bronze age echo

lyssa! (they/them) also @penaltyboxbitch

[bronzeageecho]

non-binary autistic socialist dyke & jew for a free palestine

if something is from before 1500 CE I’m interested!

everything that's not history/art/archeology/nature is tagged "etc". i tag using technological time periods where possible (more about that here).

most (if not all) photos i post are from museums and i credit those museums. any watermarks on photos were put on by the museum/collection cited. i would not do that as i am just sharing these pics and don't claim any credit for the art/photo/etc.

on that note, i take all the info on my posts from the museums' websites!

on semi-hiatus due to gr*d school

TERFs & other bigots DNI :)

[thoodleoo]

dont cry. roman ring depicting two mice sharing a snack together, ok?

[lustcannibalism]

ok I endured it. now what!!!!!!!!!

[lustcannibalism]

[bronzeageecho]

animal figurine, perhaps a child's toy | c. 1350-1250 BCE | mycenaean

in the acropolis museum collection

[aceofturtles]

Saw this, and thought it was a new @kilncreatures sculpture at first. Very cute.

[kilncreatures]

ive never felt more connected to an ancient mycenaean craftsperson in my life

[heartsherlocked]

Okay but what if the original Mycenaean sculpture is a cat or something like that, but we're seeing the back and the little hole is its little butthole?

[bronzeageecho]

here’s the other side!

[bronzeageecho]

beads from tomb m10 at zaouiyet el-mayetin | c. 3600 - 3000 BCE | predynastic egypt, naqada ii culture

in the louvre collection, top to bottom: 1 2 3 4 5 6

[bronzeageecho]

vase shard with ibex | c. 3900 - 3500 BCE | found in Ĝirsu (modern-day iraq)

in the louvre collection

[memories-of-ancients]

Bronze bull head, Sabaean, 3rd-1st century BC

from Baidun Fine Antiquities

[bronzeageecho]

plate with a king and queen, perhaps at a wedding | c. 500-700 CE | iran, sasanian or early islamic period

in the walters art museum collection

[bronzeageecho]

notched ovate bannerstone | c. 4800 BCE | archaic north american; found in bokes creek, ohio

in the art institute of chicago collection

[bronzeageecho]

bowl | c. 2000 - 1750 BCE | nubian, kingdom of kerma (or egyptian nubia if made in lower nubia)

in the art institute of chicago collection

[memories-of-ancients]

Bowl with mice, Nazca, 100-500 AD

from The Princeton University Art Museum

[bronzeageecho]

animal figurine, perhaps a child's toy | c. 1350-1250 BCE | mycenaean

in the acropolis museum collection

[bronzeageecho]

apollo | c. 510-500 BCE | etruscan, temple of menerva at veii (modern-day portonaccio, italy)

"Barefoot, the god advances [toward Hercules] with left arm menacingly outstretched and the other lowered, perhaps because he held a bow."

in the museo nazionale etrusco collection

[bronzeageecho]

tumi (ceremonial knife) | c. 1100 - 1470 CE | peru, chimú culture

Naymlap, the heroic founder-colonizer of the Lambayque Valley on the north coast of Peru, is thought to be the legendary figure represented on the top of this striking gold tumi.

in the art institute of chicago collection

[bronzeageecho]

brawl in the amphitheater | c. 60 - 79 CE | pompeii, in the so-called house of the brawl fresco

in the museo archeologico nazionale di napoli collection, read more about the brawl here

[bronzeageecho]

hades and persephone enthroned | c. 600 - 550 BCE | lokroí epizephúrioi, magna graecia (modern-day locri, italy)

in the museo archeologico nazionale di napoli collection

[bronzeageecho]

carnelian wedjat amulet | c. 2686 - 2125 BCE | egypt, old kingdom

in the art institute of chicago collection