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artandarchaeology

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Archaeologist, natural science illustrator, and former art history professor specializing in Classic Veracruz iconography and epigraphy---following the road to ruins on five continents and multiple countries. Closer to home I enjoy hiking, biking, kayaking, and exploring caves, tunnels, industrial ruins, and insectivorous bogs.

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Lonely tree reflected in turquoise blue water.

Lijiang, China

Blue Moon Valley

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

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Beijing, China

798 Art District

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Yangshuo Moon Hill

Guilin, China

Yangshuo and Moon Hill

Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

The Huashan temple.

Weinan, China

Huashan Temple

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

Shilin Stone Forest

Kunming, China

Shilin Stone Forest

270 million year-old forest of stone.

European architechture mixes with traditional Chinese iconography throughout the area.

Shanghai, China

Shanghai French Concession

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

Posters with a distincy

Shanghai, China

Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel

Shanghai, China

Bund Sightseeing Tunnel

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

Ming Tombs southern entrance

Beijing, China

Ming Dynasty Tombs

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

Looking ahead on the slide.

Beijing, China

Great Wall of China Slide

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The Forbidden City

Beijing, China

The Forbidden City

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Gomantong Cave

Sandakan, Malaysia

Gomantong Cave

In this Borneo cave, it's not the thousands of bats you need to worry about, it's the blankets of roaches.

Face-to-face with a skull.

Kuching, Malaysia

Sarawak Museum

The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.

The Pinnacles of Gunung Mulu.

Marudi, Malaysia

The Pinnacles of Gunung Mulu

These jagged limestone blades cut out through the canopy of the jungles of Borneo.

Niah Caves

Miri, Malaysia

Niah Caves

One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.

The Toba Caldera

Ronggur Nihuta, Indonesia

The Toba Caldera

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

Nghia An Hoi Quan Pagoda

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nghia An Hoi Quan Pagoda

One of the oldest temples in Ho Chi Minh City, dedicated to a deified Chinese military leader.

Po Shanu Cham Towers

Phan Thiet, Vietnam

Po Shanu Cham Towers

These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.

Water puppet show

Hanoi, Vietnam

Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

U Bein Bridge

Mandalay, Myanmar

U Bein Bridge

The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

World's Largest Book at Kuthodaw Pagoda

Mandalay, Myanmar

World's Largest Book at Kuthodaw Pagoda

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

Kyaiktiyo pagoda, Golden Rock.

Thaton District, Myanmar

Kyaiktiyo Pagoda

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

Shwedagon Pagoda

Yangon, Myanmar

Shwedagon Pagoda

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Bagan.

Nyaung-U, Myanmar

Bagan

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

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