Where was I?

[getting older slowly]

well thanks to your reference of SBS   we known it is in the Mexican jungle.....

 

Know the digging begins.....   

[getting older slowly]

The Olmec colossal heads are stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders. They range in height from 1.17 to 3.4 metres. The heads date from at least 900 BC and are a distinctive feature of the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica.....

 

Isn't the net wonderful.... Cheers Don

[ilikeanswers]

2 minutes ago, getting older slowly said:

well thanks to your reference of SBS   we known it is in the Mexican jungle.....

 

Know the digging begins.....   

 

Definitely Mexico, though not so much jungle anymore. It was interesting to see what the site looked like when the archaeologists first found it. With all the factory vents the area has certainly industrialised since then😜

[ilikeanswers]

9 minutes ago, getting older slowly said:

The Olmec colossal heads are stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders. They range in height from 1.17 to 3.4 metres. The heads date from at least 900 BC and are a distinctive feature of the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica.....

 

Isn't the net wonderful.... Cheers Don

 

The heads are huge. Taller than me😳 We actually visited two sites but the one pictured is the only city ruins (that mound is actually a pyramid) tourists can visit. The other site the palace location is kept secret to protect it. However there is a little museum in town with a head, jaguar sculptures and some stelles.

Edited September 21, 2020 by ilikeanswers

[getting older slowly]

the place where the photos  were taken could be La Venta.... Don

[ilikeanswers]

2 minutes ago, getting older slowly said:

the place where the photos  were taken could be La Venta.... Don

 

Excellent research🤗! I know it is not as visually spectacular as other Mesoamerican ruins but there is something pretty special to be standing on the oldest pyramid of the Americas😉.

[getting older slowly]

From the photo I found on net,,, it really must be amazing to see something for real.....

 

The other thing which I wonder... could you imagine what the heads could tell us and what they have seen over the last few thousands of years.....

 

( yes i know they are a bit stone faced ).

 

Cheers Don

[qbay46]

Is it in Mexico 

[qbay46]

The Olmec heads

[ilikeanswers]

12 minutes ago, getting older slowly said:

From the photo I found on net,,, it really must be amazing to see something for real.....

 

The other thing which I wonder... could you imagine what the heads could tell us and what they have seen over the last few thousands of years.....

 

( yes i know they are a bit stone faced ).

 

Cheers Don

 

They say the earliest date for the Olmec civilisations is the same as the rise of ancient Greece, so if the heads could talk the stories they could tell😉. I have to admit when we were planning our Mexico trip it was one of my goals to see at least one Olmec head on the trip. I managed to get four which was great and the pyramid was a fabulous bonus🤗.

Edited September 21, 2020 by ilikeanswers

[ilikeanswers]

6 minutes ago, qbay46 said:

The Olmec heads

 

You are a little behind😆 Don (aka @getting older slowly) got it with La Venta😉

Edited September 21, 2020 by ilikeanswers

[getting older slowly]

Another light house  in Australian Waters.... what am I looking at ?

 

Cheers Don

 

 

 

 

[ilikeanswers]

3 minutes ago, getting older slowly said:

Another light house  in Australian Waters.... what am I looking at ?

 

Cheers Don

 

 

That is a beautiful picture, it looks like a painting🤗

[MicCanberra]

4 minutes ago, ilikeanswers said:

 

That is a beautiful picture, it looks like a painting🤗

Cape Wickham, King Island.

 Bass strait?

[getting older slowly]

1 minute ago, MicCanberra said:

Cape Wickham, King Island.

 Bass strait?

Spot on Mic

 

For an honorable mention   the lighthouse and the place hold an australian record 

Which are ?

 

Cheers Don

 

[MicCanberra]

Tallest in the Southern hemisphere.

[getting older slowly]

2 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Tallest in the Southern hemisphere.

pretty good...

 

The lighthouse built 1861 is the tallest in Australia at 48m.

but there is some dispute  about being the tallest in the Southern hemisphere.

as the one in Madagascar Nosy Alañaña Light built 1932 is 60m

 

The Place Cape Wickham is the site of Australia’s largest maritime disaster, 
With the wrecking of the Cataraqui with losses of 402 lives in 1845.

 

Thus ends the history lesson

 

Cheers Don

 

 

 

[MicCanberra]

 

[MMDown Under]

Pretty - Looks like a jigsaw puzzle

[qbay46]

Montpelier

[getting older slowly]

35 minutes ago, MMDown Under said:

Pretty - Looks like a jigsaw puzzle

It is better.... somebody else has put it together.... and there aren't all the lines over it...

Cheers Don     ( sorry couldn't help myself )

 

Nice photo  though....

Edited September 21, 2020 by getting older slowly

[MicCanberra]

Montpelier, Vermont, USA. A beautiful place, especially in the autumn. It is the capital so that is why they have the domed building. The spelling is different to the french version as the Americans tend to spell things the way they want to.

[qbay46]

2 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Montpelier, Vermont, USA. A beautiful place, especially in the autumn. It is the capital so that is why they have the domed building. The spelling is different to the french version as the Americans tend to spell things the way they want to.

I agree that area in autumn is something not to be missed

[qbay46]

[MicCanberra]

Toronto.