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The oldest objects in the Abegg Collection are from Egypt and the Ancient Near East. They date from the 6th millennium to the 3rd century BCE. Especially striking is the wealth of different forms of the finely crafted vessels and figures made of precious materials used in a cultic or ritual context.
Cat Mummy, organic material, linseed, cardboard, Late Period (664-332 a. de C.) Ptolemaic Period . © Louvre Museum, Dist. RMN-GP / Christian Décamps. MADRID .- A monkey caresses its young while a donkey plays the harp. In the distance, a lion roars....
Vadastra culture Romania 5500-4800 BC
One of the beautiful cultures of ancient times is the Trypillia culture. Our ancestors believed in different gods and sought power and spirituality in various figures and amulets. One of the most famous amulet figures of Trypillia culture is the amulet goddess of fertility. The various patterns on the figure are handmade by the master. Each line and pattern on the figure has its meaning. -On the belly of the amulet the rhombus with dots is a symbol of a sown field. -Spiral lines on the chest symbolize pregnancy. The figure is made of ecologically pure materials. Very strong. The amulet was baked in a muffle kiln at high temperatures. Notice: Each piece is handmade, ensuring unique, minimal differences. Dimensions: - Height 5.51 inches (14 cm.) - Width 2.36 inches (5,5 cm.) - Weight 0.24 lb. (110 gr.) My Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ClayArtUa
Human talent knows no bounds, and this holds true both for the people of the past and those in our current times, especially when it comes to crafting impressive structures. These range from small yet stunning creations like hand-carved coins bearing the faces of past rulers to large-scale structures as vast as the Colosseum's Basement in Rome.
Terracotta vase in the form of a lobster claw from the collection at the Met. Circa 460 BC. Because so many aspects of Greek
Beautiful Lot Of Antique Bronze Ornaments.
A gold staff finial made by the Zenúes, a people who belonged to the Zenú tribe of ancient Colombia. It features an owl on the edge with a majestic crest, polished golden wings and false filigree openwork...
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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 Marduk Prophecy is an Assyrian document dating to between 713-612 BCE found in a building known as The House of the Exorcist adjacent to a temple in the city of Ashur. It relates the travels of...
The Met museum showed off an artist palette from Ancient Egypt, and it even has old six-color pigment in it!
I have long been a fan of ancient art. I love the textures, the forms, the depth of history. I am sharing here a brief visual tour of a few...
Gold Fish PendantThis pendant takes the form of an “upside-down catfish”, a species that regularly swims belly-up and thus resembles a dead fish. Ancient Egyptians perhaps associated this type of...
Dakhleh oasis is in the Western desert of Egypt. The human history in this oasis started during the Pleistocene, when nomadic tribes settled sometimes there, in a time when the Sahara climate was …
