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ancientart: Cycladic three figurines group, marble, from the...
ancientart: Cycladic three figurines group, marble, from the early cycladic II period. Currently located at the Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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ancientart: Chapel for Ramesses I at Abydos - North Wall,...
ancientart: Chapel for Ramesses I at Abydos - North Wall, Ancient Egyptian, Dynasty 19, reign of Sety I (ca. 1291-1279 B.C.E.) Limestone, currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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ancientart: Ancient Roman mosaic of a love scene, from...
ancientart: Ancient Roman mosaic of a love scene, from Centocelle. 1st century CE, currently located at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria.
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positive-press-daily: New York City has acquired the third and...
positive-press-daily: New York City has acquired the third and final section of the High Line, the old elevated railroad structure on the West Side of Manhattan, from CSX Transportation, clearing the...
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unaselvaoscura: A Royal Hand, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten,...
unaselvaoscura: A Royal Hand, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1349–1336 BCE
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collective-history: The bronze “Chimera of Arezzo” is one of...
collective-history: The bronze “Chimera of Arezzo” is one of the best known examples of the art of the Etruscans. It was found in Arezzo, an ancient Etruscan and Roman city in Tuscany, in 1553 CE and...
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rsbenedict: This week’s Sunday Sumerian is kalag, which means...
rsbenedict: This week’s Sunday Sumerian is kalag, which means to be mighty. Lots of languages have verbs that kind of act like adjectives. English only really has one: suck, which means, to be bad, as...
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collective-history: The Two Sides of the Phaistos Disc The...
collective-history: The Two Sides of the Phaistos Disc The Phaistos Disc is a disk of fired clay from the Minoan palace of Phaistos on the Greek island of Crete, possibly dating to the middle or late...
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ancientpeoples: Bronze Votive Figure Etruscan Found near Mount...
ancientpeoples: Bronze Votive Figure Etruscan Found near Mount Vesuvius c.425-400 BC Height: c.28 cm Bronze votive statuette of Vanth, an Etruscan winged demoness holding snakes in either hand. She has...
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ancientart: Bearded Dionysos leading the Horai, Roman artwork...
ancientart: Bearded Dionysos leading the Horai, Roman artwork of the Imperial Era, c. 1st century CE, copy of a neo-attic original work. Currently located at the Louvre, France.
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ArtsBeat: Metropolitan Museum of Art Draws Record Number of Visitors
ArtsBeat: Metropolitan Museum of Art Draws Record Number of Visitors: (Armor inside the Islamic galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.) Nearly 6.3 million people visited the museum in the fiscal...
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ancientart: Tiwanaku is an important Pre-Columbian...
ancientart: Tiwanaku is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in Bolivia. Tiwanaku was the ritual and administrative capital of a major state, one of the most important precursors to the Inca...
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theoddmentemporium: Original Greek statues were brightly...
theoddmentemporium: Original Greek statues were brightly painted, but after thousands of years, those paints have worn away. MORE.
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archaeology: Roman-era Boat Found off Italy Coast ‘Almost...
archaeology: Roman-era Boat Found off Italy Coast ‘Almost Intact’ Divers say they have discovered a ship off the coast of Italy which they believe is about 2,000 years old. The ship, which was found in...
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Ancient Olympics Had "Spectacular" Opening Ceremony, Pagan Partying
Ancient Olympics Had "Spectacular" Opening Ceremony, Pagan Partying: Greek games rife with prostitution, sacrifices, doping—and legendary athleticism.
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egyptologifs: In Ancient Egypt, death marked the beginning of...
egyptologifs: In Ancient Egypt, death marked the beginning of life in the afterworld. The afterlife was central to Egyptian religion, so it is unsurprising that the ruling class usually possessed an...
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openaccessarchaeology: New Open Access article- The 2011 Field...
openaccessarchaeology: New Open Access article- The 2011 Field Season at the Villa San Marco, Stabiae: Preliminary Report on the Excavation http://bit.ly/yNGWxp
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myhistoryblog: Nubian pyramids by kosta.krauth on Flickr.
myhistoryblog: Nubian pyramids by kosta.krauth on Flickr.
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xiphoidprocess: fuckyeahforensics: Porvenir, Fortaleza Valley,...
xiphoidprocess: fuckyeahforensics: Porvenir, Fortaleza Valley, Peru Human remains, some stained white from the blistering sun, others burnt black, are set ablaze to keep looters warm at night. I have...
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Archaeological News: Archaeologists Make Important Discovery at Marcahuamachuco
Archaeological News: Archaeologists Make Important Discovery at Marcahuamachuco: archaeologicalnews: The archaeological research team working at Marcahuamachuco, Peru, has announced what it calls the...
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