#pre roman

[the-soulscorch]

The Long Man Of Willmington

Chalk Hill figure cut into the North face of the South Downs, East Sussex

[arthistorywitches]

Female God symbol, 3000 -1000 BCE.

From pre-Roman Lunigiana, Italy.

(Photo:  Museo delle Statue Stele Lunigianesi via Pinterest)

[coastgods]

Have you ever seen pre-roman iron age pottery so sad? It becomes environmental storytelling when it's compiled with a recorded colder climate 500-1 BCE, palinological analysis showing misgrowth, material signs of exodus in abandoned farmsteads, and little to zero grave gifts. :(

[lama-armonica]

Paleovenetic chain mail - V century a. C. - Verona - Italy