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Emma | Melbourne, Australia | Bitta old stuff, bitta art | Currently studying a Master of Professional Archaeology

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We are not used to seeing the bust of #Nefertiti (1345 BC) from this perspective.

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The Astronomicum Caesareum, from 1540, open to a page showing a rotating paper disk that traces celestial motion.

Credit…Photographed by Vincent Tullo for The New York Times

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Philistines

The Philistines populated the coastal regions of Canaan from the 12th century BCE to their disappearance in 604 BCE. The word “Philistine” derives from the Hebrew ha-Plištim for the combination of several tribes of Syria and Judea with the older name “Syria-Palestina”. The Latin word for the lands of Canaan became “Palestine” after the Bar-Kochba Revolt (132-136 CE) during the reign of the Roman emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138 CE). The term “Philistine” has come to mean someone uneducated and lacking in culture from the stories concerning them in the Jewish Scriptures.

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This depiction of a young man with abundant curly hair combines features of both Egyptian and Greek sculpture of the Hellenistic Period (331-30 BCE). Egyptian elements include the use of the hard, dark stone, the precision with which the eyes have been carved, and the use of contrasting surfaces, with the highly polished face set off by the unpolished curls. The delicate modeling of the cheeks, slightly parted lips, and hairstyle are characteristic of Greek naturalism. The complete statue probably represented the owner striding and wearing a short Egyptian kilt.

2nd century BCE-early 1st century CE (Ptolemaic-Roman)

The Walters Art Museum

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Bronze Roman Dining Jug (2nd Century CE) thrown into a Glasgow River as a Celtic votive offering, The Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland

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This pig statuette was produced in Boeotia, a region of ancient Greece known for its prolific output of terracotta figurines. The pig was a common sacrificial offering, and figurines may have served as votive offerings in place of live sacrifices. Examples of pig-shaped children's toys and sippy cups are also known.

5th century BCE (Archaic)

The Walters Art Museum

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Sestertius of the Roman emperor Hadrian. On the obverse, the laureate bust of Hadrian; on the reverse, the seated personification of Securitas (Security). Artist unknown; minted at Rome, 119-122 CE. Photo credit: Carole Raddato.

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Strasbourg. Strasbourg, France

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Hypostyle Hall at Karnak temple with the obelisk of Hatshepsut in the foreground and that of her successor Thutmose III in the middle.

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Wall Painting of geese (“Meidum Geese”). Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, Reign of Snefru (ca. 2575-2551 BC). Meidum, Mastaba of Nefermaat. Egyptian Museum, Cairo 🇪🇬

#ancientegypt #iregipto #egyptpassion #mbplanet #history #meidum #mastaba #ميدوم #maydum (at Maydum ميدوم) https://www.instagram.com/iregipto_travel/p/CXLBt3xMGt1/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The Painted Garden of the Villa di Livia, Prima Porta, Rome This lush painted garden covered the walls of a semi-subterranean chamber, probably a cool triclinium (dining room) for summer banquets, in the suburban Villa of Livia Drusilla, the wife of  the Emperor Augustus. This Second style fresco, the most ancient example of continuous garden painting (30 - 20 BCE), presents a variety of plants and birds rendered in a naturalistic way.

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“The plant species depicted include: umbrella pine, oak, red fir, quince, pomegranate, myrtle, oleander, date palm, strawberry, laurel, viburnum, holm oak, boxwood, cypress, ivy, acanthus, rose, poppy, chrysanthemum, chamomile, fern, violet, and iris.”

- Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, “Painted Garden, Villa of Livia,” in Smarthistory, December 6, 2015, accessed January 28, 2022, https://smarthistory.org/painted-garden-villa-of-livia/.

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Earrings with cow heads

Greek, 5th century BCE (Late Archaic-Classical)

The Walters Art Museum

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Gold and enamel earrings, Greek, 4th-2nd century BC

from Timeline Auctions

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Gold ring with jasper frog, Egypt, 600-30 BC

from Timeline Auctions

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Bronze statuette of a young girl reading (Roman copy after a Hellenistic original). Now in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris. Photo credit: © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons.

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Detailing from 'The Anglo-Saxon' (2012) by Andy Edwards, The Potteries Museum and Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

📍 Giza pyramids. Egypt 🇪🇬 #MBPlanet #iregipto #egyptpassion #gizapyramids #cheops #khefren #menkaure (at Giza pyramid complex) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZTvol1Lsbh/?utm_medium=tumblr