London Zoo is hosting an exhibition of sculptires made from everyday waste and recyclable scrap.
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During the 1890s, the Chicago and Alton Rail Road carried two million passengers a year – in style. The “iron horses” that traveled between Illinois and Missouri had the first Pullman sleepers and there was dining on board. This Bill of Fare advertising lunch includes quotes from Shakespeare, Shelly, Swift and Longfellow. Courtesy Private Collection. Gallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing. All printed in USA. Each product is accompanied by a copy of the reverse menu where available.
Say hello to the ancient straw horse sandals, known as umugatsu, of Japan, which appear, at first glance in these antique photos by T. Enemi, to have been the EasyBoots of their day. Or were they? What hoofcare principle is at work here? Is it a horseshoe or something else? Why would anyone choose to place soft straw matting under the weight of a horse?
British history may have been rewritten, following the discovery of a coin stamped with the name of a forgotten Iron Age ruler.
The famous Cerne Abbas Giant gets a new birthday thanks to a novel approach for estimating the geoglyph's age.
Iron razor with bronze handle
In the midst of a creative crisis, the British actor impulsively purchased Kilcoe Castle, a long-abandoned fortress near the water. David Kamp learns how a magical retreat came to be.
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The British actor filled his terra-cotta-colored castle with lavish rugs and eccentric touches. Here are a few of the highlights.
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Saddle blanket, 4th century BC, from one of the frozen tombs of the Altai. Click to enlarge.
Николай Константинович Калмаков (1873-1955) - "Эммануэль в железных доспехах"
5,000 years old and still in fashion
Trousers dating back up to 3,000 years which are believed to be predecessors of modern horse riding trousers found in ancient Chinese tombs
İSKİT SAKA TÜRKLERİ BEREL KURGANI / KAZAKİSTAN Saka-Scythian artifacts from Kazakhstan-Berel Kurgan Of the 24 Berel kurgans investigated so far, Dr. Samashev said in an interview, the two he started with were among the largest. The mounds, about 100 feet in diameter, rise about 10 to 15 feet above the surrounding surface. The pit itself is about 13 feet deep and lined with logs. At the base of Kurgan 11, he said, the arrangement of huge stones let the cold air in but not out. This and other physical aspects of the pits created permafrost, which preserved much of the organic matter in the graves — though looting long ago disturbed permafrost conditions. Still, enough survived of bones, hair, nails and some flesh to tell that some of the bodies had tattoos and had been embalmed. Hair of the buried men had been cut short and covered with wigs. The Kazakh conservator of the artifacts, Altynbekov Krym, said that remains in several kurgans were a challenge. “Everything was jumbled together, getting moldy almost immediately,” he said, and that it “took six years experimenting to create a new methodology to clean and preserve the material.” Dr. Samashev said that his international crew, which is limited by climate to summer work, had excavated at least one kurgan a year. Several were burials of lesser figures. These were usually only a man and one horse. Kurgan 11 had a man who apparently met a violent death in his 30s; a woman who died later; and 13 horses, dressed in formal regalia before they were sacrificed. So many horses, found in a separate section of the pit, affirmed the man’s lofty social status. Their leather saddles with embroidered cloth survived, as well as bridle and other tack decorated with plaques of real and mythical animals — like griffins, which had the body of a tiger or lion with wings and the head of a bird. MORE İNFO The Scythians and Saka's are the Turks THE TURKS ; WHO ARE THEY? link Left: found in Scotland 200 c BC Right: found in Kazakhstan Turks 500 c BC link Knot on horsetail Turkish Culture İSKİTLERDEN TÜRKLERE AT KÜLTÜRÜ VE KIMIZ HORSE CULTURE AND KOUMOS/HORSEMILK FROM SCYTHIANS TO THE TURKS link ATLARDA KUYRUK BAĞLAMA KNOT ON HORSETAILS link ESKİ TÜRK KÜLTÜRÜNDE AT HORSE IN OLD TURKISH CULTURE link Burial with horses is a Turkish Culture / Kurgan-Korugan or in European language Tumulus HUN HÜKÜMDAR KURGANI VE TÜRBESİ - ÇİN link HUN SANATI link GORDION , KIMMERIANS and HORSE BURIALS link ETRUSCAN, CHARİOT AND HORSES in the TOMBS DATA ON HORSE BURIALS ARE MORE SCANTY , BECAUSE THEIR REMAINS WERE NOT ALWAYS COLLECTED. AND SOMETIMES WERE NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE RECORD OF EXCAVATIONS....!!! link A fragment of a horse mask in the form of a mountain goat horns made of wood and covered with leather and gold Turkish Saka Petroglyphs - on the border of Pakistan 3000 yaşında - Tarım Basın'da bulundu Pants are invented by the horse people the Turks the oldest pants on the world is discovered in Tarim Basin Tarih boyunca Türkler ata binen hatta hayatı at üzerinde geçiren insanlardı. Onlar için çalılara, taşlara, soğuğa ve uzun at yolculuklarına dayanıklı giysiler gerekliydi. Türkler de, Araplar ve Çinlilerde olduğu gibi ata entari ile binemezlerdi. Bu nedenle, ata binmede karşılaşabilecekleri sürtünme ve bacaklarda yara açılması gibi tehlikelerden korunmak için kalın pantolon ve çizme giymek zorunda kalmışlardır. Uzun at yolculuklarına çıkacak olan kişiler özellikle deri pantolonlar kullanmışlardır (Ögel, 1991) Türklerin üzerine kaftan giymelerinden dolayı pantolonlar pek çok kaynakta iç giyim olarak ele alınmıştır (Ögel, 1978). M.Ö. 1. yüzyıl başlarında Rusya’da Baykal gölü kıyısında Urga’da ve Noyun Ulu’da Hunlara ait elde edilen buluntularda insan başlıkları ve pantolonlar bulunmuştur. M.S. II. ve IV. yüzyılda ilk Hun Türklerine ait kadın ve erkek mumyalarının üzerinde ipek kumaşlar ve deri pantolonlar bulunmuştur (Ögel, 1978). Kaşgarlı Mahmut tarafından 11. yüzyılda yazılan Divan-ı lügat-it Türk adlı eser 8. yüzyıldan kalma Göktürk yazıtları, eski Uygur duvar resimleri ve Macar II. Rasonyi’nin “Tarihte Türklük” adlı eseri pantolon, çizme, cepken, yelek, kemer, üç etek, ceket ve gömlek gibi giyim eşyalarının ilk kez Türkler tarafından giyildiğini ve Orta Asya’dan dünyaya yayıldığını göstermektedir (Gülensoy, 2001). Şalvar ve pantolon “savaşçı kavimler”de kişilerin ata binmek için geliştirdikleri bir giysi çeşidi olarak “Hunlar” tarafından bulunmuştur (Ögel, 1991). Rahat ata binmek için Bizans, Roma ve Çinliler entari giyerlerken, Türkler “üm” adını verdikleri günümüzde süvarilerin kullandığı, paçaları dar, üstü biraz daha geniş olan pantolonu kullanmışlardır (Zık, 2002). Çin’de atlı birliklerin kurulmaya başlanması ile pantolon giyme zorunluluğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Türklerin komşusu olan Moğollarda pantolon giyilmiştir (Ayhan 2002). Uygurlar da binek tipi şalvar giyerlerdi . At üzerinde uzun bir yolculuğa çıkmak isteyen Kazaklar “şalbar” dedikleri geniş bir seyahat pantolonu giyerlerdi. Kazakların giydikleri pantolonları kaftanların bütün eteklerini içine alacak kadar geniştir. Bu pantolonlar yumuşak deriden yapılmış ve sarıya boyanmıştır. Zengin kesimde bu deri pantolonlar örgülerle dış yüzeyden süslenmiştir. Ziraatçi olan Tarancı Türkleri de ketenden yapılmış ince ve geniş şalvarlar giyerlerdi. Demir çağına ait Türk mezarlarındaki bulgularda daha çok “paçaları dar” pantolonlara rastlanmıştır. Bu pantolonlarda ayrıca “paça bağları” da görülmüştür. Orhun kurganlarından çıkan pantolon örnekleri bilinmektedir. (Ayhan, 2000). Hunlardan sonra Göktürklerde elbisenin altına pantolon giymişlerdir. Pantolonlar kürklerle süslüdür. Türk tarihinde toplumsal yaşam ve özellikle çeşitli dönem giyimleriyle ilgili bilgiye çok az rastlanmaktadır. Orta Asya step ulusu olarak Türklerin Batı dünyasına taşıyıp benimsettikleri pantolon adını alan altlıklar yalnız Türk giyim tarihi açısından değil, dünya giyim tarihi açısından da olağanüstü öneme sahiptir. Giyim tarihi ve kültürü ile ilgili tüm yayınlarda klişe bir ifade şeklinde pantolonun 4. yüzyılda Doğu’dan gelen “Barbarlar” tarafından Avrupa’ya yayıldığı ifadesi yer almaktadır. Topçuoğlu’nun da belirttiği gibi “işlevsel, akılcı ve ergonomik bir giysi olan (at binmek için özellikle) pantolon ya da şalvar giyen kavimlerin “barbar” olarak nitelendirilmesi akılcılığı ilke edinen Avrupa modernleşmesinin çelişkilerinden biridir.! Fatma Ayan Sanat ve Tasarım Fakültesi, Moda Tasarımı Bölümü Öğretim Üyesi AKADEMİK BAKIŞ DERGİSİ ,Sayı: 37 Temmuz – Ağustos 2013 Amazon - vase 470 c BC Amazons are realeted with the Scythian and Cimmerian Turks they were called Oerpata / Oirpata Er=Man - Pata=Killer is Turkish of etymology Parthian Turk Scythian Turks with pants Scythian Turk in pants , Elen boy and Gods The Pazyryk carpet is named for the Siberian valley in which it was found, in 1949, near Russia's borders with Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and China. It is the oldest known knotted carpet, preserved in a Scythe Turks tomb (kurgan) from the 4th -3th century B.C... Horseman's in Pazyryk carpet with trousers. link Pazyryk carpet horseman's with pants Kazakhstan / Turkish Tribe ______!______
Berlinde De Bruyckere’s work is often unsettling.
Three-figure cheek pieces like this one are extremely rare. They are are elegantly designed, well-cast examples of their kind.
The mysterious symbolism of the horse pervades the artwork of the coins of the Iron Age Celtic peoples of Atlantic Europe. From the Thracian Celts of the Balkan region, to the tribes of Britain, Ga…
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Beyond the ‘barbarian’ tag, there was more to the historical scope of these ancient people, particularly the fierce Celtic warriors
The mysterious symbolism of the horse pervades the artwork of the coins of the Iron Age Celtic peoples of Atlantic Europe. From the Thracian Celts of the Balkan region, to the tribes of Britain, Ga…
