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[Guild Houses in Antwerp, Belgium]

Description: Photograph of the Guild Houses in Antwerp, Belgium. A Guild House is a historical building originally used for the assembly of a guild in Europe. Guilds were associations of craftsmen or merchants who practiced the same trade. The largest guild house in Antwerp was that of the butchers guild. In medieval Europe guilds held immense power.
Date: 2004
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 51.221444 4.399834
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Belgian Lacemaker]

Description: Photograph of a modern day Belgian lacemaker. By the 13th century, Bruges was at the center of European textile trade which allowed Bruges to develop a rich fashion and lace industry. The lacemaker is sitting at her lace table with several bobbins on her table that she's using to create lace. The lacemaker's hair is wearing characteristic lace cap on her head.
Date: 2004
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Floating Sculpture, Otterlo]

Description: Photograph of the floating sculpture named Otterlo that was commission done by Marta Pan. The sculpture has two organic halves that move independently of each other around a central pivot. The floating sculpture is on display at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands.
Date: 2004
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 52.095946 5.818400
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Yazd Atash Behram]

Description: Photograph of the Fire Temple of Yazd also known as Yazd Atash Behram. The Fire Temple of Yazd is a Zoroastrian fire temple in Yazd, Yazd province, Iran. It enshrines the Atash Bahram, meaning "Victorious Fire", dated to 470 AD. It is one of the nine Atash Bahrams, the only one of the highest-grade fires in Iran, where Zoroastrians have practiced their religion since 400 BC; the other eight Atash Bahram are in India.
Date: 2001
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.881237 54.373357
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Yazd Tower of Silence]

Description: Photograph of the Yazd Tower of Silence is a Zoroastrian tower of silence. Zoroastrians believe that earth, fire, and water are all holy elements, and thus do not pollute them by burying, burning, or giving their dead to the water. Instead, they place their dead bodies in a tower of silence, letting vultures to consume the corpses.
Date: 2001
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.824765 54.357251
Partner: Texas Lutheran University
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