New England trip '07 photos #5:Harvard

Jul 05, 2007 12:52

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts




The shortest walk from the T stop to our guest house cut through part of Harvard Yard.





Memorial Hall building, commemorating US Civil War soldiers





Portal with cowardly lions



The left toe of John Harvard's statue is kept very shiny by tourists rubbing it during the day and students pissing on it at night. We did neither.



Entrance to Peabody Museum of Anthropology & Ethnology



Classic Maya architectural detail from Copan, shield with face of Sun God. Removed in 19th century archaeological work.



Edaphosaurus fossil skeleton at Harvard Museum of Natural History

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