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While preparing tomorrow's class on architecture and translation, I went back to David Macaulay's illustrations for his book 'Underground' (1976)—and now I can't stop looking at them... https://t.co/VUhuV6dQZE
The many names of Mars
al-Qāhir in Arabic [اَلْنَجْم اَلقَاهِر al-najm al-qāhir, "the victorious star"]
Ares (Άρης) in Greek [from Ancient Greek Ἄρης, the god of war]
Auqakuh in Quechua
Bahrâm in Persian [بهرام Bahrâm, from Middle Iranian Wahrām, the war god, god of victory]
H. R. Giger's concept art for 'The Tourist' (1980s), a Clair Noto's unfilmed science fiction noir https://t.co/sp8AbLISPS