Sep 10, 2024
Gold and emerald ring, Roman Spain, 1st century AD
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Gold and emerald ring, Roman Spain, 1st century AD
from The National Archaeological Museum, Madrid
Last Moments of Ferdinand IV the Summoned
Artist: José Villada Casado del Alisal (Spanish, 1832-1886)
Date: 1860
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Description
This painting shows the king Ferdinand IV of Castile on his deathbed, where he is confronted by the apparition of the brothers Juan and Pedro de Carvajal, unjustly executed by order of the monarch one month earlier, and said to have summoned him to appear before God for his crime.
Ferdinand IV of Castile (6 December 1285 – 7 September 1312) called the Summoned (el Emplazado), was King of Castile and León from 1295 until his death.
Tabula Contrebiensis: the tabula is especially useful in providing unique mentions of the populations of several Celtic or Celtiberian towns in very-recently-conquered eastern Iberia, an area which Rome had only just subdued.
A bronze plaque which presumably was set up in a public space and which was clearly based upon Roman municipal practice.
She gazes through centuries… limestones eyes heavy with memory, adorned in wheels of silence. The Lady of Elche, Iberia’s eternal guardian, carved between earth and spirit, where myth becomes stone. A face that outlived empires.
In 1963, the Dolmen of Guadalperal—a megalithic monument raised in the city of Cáceres, Spain, around 4,000 to 7,000 years ago—vanished from view.
Nearly 60 years later, local news outlets report, the landmark widely known as “Spanish Stonehenge” has reemerged, freed from submersion in the Valdecañas Reservoir by an unusually severe drought season.
An ancient megalithic complex in Spain comparable to England’s Stonehenge has emerged from receding waters in Spain, but within two weeks it might vanish again, forever, if action is not taken now.
By Ashley Cowie
“An ancient megalithic complex in Spain comparable to England’s Stonehenge has emerged from receding waters in Spain, but within two weeks it might vanish again, forever, if action is not taken now.”
“Receding waters in a reservoir outside Peraleda de la Mata in Cáceres, the Arañuelo Field, Spain, have revealed an ancient Bronze Age stone structure dating to the second and third millennium BC, which was believed to have held a ceremonial function. This vast collection of 144 megalithic standing stones with an oval chamber measuring five meters in diameter with an access corridor of 21 meters in length is known as 'Dolmen de Guadalperal’ and archaeologists know it was once damaged by Roman soldiers two millennia ago.”
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A 13th Century Spanish Quran Manuscript
Islam was the prevalent in Spain from 711 until 1492 Christian Reconquest,
yet few Islamic manuscripts survived.
Qur’ans produced in Spain and North Africa were written on parchment in a style of script known as maghribi
La Dama de Baza Goddess, on winged throne with lion-footed legs. Granada, Spain, 4th century BCE.
She holds a blue dove in her left hand. She was found in the Cerro del Santuario, meaning Hill of the Sanctuary, one of many modern names identifying ancient Iberian sites as holy places. A special channel was built into the grave to allow people to pour libations into the chamber.
(via Enthroned Goddesses and Priestesses)