#knidos

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Lamp.

Date: A.D. 1st century

Place of origin: Knidos, Turkey (?)

Culture: Roman

Medium: Terracotta

[eucanthos]

Aphrodite Knidia

Venus of Martres, ca 1st- 2nd c. AD. Parian marble H: 40 cm. Collection Musée Saint-Raymond, Toulouse

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9nus_de_Martres

[golge-gezgin]

Anılar insanı içeriden ısıtan şeylerdir. Ama aynı zamanda sizi parçalayan da bunlardır.

( Haruki Murakami )

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[ Muğla, Datça, Knidos, 31.08.2024 ]

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[romegreeceart]

British Museum

London, July 2022

[malbecmusings]

Knidos Bay, a former Greek city, lies at the entrance to the Gulf of Gökova in modern Turkiye.

[gorkemkeser]

Photographer:Görkem Keser

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[ancientstuff]

Greek and Roman statue heads unearthed in Knidos

Why just the heads? Ritually desacralised? Accident?