A 5th century AD monastery, the largest in the Judean desert. The complex is built on the southern cliffs of the Kidron creek, and is protected inside a walled area with dozens of structures. It was established by Saint Sabas (Arabic: Mar Saba, Syriac: Lord Saba), and named after him. The monastery started as a place of seclusion of few monks in the caves, led by Sabas. Over the years it was built, expanded, and fortified. During the peak times it housed about 500 monks.
   The site is located 10KM east of Bethlehem, near the desert road to Jerusalem. It is 250M above sea level, hanging over a steep cliff above the Kidron creek. The Kidron starts from the valley between the temple mount and Mount of olives in Jerusalem, and flows eastwards to the Dead sea.
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Reconstructed from 4K drone footage only. Raw scan to showcase drone footage original quality/shortcomings. 
Could be much improved with a 30minutes Blender. 2x16K texures. 95M tris.

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Mar Saba monastery

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The name **Lilith** stems from lilû, lilîtu, and (w)ardat lilî). The Akkadian word lilû is related to the Hebrew word lilit appearing in Isaiah 34:14, which is thought to be a night bird by some modern scholars. In Mesopotamian religion, found in the cuneiform texts of Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia, lilîtu is a spirit or demon. Many have also connected her to the Mesopotamian demon Lamashtu, who shares similar traits and a similar position in mythology to Lilith.

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Sculpture of an ox head, found in rue des Hospitalières-Saint-Gervais, in Paris, France. 
There are two of them, on the wall of a school, which used to be a butcher's shop in a market hall. The sculptures were originally fountains, with water pouring out of the ox's muzzle.
They were created in 1819 by Edmée Gaulle. The scultpure is in an ancient assyrian style, and the ox is dressed to by sacrificed.

Ox head sculpture, Paris

Limestone statue of attendant god dedicated to Nabu by Adad-Nirari III and Sammuramat; carved from inferior limestone, standing in the attitude of submission, wearing the single-horned crown proper to minor deities. There is a cuneiform inscription around the skirt.

© The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.

See: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1856-0909-65

Statue, Neo-Assyrian, Temple of Nabu

"Assyrian kings ruled the world's largest empire prior to the rise of Persia in the 6th century bc, consolidating lands from Iran to Egypt [...] Masterfully executed with incised details and exaggerated musculature, this giant, fierce, protective spirit raises his right hand in a ritual salute. His left hand grasps a branch bearing rosettes, perhaps a stylized date palm. Across the center of the relief are inscribed lines of Akkadian cuneiform recounting military victories, conquests, plundered loot, and the reconstruction of the city. Destroyed in 612 bc, the palace lay buried for 24 centuries until rediscovered in 1845."

Neo-Assyrian, Iraq, Nimrud, Northwest Palace, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, 9th Century BC

Gypsum, Overall: 229.9 x 137 cm (90 1/2 x 53 7/8 in). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.246

Location: 102A Ancient Near East

Online musuem record:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1943.246

Photogrammetry by Thomas Flynn

1943.246 Saluting Protective Spirit, 883-859 BC

3D scan (photogrammetry) of a human-headed winged bull.
Assyria, approx. 700 BCE.
Used to be located near Mosul, Irak.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

Human-headed winged bull

A [Lamassu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamassu) is a gaudian god typical of the mesopotamian region, shared between the Persians, Assyrians, Babylonians and in a form even egyptions. It usually gaurds the gates of the city, or the royal palace. 

There are several Lamassus in very good shape in Europe but all are assyrian or babylonian. Unfortunantly the only persian one (in Persepolis, gates of all nations) is quite damaged and some details are not cleared. To make this I took an Assyrian Lamassu as a base, studied the Persian one and made the adjustments. Some major difference are: The persian one is larger, the wings are bend, crown is different, and so is the front of the Lamassu.

Persian Lamassu Gates of All Nations Persepolis

The Great Colonnade of Apamea (Syria), 115 CE, reconstruction, plaster. Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReCap Photo Pro from AutoDesk.

At nearly 2km from the north to the south of the city, a portico of about 7.50 m wide spreads on both sides of the high street that was the backbone of urban planning Apamea. The columns were surmounted by a curved frieze with continuous decoration of acanthus foliage, and not a Doric frieze mistakenly placed in 1935. On the floor of the portico, a series of mosaic dating from the year 469 CE.

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The Great Colonnade of Apamea

Winged bull with human head. Palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II in Dur-Sharrukin. Louvre Museum, Paris

Louvre Museum, Paris | IA Design

Winged bull | 3D Printable

a heritage yet authentic place that keeps the memoral of the man who shaped syrian identity, and of the three stars on the nationa flag

Sultan Basha Shrine

3D depection of the popular monument of Damascus Sword, low res.
The real sword is in Damascus, Syria.

Damascus Sword Monument

From Aleppo Media Centre’s youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCTK4llJYaI and NPR coverage (http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/11/497511050/video-aerial-footage-shows-scale-of-destruction-in-aleppo?sc=tw).

Aleppo, Syria - damaged city block (merged)

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The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle is an American all-weather multirole strike fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. The F-15E was designed in the 1980s for long-range, high-speed interdiction without relying on escort or electronic-warfare aircraft.

The Strike Eagle has been deployed for military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya, among others. During these operations, the strike fighter has carried out deep strikes against high-value targets and combat air patrols, and provided close air support for coalition troops. It has also been exported to several countries.

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