Brief Historical Overview: The Aegean Civilizations ✔ Palaces and Pottery: Minoan Classification Systems ✔ Minoan Art ✔
This is a collection of ancient rock art from around the world. There seems to be a large amount of these drawings in the southwestern area of the United States. The question is… is this an a…
While some 13,000 Etruscan texts exist, most of these are very short. Consequently, much of what we know about the Etruscans comes not from historical evidence, but from their art and the archaeological record.
The world is full of incredible artifacts that have served to shed light on previously unknown aspects of our history. Here are 28 of them below that stand out for their uniqueness, mystery or outlandish histories.
During the Mycenaean period, the Greek mainland enjoyed an era of prosperity centered in such strongholds as Mycenae, Tiryns, Thebes, and Athens.
Ancient Egyptian art refers to the style of painting, sculpture, crafts and architecture developed by the civilization in the lower Nile Valley from 5000 BC to 300 AD.
History is full of war, famine, and plague, but you can't accuse it of being cruel. It's what we made it. So if anything, it's people who are vicious and wicked. The past is just... indifferent. An open book, ready to be explored. Or in this case, a Twitter account.
“A universally accepted chronology for the entire ancient Near East remains to be established. On the basis of the Royal Canon of Ptolemy, a second-century A.D. astronomer, regnal dates can be determined with certainty in Babylonia only as far back as 747 B.C. (the accession of King Nabonassar). Through the use of excavated royal annals and chronicles, together with lists of annually appointed limmu-officials, the chronology of Assyria can be confidently extended back to 911 B.C. (the accession of King Adad-nirari II).”
This type of carving is known as an 'eye idol', and may have been an offering left at a temple. Eye idols were also made in the form of free standing statuettes (example). Wide eyes are believed to...
Many more bronze vessels must have existed in antiquity because they were less expensive than silver and gold, and more have survived because they were buried in tombs or hidden in hoards beneath the ground.
All relics bestowed honor and privileges upon the possessor, and monasteries and cathedrals sought to hold the most prestigious. Some relics were even stolen from one church, only to find a new home in another.
The most important development on Cyprus between about 1200 and 1050 B.C. was the arrival of successive waves of immigrants from the Greek mainland. These newcomers brought with them, and perpetuated, Mycenaean customs of burial, dress, pottery, production, and warfare.
Date: 14th and 15th century. Geography: Made in Tuscany, Italy. Culture: North Italian. Medium: Gilded copper, gilded silver, rock crystal, verre églomisé...
Making a connection to the past through hands-on learning helps a child to remember what he has learned and develop critical thinking skills.
First, I want to thank for such a great and important post! These remarkable statues with over-seized eyes raise some very intriguing questions? Why have no similar eye idols been found in any othe…
Despite all of the ancient painted objects in our museums, it’s rare to see an actual paint set.
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Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a vaulted Mycenaean tomb near Amfissa, central Greece, containing human remains and a hoard of treasures.
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There are thousands of these types of artifacts. Many are unexplained, some are simply misinterpreted, but in almost every circumstance they paint a different picture than what history tells us.
Found in the Golyamata Kosmatka mound, a little over a half a mile south of the town of Shipka, Bulgaria. (map) Seuthes III was a ruler of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace from around 331 BC to 300 BC....
The reliquaries for the jaw and tongue of a remarkable preacher.
This gilded mask, once part of a helmet, was dredged from the Waal River at Nijmegen, Netherlands in 1915. It dates to the second half of the first century AD.
This boundary stone, or kudurru, records a gift of land made by Eanna-shum-iddina, governor of the Sea-Land in Southern Babylonia. The receiver's name is Gula-Eresh. The text ends with a series of curses...
The world is full of incredible artifacts that have served to shed light on previously unknown aspects of our history. Here are 28 of them below that stand out for their uniqueness, mystery or outlandish histories.
Infotainment has to be our favorite way to spend our coffee breaks and commutes. Equal parts informative and entertaining, it’s the kind of internet content that instantly hooks you in and doesn’t want to let go.
“Artume (also called Aritimi, Artames, or Artumes) was an Etruscan goddess who was mistress of animals. She was associated with Greek goddess Artemis in later history. Aritimi was considered founder of Etruscan town Aritie, which is today the Italian town Arezzo. #MythologyMonday”
Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers') was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian...
First, I want to thank for such a great and important post! These remarkable statues with over-seized eyes raise some very intriguing questions? Why have no similar eye idols been found in any othe…
The world is full of incredible artifacts that have served to shed light on previously unknown aspects of our history. Here are 28 of them below that stand out for their uniqueness, mystery or outlandish histories.
The world is full of incredible artifacts that have served to shed light on previously unknown aspects of our history. Here are 28 of them below that stand out for their uniqueness, mystery or outlandish histories.
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