The food invokes the ancient splendors of the spice route, but it comes in ordinary plastic bins; forks and napkins must be foraged from the (very accommodating) pizza workers.
As a kid in Tucson, Arizona, I fantasized about ancient adobe splendor in Timbuktu.
A 10-minute walk later, we were climbing the steep white marble stairs at the amphitheater, one of the best-preserved testaments to the splendor of ancient Rome.
Arts & Decoration visited the apartment in 1928 and noted that "bewildered New York sunlight filters through the splendor and ancient stained glass".
Edington was inspired by a color picture of the great Pyramid of Cheops in a National Geographic book called "Ancient Egypt Discovering Its Splendors.
But, in this case, it's worth acknowledging that Assad has a point: the significance of Aleppo's collapse is far greater than its physical territory, its ancient history, and its former splendor.
It is known mostly for its liberal banking laws, its almost absurdly low income-tax rates and its anachronistic and very active prince, who reigns in magisterial splendor from an ancient stone edifice perched on a mountain overlooking this capital city, which has a population of 5,097.
Bhaktapur is an ancient city, full of decayed splendor and cultural treasures from Buddhist and Hindu worshippers who settled as early as the 13th century.
The obstacles became so intense that at times the exhibition, devoted to the splendors of the ancient Buddhist civilization of Gandhara that flourished in northern Pakistan 2,000 years ago, almost foundered.
