background in a Frank Frazetta graphic.
ReplyDeleteAs Rep. Omar said, "Somebody did something..."
ReplyDeleteThe artisans that did this left a lasting legacy.
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