isn’t it obvious?...

J.R.R. Tolkien

Ruins of the Temple of Bacchus - David Roberts (1839)

Roman-Egyptian temple of Maharraqa, Egypt

The Precinct of Amun-Re, Karnak Temple Complex, Luxor

Temple of Isis, Philae - Vasily Polenov (1882)

Ancient Roman aqueduct in Caesarea Maritima

Details from the Porte de Mars, an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Reims, France.

— Marina Tsvetaeva, from Poem Of The End in “Bride Of Ice: New Selected Poems” [translated by Elaine Feinstein]

The Temple of Vesta in Tivoli. The temple survived for centuries as a church, Santa Maria della Rotonda, which was dismantled centuries ago.

Why would you speak to me that way? Especially when I always said That I haven’t got the words for you All your diction, dripping with disdain Through the pain, I always tell the truth