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Why we don't embed beautiful storytelling motifs in architecture like they used to bafffles me, everything tends to trend to a square box these days.
Fascinating
The Tomb of Ramesses IX in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings, dating from 1129 to 1111 BCE.
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It's a function of resale. People/corps that buy property no longer assume they will retain it. The main assumption is maintaining resale value after use. Embellishments only reduce potential buyers. The sad reality of the financialization of real estate.
Thats an interesting perspective i didnt think of before!
