Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Monoliths Are Everywhere
The Propylaea Fountain, in Toledo, Ohio. Thanks to my cousin at Just A Comment for the picture.
Trier
The Porta Nigra, at Trier, Germany. Built c180-200 CE. An incredibly well preserved Roman gatehouse.
The name Porta Nigra, black gate, derives from the layer of soot that formerly covered it.
Chinese Chariot
Archaeologists at Luoyang, China, have found an amazingly well-preserved chariot, complete with horses. It dates to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which ended in 221 BCE. For the article and photo, click HERE
Friday, August 18, 2006
Endymion And Selene
A marble sarcophagus, of the early 3rd century CE, at the Louvre. Found at Saint-Medard d'Eyrons in 1806.
The Crater Of Vix
The Crater of Vix is a 1.64 meter, 1100liter, bronze wine basin of Greek or Etruscan workmanship. It was found in the tomb of a 6th century BCE Celtic princess near Vix. It can be found at the Musee du Chatillonais, at Chatillon-sur-Seine. (Photo Credit)
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Old England
"The Druid's Grove"
"Druidical Temple" at Avebury. Both scenes are from Old England:A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal, and Popular Antiquities, by Charles Knight, 1845. With a list like that, did he leave anything out?
Egyptian Ring
This 19th Dynasty ring bears the cartouches of Ramses II and Nefertari. Carnelian, set in gold. Louvre. (Photo Credit)
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Monday, August 14, 2006
Skeleton Found In Corn Dryer
Archaeologists excavating a Roman farm in Norfolk have found evidence of an ancient murder. A skeleton was found which showed evidence of having been hidden in the oven at least 1,500 years ago. For the article, click HERE.
Amenhotep III and Sobek
A statue from the Temple of Sobek at Dahamsha. 18th dynasty. Louvre. (Photo Credit)
Friday, August 11, 2006
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Egyptian Cofferet
This is from the reign of Neb-hepet-Ra Montuhotep II, of the 11th Dynasty. Montuhotep was the first king of the Middle Kingdom. Louvre. (Photo Credit)
Late Geometric Pottery
A miniature Attic hydria, found at Thebes. c750-700BCE. Louvre.
A jug with birds, from Athens. c750-725BCE. Louvre.
Portrait Of A Celtic Woman
This unusual relief is from a grave marker found in the province of Carinthia, in Austria. (Photo Credit)
A Brace Of Immortals
This 2nd century BCE relief, found at Henchir el-Athermine, in Tunisia, shows four deities. Isis is at left with a sistrum. At the rear stands Serapis. Dionysus carries his thyrsus at the right. In front is the child Harpocrates holding a cornucopia. The relief is at the Louvre.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
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