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ancient art, words, history, memes: mesopotamia, greece, roman, chinese, egyptian, scythian, mayan, ect, that kind of vibe

[egypt-museum]

Herwebenkhet, Chantress of Amun, prostrates herself before the god Geb in the form of a crocodile and drinks from the waters that will unite her with the gods and assure safe passage to the afterlife.

The strongly built shape of the body of the deceased exemplifies a new image for the female figure in this period. It contrasts with the slender images that were in vogue earlier.

Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, c. 1069-945 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. SR 19325 Read more

[thoodleoo]

i could not survive in ancient greece i would be spending all my money on red figure kraters or whatever. my husband would come home like where did all of the funds for influencing votes go and i'd be like honey look this amphora's got achilles and ajax playing dice on it

[thoodleoo]

my wealthy husband: i thought i had some drachmas stashed away over here

the pottery i just bought with my husband's drachmas featuring an owl dressed up like a soldier:

[yummypapyri]

[nervousyouthcupcake]

[prokopetz]

Level 1: There are no surviving records of what this was about.

Level 2: There are some surviving records of what this was about, but they're from centuries after the fact and may be speculative or fabricated.

Level 3: We have writings from a contemporary primary source regarding what this was about, but it's often unclear whether the writer is speaking from first-hand experience, and also they're known to have sometimes just made shit up.

Level 4: We have writings from multiple contemporary primary sources which broadly corroborate each other regarding what this was about, but – and hear me out – what if they're all lying.

[mapsontheweb]

The Appalachian Mountains, Atlas Mountains, Scottish Highlands and Scandinavian Mountains were all once part of the same “Pangea Central Mountain Range” millions of years ago before Earth’s continents split.

[museum-of-artifacts]

Hologram Carvilio's ring. found in Grottaferrata, southeast of Rome. Date: c. 1st century AD. The man died at the age of 18, and the ring with his image was worn by his mother on a daily basis. The object is made of gold and quartz.

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[thesilicontribesman]

Swinside Neolithic Stone Circle, Sunkenkirk, South Lakes.

[yummypapyri]

https://x.com/historydefined/status/1709193710326460572?s=46&t=4a6f2i_4CEH0mmzdYPAtvA

Egyptian or Phoenician glass dog head bead. 6th-4th Century BCE

[tlirsgender]

Saying goodnight when you're online is so funny because every time you'll be posting 15 minutes later like "I'm not an expert on the ottoman empire but"

[jiubilant]

skyrim was named for its prodigious yogurt

[jiubilant]

to elaborate: one of the main dairy foodstuffs produced by norse farmers in the viking era was a reputedly-delicious yogurt called "skyr." if we assume that the "-im" suffix in "skyrim" is analogous to the english "-land," we can (and SHOULD) reasonably conclude that "skyrim" translates to "yogurtland"

[theancientwayoflife]

~ ‘Vandal’ horseman mosaic.

Date: A.D. 450-550

Place of origin: Carthage

Period/Culture: Late Roman; Vandal

Medium: Stone

[ltwilliammowett]

The Lod mosaic, discovered in the city bearing that name in Israel, was laid in a luxurious villa urbana in the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.

It contains inter alia a nautical scene presented as a carpet in the form of a pond. The scene includes sea life and two merchant ships. 

[theancientwayoflife]

~ The Good Shepherd.

Date: A.D. 280-290

Place of origin: Asia Minor,

Period: Late Roman-early Christian

Medium: Marble

[russia-eurasia]

[via-appia]

Mosaic from the baths at Sbeitla, Tunisia.

Late Roman/Early Byzantine, 4th-5th century AD

[barbariankingdom]

Blue glass beads from the Late Bronze Age. Found in 1885 when a farmer ploughed up a cremation urn at Kongehøj in Denmark. Analysis shows they were made in Mesopotamia c. 3,100 years ago. Evidence of long-distance trade connections. 📷: National Museum of Denmark.