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An exedra (pl.: exedras or exedrae) is a semicircular architectural recess or platform, sometimes crowned by a semi-dome, and either set into a building's façade or free-standing. The original Greek word ἐξέδρα ('a seat out of doors') was applied to a room that opened onto a stoa , ringed with curved high-backed stone benches, a ...
Stone Bench Creations is an Indian film production company based in Chennai, India. It was established in 2016 by Indian director Karthik Subbaraj . As of 2023, the company has produced 16 feature films, including productions made in the Tamil and Malayalam film industries.
The guidestones' "Astronomic features" Undated instructions for the site's time capsule. On the left side of the tablet was a column of text (metric conversion added): Astronomic features 1. Channel through stone indicates celestial pole 2. Horizontal slot indicates annual travel of sun 3. Sunbeam through capstone marks noontime throughout the year
Moondust is a 1983 generative music video game created for the Commodore 64 by virtual reality pioneer, Jaron Lanier. Moondust was programmed in 6502 assembly [ 1 ] in 1982, [ 2 ] and is considered the first art video game .
A hemispherical enclosure will also guide whispering gallery waves. The waves carry the words so that others will be able to hear them from the opposite side of the gallery. The gallery may also be in the form of an ellipse or ellipsoid, [4] with an accessible point at each focus. In this case, when a visitor stands at one focus and whispers ...
Easter Aquorthies stone circle showing the recumbent stone and two flankers. The particular characteristic of recumbent stone circles is that, as well as being a ring of upright stones , they have a large stone lying on its side along the perimeter of the circle towards south to southwest. On both sides are particularly tall orthostats.
It comprises a ring of five free-standing stones, symmetrically arranged so that one stone, the axial stone, is set directly opposite two stones, usually the tallest, marking the entrance to the circle. Characteristically, the stones reduce in height to the axial stone, which is set consistently in the south-western part of the circle.
The stone circle forms a pronounced oval measuring 13.3 by 9.5 metres. [5] Only five stones currently stand, but there could have been as many as thirteen. [5] The stones range in size from 2 to 2.7 metres. [1] In the centre is a dilapidated cairn. [5] A small slab, 60 centimetres high, is set on edge within the cairn. [1]