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~ Plaque with a Saint.

Culture: French (Southwestern France, Conques (?))

Period: Medieval

Date: late 11th–early 12th century (?)

Medium: Cloisonné enamel and gilding on copper.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Corinthian Olpe (Pitcher).

Date: ca. 575 BC.

Place of origin: Greece, Corinth

Medium: Black-figure terracotta.

[theories-of]

John Bradford Andromeda 48 x 60 inches acrylic, oil on canvas 2017

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George Seurat: Sunflowers

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_1450888 Valle Crucis Abbey (6) by archaeologist_d Via Flickr: Valle Crucis Abbey, Wales

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My photo with my handy

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Reconstructed wig of princess Sithathoriunet. It consists of 1,251 individual gold rings of two different sizes. Egypt, 12th dynasty. 1887 to 1813 B.C. [500x400]

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Aryballos

Greek (found near Olympia), 6th - 4th century B.C.

Small oil or perfume flask, glass, 7.2 cm high ( ~ 3 in)

Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum

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Phaistos Disc, Iraklion Museum Crete

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Rare Stonehenge-Like Monument in Scotland Has Single 'Recumbent' Stone

A Neolithic circle of standing stones was recently “discovered” by archaeologists in Scotland. But it turns out, local farmers have known about it for generations.

The ancient monumental structure — thought to be between 3,500 and 4,500 years old — consists of 10 stones, each about 3 feet (1 meter) high, standing in a circle about 25 feet (7.7 m) across.

The stone circle is located in a remote patch of farmland near the village of Alford, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Aberdeen.

The monument is an example of a “recumbent” stone circle, a Neolithic style unique to the northeast of Scotland and the south-west of Ireland. This style has a large “recumbent” stone lying on its side between two upright stones, or “flankers,” in the southwest of the circle. Read more.

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One of the oldest masks in the world.Neolithic,6000 year old.

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Sarcophagus of Queen Hatshepsut

Painted quartzite, recut for her father, Thutmose I

The word “sarcophagus,” from the Greek sarkophagos, “flesh-eater,” refers to a stone coffin that devoured its occupant. (Such a coffin was presumably made of limestone, because of the material’s corrosive action on flesh.) Although the very notion of a container that would devour the body inside it would have horrified the ancient Egyptians, we use the term “sarcophagus” today to refer to coffins of stone as opposed to wood. The Egyptians used a happier name, “lord of life,” because it was meant to protect and preserve the body forever.

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Hatshepsut, ca. 1478-1458 BC. Now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 04.278.1

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A colossal status of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (r. 117 to 138 CE) found in the ruins of a bathhouse at Sagalossos, a Greco-Roman city in south-central Turkey. It is estimated the statue stood between 13 and 16 feet (4 and 5 meters) tall. 

That’s pretty big! It was an announcement of the power of Rome, personified by Rome’s divine emperor.

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~Warrior and Captive.

Place of origin: Mexico, Jalisco

Date: 200 B.C. - A.D. 500

Medium: Slip-painted ceramic, Ameca Gray style.

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Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia

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Mary Magdalene by Antonio Canova 1809

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“Cup and Cover in the form of a Partridge” Nuremberg, 1598-1602 CE [876x1500]