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The view from the Skytree in Tokyo. It has been the world’s second tallest tower in 2010, at 634 meters... the city of Tokyo just extends to the horizon. Sadly, it was too hazy to see Fuji. #tokyo #skytree #skytreetower #skyline #robertspengler #japan #birdseyeview #architecturelovers
Just one more photo from the Arashiyama Forest from a few months ago. These are Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) - an amazing example of how morphology diverse grasses can be. #kyoto #japan #robertspengler #bamboo #phyllostachys #phyllostachysedulis #arashiyama
Gave a lecture yesterday at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology on the domestication of plants, and I didn’t even put on my shoes. Actually, I didn’t even leave my living room. While I would have loved to visit #saudiarabia I was still happy to discuss the topic with a wonderful group of scholars. #lecturing #lecturingallaroundtheworld #teachingfromhome #professor #domestication #robertspengler #originsofagriculture #archaeobotany #paleoethnobotany 📷 @monica.yanda
Hiking in the #Arashiyama Forest outside #Kyoto a couple months ago. A beautiful forest and great company @monica.yanda @keengiedre @pauladoumanidupuy #japan #machatea #bamboo #bambooforest #hiking #landscape
The Great Buddha Temple was built 800 years ago in Nara, Japan, to house this 4-story-tall bronze sculpture. The temple is made of wood and, of course, did not survive eight centuries, but the current temple, which is half the size of the original one and still massive, is 300 years old and constructed from a forest-worth of old-growth conifers. I can’t even imagine the mining and smelting operations that went into this statue. #Buddha #fruitofferings #giantbuddha #japan #nara #narajapan #buddhisttemple #ancienttemple #bronzebuddha #angrydeity #robertspengler #fruitfromthesands #fruitsofthesilkroad #eastasia #silkroad
Doutombori area in Kyoto. I am not there now, I am currently tucked away in my apartment avoiding large crowds, but I was lucky enough to see much of Japan a few weeks back - before cases had been detected. What a fascinating country; I hope places with high population density, like this, take the appropriate precautions. #kyoto #japan #kyotojapan #megafruit #crowdedplaces #citystreets #robertspengler #japanesemarkets
Me looking very unimpressed... but I am actually impressed by this photo, taken by the talented @monica.yanda ... apparently, you can’t tell if I have any grey hairs as long as you keep the photo in black and white. #robertspengler #fruitfromthesands #fruitsofthesilkroad #archaeobotany #archaeology Visit: robertnspengler.com
What archaeology actually looks like. It is a wonderful feeling to walk into your lab in the morning and to see it full with hard working young researchers, until you open the door and they bombard you with questions on archaeobotanical identifications. #archaeology #archaeobotany #jenagermany #robertspengler #silkroad #ancientartifacts #labwork #academia #microscopework #paleoethnobotany #mpishh #maxplanckinstitute #maxplanckinstituteforthescienceofhumanhistoy #thelab

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