Istanbul - statues, sarcophagi and tiles

[major_clanger]

More photographs from Istanbul, from the Archaeological Museum and the adjacent Tiled Kiosk, itself a museum of Islamic art and tiling.

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[watervole.livejournal.com]

I love the geometric patterns - thanks for posting these.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

Wandering around the Archaeological Museum engaged my interest in history, but the Tiled Kiosk fired up that part of me that used to read 'Mathematical Games' in SciAm and spent lunchtimes working though my school's collection of books on recreational mathematics.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

You might enjoy this article: http://saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200905/the.tiles.of.infinity.htm