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- ... that Qing-dynasty official Zeng Laishun (pictured) attended the second inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant?
- ... that the male standard-winged nightjar grows a wing ornament more than twice the length of its body during breeding season?
- ... that John Green was UCLA's leading scorer on the first of coach John Wooden's 12 Final Four teams?
- ... that while Schubert wrote a melody for the song "Bunt sind schon die Wälder" in 1816, Johann Friedrich Reichardt's 1799 version is the one that remains popular?
- ... that a fighter-bomber group under the command of Walter G. Benz Jr. during the Korean War became the first United States Air Force unit to complete 50,000 combat sorties?
- ... that because of the cultural impact of Dragon Ball in Mexico, Goku has been described as "a Latino icon"?
- ... that Chrystal read law before beginning a music career?
- ... that the straight-tusked elephant was one of the largest land mammals ever?
- ... that seamen from the warship USS Roy O. Hale boarded the Soviet ship M/V Novorossiysk in 1959, in response to a report from AT&T?
The Shah Jahan Mosque is a 17th-century central mosque in the city of Thatta, Pakistan. The mosque was built during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who bestowed it on Thatta as a token of gratitude, and is heavily influenced by Central Asian architecture – a reflection of Shah Jahan's campaigns near Samarkand shortly before the mosque was designed. It is notable for its geometric brick work, a decorative element that is unusual for Mughal-period mosques. The mosque is unusual for its lack of minarets although it has a total of 93 domes, the most of any structure in Pakistan. This photograph depicts an interior view of one of the Shah Jahan Mosque's secondary domes, showing its octagonal structure, with blue-and-white tiles arranged in stellated patterns to represent the heavens.Photograph credit: Alexander Savin
24 December 2024 |
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