336BC

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[melaniedemmer]

Athena for @sketch_dailies

[thoodleoo]

Now it was night, and throughout the land the weary creatures were catching peaceful sleep… They eased their worries, and their hearts forgot their toils.

Vergil, Aeneid IV.522, 528 (via thoodleoo)

[elayriot]

[336bc]

The Little Owl of Laurion

[fyp-philosophy]

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Cicero (via fyp-philosophy)

[paintasyoulike]

Altamira Cave

[336bc]

Before there was tumblr, there were cave drawings.

[mistymorrning]

[allthingseurope]

Pula, Croatia (by Zé Eduardo…)

[mortisia]

Acropolis - Erechtion - Karyatides

Athena the Goddess

Greece - Athens

[336bc]

It is strange about pictures, a picture may seem extraordinarily strange to you and after some time not only it does not seem strange but it is impossible to find what there was in it that was strange.

Gertrude Stein (via 336bc)

[theotherhistory]

Narmer (Menes)

3,000 B.C

He is the first Pharaoh of Egypt. There were many kings before him, but he was the first man to unify upper Egypt and lower Egypt. He was the first man to unite Nile River Africans and regain control of his country. Archaeologist find artifacts of Narmer’s reign as far away as modern day Israel.

[ancient-egypts-secrets]

Inside the Great Pyramid. Giza Pyramid Plateau – Egypt

[ancienthistorystuff]

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

Pliny the Elder (via ancienthistorystuff)

[spellbound-one]

Ancient Celtic Gold Coin, both sides, 1st Century BC

[julius-caesars]

The Philippeion at Olympia.

[ancientpeoples]

Openwork scarab of green jasper imitating Mesopotamian drilled art style

7th Century BC

Assyrian

(Source: The British Museum)

[rosebiar]

Etruscan Gold Book: This is believed to be the oldest complete multiple page book found in the world. It is made of six plates of gold, each 5 x 4.5 cm, and bound with two rings. It dates to 600 BC.

(via Pin by Katharina Emilie on Bookshelves & Reading Places | Pinterest)

[under-the-screen]

This is the skull of a girl, found wearing a ceramic flower wreath, from 300-400 BC Greece.