I Like History And Stuff

Wren. 26. Main areas of study: Classics, Egypt/Nubia, Ancient Japan. I'm a little all over the place. Married to a software engineer, raising a curious daughter, and regularly bullied by a cat.

[cats-of-cairo]

Guardian in the 18th Dynasty tomb of Panehesy, First servant in the temple of Aten. Northern tombs of Tell el Amarna, ancient Akhetaten. 

[mybeingthere]

Hathor Holding Nefertari’s Hand, Symbolizes the union of the Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.

[stevemccurry-blog]

Italy

[jessebloom]

what never fails to make me cry are ancient toys

[jessebloom]

someone made these for a child so they could have fun. that’s its only purpose.

[silvergrain-in-the-dark]

Sculpture Model identifiable as a king

Amarna period. 18th dynasty.

Neues Museum Berlin

[bronzeageecho]

winged goddess | c. 743-712 BCE | nubian, napatan period, reign of Piankhy

"Amulets like this one were found in the burials of early Napatan royal women. Made of blue-green glazed faience, they depict a nude, winged, lion-headed goddess crowned with a sun disc and uraeus. The wings bend sharply downward, and on each arm is a uraeus crowned with horns and a sun disc. The identity of the goddess is uncertain."

in the boston museum of fine arts collection

[gluten-free-lap-dances]

Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican 10.2024

Canon AE-1 / Kodak Gold 200

[thoodleoo]

classicists will make the ugliest least functional website in the history of html and it will contain the entire library of fragmentary papyri of the works of aeschylus. for free

[no-siema-co-tam]

the best references of bronze age armor and weapons are on a site called salimbeti.com that literally looks like this:

[femalepope]

Professor of Assyriology, Matthew Stolper, standing in front of the Colossal Bull Sculpture from Persepolis.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

A great book spine design.

[libationbearers]

holding ancient objects is the most insane experience. this pot has the fingerprint of an ancient greek person in it? what if i burst into tears?

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Wesekh Broadcollar.

Period: Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty

Date: 2465–2323 B.C.

Place of origin: Egypt, Giza, Tomb G 2422 D, Tomb G 2416 D III, & Tomb G 1102

Medium: Faience

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Mummy Mask of Kay-neferwy.

Place of origin: Egypt

Period: New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty

Date: ca. 1295–1186 B.C.

Medium: Plaster, linen, resin, glass, wood, gold, and pigment.

[aleyma]

Horus falcon inlay, made in Egypt in the 4th century (source).

[waterinthemouth]

aphrodite 2500 bC

[egypt-museum]

Canopic Jars of Isetemkheb D, Chief of the Harem of Amun-Re

Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1077-943 BC.

Now in the Hurghada Museum. JE 26254

[wandering-jana]

The Ancient Roman House of the Birds, named for its mosaic with 33 different bird species.

Italica, Spain

Dec. 2019

[romegreeceart]

La brujula verde: The mosaic of the House of the Birds in Italica (Guillermo Carvajal)