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⚘ emily ♈ INFJ ⚘

[lluviagf]

(eartholane)

[thesorceresstemple]

Pictures and descriptions of prehistoric images and effigies of owls from the Upper Paleolithic to the recent past.

[historicalbeauties]

An 8,000-year-old marble figurine of a voluptuous woman was unearthed in 2016 in the Neolithic urban settlement of Çatalhöyük in central Turkey. The figurine is 17 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide and weighs one kilo.

[elixir]

Samurai helmet(Kabuto) adorned with a removable octopus figurine, late 16th century, japan, from the Japanese armory section of the Stibbert Museum in Florence, Italy.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Painted Drum.

Date: A.D. 500–1000

Place of origin: Central Andes, Middle Horizon, North Coast

Medium: Animal hide, gesso, wooden slats, pigment.

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[slam-ancient]

“Phi” Figurine, Greek, 1400–1200 BC, Saint Louis Art Museum: Ancient Art

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/174/

[transparensies]

𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖘𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖋𝖗𝖚𝖎𝖙 𝖎𝖎 • tip jar

[transparensies]

bats • tip jar

[dwellerinthelibrary]

This decorative glass plaque at the Miho Museum depicts the Apis bull. I love these things’ combination of precise detail and liquid wobbliness. From Ptolemaic or Roman Egypt, First Century BCE to First Century CE.

[memories-of-ancients]

Bronze standard with bulls, Hattian (Central Turkey), 2300-2000 BC

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[memories-of-ancients]

Glass flask, Roman, 3rd-4th century AD

from The J. Paul Getty Museum

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Statuette of Anubis facing a kneeling worshiper.

Period: Third Intermediate Period to Late Period, 25th-26th dynasty

Date: ca. 747-525 B.C.

• Translation from the source: May Anubis, give life, health, long life and great and good old age to Wdja-Hor-resnet, son of Ankh-pa-khered, whose mother is Ta-gemiw(t), who is born (made) of the Mistress of the house, Hy-inty for Pen-pa-djew. May Anubis give life to Wdje-hor-resnet, son of Ankh-pa-khered. May Anubis, who is before the place of the divine booth, give life, health, strength, a long life, and a great old age and happiness to the son of Ankh-pa-khered, whose mother is Ta-gemiw(t), who is Mistress of the House, Hy-inty for Pen-pa-djew.

[treasure-of-the-ancients]

Carnelian bead necklace, Egypt, 18th Dynasty (1550 - 1295 BC)

from The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

[memories-of-ancients]

Blue glass pitcher, Etruscan, 700-600 BC

from The J. Paul Getty Museum

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold, shell, and turquoise earrings, Moche culture, 1-800 AD

from The Museo Larco, Peru

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold and turquoise nose ring, Moche culture, Peru, 1 - 800 AD

from The Museo Larco, Peru