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In the late Egyptian predynastic period, during the fourth...
In the late Egyptian predynastic period, during the fourth millennium BC, residents of the Lower Nile valley used stone palettes used to grind eye shadow. They were flat, elegantly sculpted, and...
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The family, and especially its central element, the couple,...
The family, and especially its central element, the couple, played a predominant role in ancient Egypt. This statue illustrates the attachment to the family unit that was so important in pharaonic...
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marsiouxpial: birth of the wolves, franz marc, 1913
marsiouxpial: birth of the wolves, franz marc, 1913
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ramesses III tomb relief scene from the book of gates depicting...
ramesses III tomb relief scene from the book of gates depicting enemies tied to a jackal headed pillar
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unrealitycircle: Celtic...
unrealitycircle: Celtic Art www.flickr.com/photos/40826712@N00/4030929641/
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Isis-Sothis-Demeter From Tivoli, Hadrian’s Villa, Palestra...
Isis-Sothis-Demeter From Tivoli, Hadrian’s Villa, Palestra (found circa 1550)Period of Hadrian 131-138 ADWhite marbleHeight120 cm.cat. 22804. Monumental bust of the goddess Isis-Sothis-Demeter,...
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centuriespast: Mother Goddess German 19th...
centuriespast: Mother Goddess German 19th century Prints engraving Indianapolis Museum of Art
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rdenker: Egyptian Blues by Mamluke on Flickr. Polychromed pine...
rdenker: Egyptian Blues by Mamluke on Flickr. Polychromed pine coffin - Cartonnage of Lady Teshot (1085-710 BCE) - Teshot was the daughter of the Treasurer of the Temple of Amon at Thebes
View ArticleSaid the Lady: From Cesare Borgia to Juan Borgia
Said the Lady: From Cesare Borgia to Juan Borgia : “However great my joy and happiness at being promoted cardinal, and they were certainly considerable, my annoyance was greater still when I heard of...
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fuckyeahmyth: Eos, the winged goddess of the dawn, pursues the...
fuckyeahmyth: Eos, the winged goddess of the dawn, pursues the young Athenian hunter Kephalos. Attic Red Figure, ca 440 BC, Johns Hopkins University Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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jahsonic: Last week I leafed through all of part 3 of Spheres...
jahsonic: Last week I leafed through all of part 3 of Spheres of Sloterdijk and spent an hour or so reading bits of the difficult but fascinating book. One word that stuck in my mind was the...
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centuriespast: Diane et Endymion Unknown...
centuriespast: Diane et Endymion Unknown ArtistFrench engraving Creation date 1801-1900 Indianapolis Museum of Art
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Old architecture of Al-Qasr village. Dakhla is the oasis that...
Old architecture of Al-Qasr village. Dakhla is the oasis that lies furthest off the main settlements of Egypt. Unlike many other oases, it is situated above sea level, as high as 122 metres. Still it...
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The Deir el-Hagar dates back to the 1st century CE, and the...
The Deir el-Hagar dates back to the 1st century CE, and the carthouches of the emperors of the period, Nero, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian are found around the walls. The temple itself is among the...
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Dore’s illustration of ‘Saul and the Witch of Endor’ first...
Dore’s illustration of ‘Saul and the Witch of Endor’ first appeared in Le Sainte Bible Traduction nouvelle selon la Vulgate par Mm. J.-J. Bourasse et P. Janvier (Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, 1866)....
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Saul, first King of Israel and Judah, is supposed to have...
Saul, first King of Israel and Judah, is supposed to have consulted ‘the Witch of Endor‘ the night before the Battle of Gilboa (c.1000 BCE), a battle that went disastrously for him (he looses, has to...
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William Blake. The Witch of Endor raising the Ghost of Samuel
William Blake. The Witch of Endor raising the Ghost of Samuel
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Jan Matejko. Alchemist Sendivogius. something about the...
Jan Matejko. Alchemist Sendivogius. something about the expression of the alchemist… The pride of craftsmen… Compare with the xpression on the “self-portrait” busts in some late medieval cathedrals…
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