Main entrance, Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma mb-code BK001016 South Lambeth

South Lambeth

Plate from Sidereal chromatics

From an original specimen caught at Brighton and brought to London for dissection in December 1812

Inigo Lopez de Loyola (1491-1556) was a Spanish soldier who founded the Society of Jesus together with 6 others at St Mary's Church

Section of porphyritic obsidian at x250 magnification

Main entrance, Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma mb-code BK001016 South LambethMain entrance, Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma, 1908. Buddhist tradition holds that the Shwedagon Pagoda was built before the Buddha died in 486 BC, but archaeologists believe its construction is more likely to date from between the 6th and 10th century. The pagoda is the most sacred site for Burmese Buddhists. Stereoscopic card. Detail.