artbymelanie : > Athena for @sketch_dailies
“Now it was night, and throughout the land the weary creatures were catching peaceful sleep… They eased their worries, and their hearts forgot their toils.” - Vergil, Aeneid IV.522, 528 ...
The Little Owl of Laurion
“Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.” - Cicero (via fyp-philosophy )
paintasyoulike : > Altamira Cave Before there was tumblr, there were cave drawings.
Welcome to my History blog! I usually post on a different historical theme each week. Some of my favorites: -Ancient / Classical History & Archaeology -Art History -Urban & Architectural History -Military History -History of Technology -Books! LINKS TO RECENT THEMES American Indians / Pre-ColumbianAnimalsBooksFemale Warriors / Women in UniformGamesHalloween / MacabreJapanModern Art & ArtistsMusic HistoryPaintings & PaintersQuotationsRussia / USSR / UkraineRailroadsSnow / WinterTurkey / Asia MinorUrban History & ArchitectureVintage Cars, etc.World War IWorld War II
allthingseurope : > Pula, Croatia (by Zé Eduardo… > )
mortisia : > Acropolis - Erechtion - KARYATIDES > > Athena the Goddess > > Greece - Athens
“It is strange about pictures, a picture may seem extraordinarily strange to you and after some time not only it does not seem strange but it is impossible to find what there was in it that was...
theotherhistory : > Narmer (Menes) > > 3,000 B.C > > He is the first Pharaoh of Egypt. There were many kings before him, > but he was the first man to unify up...
ancient-egypts-secrets : > Inside the Great Pyramid. Giza Pyramid Plateau – Egypt
“An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.” - Pliny the Elder (via ancienthistorystuff )
spellbound-one : > Ancient Celtic Gold Coin, both sides, 1st Century BC
julius-caesars : > The Philippeion at Olympia.
ancientpeoples : > Openwork scarab of green jasper imitating Mesopotamian drilled art > style > > 7th Century BC > > Assyrian > > (Source: The British Museum > )
rosebiar : > Etruscan Gold Book: This is believed to be the oldest complete > multiple page book found in the world. It is made of six plates of > gold, each 5 x 4...
konkottas : > This is the skull of a girl, found wearing a ceramic flower wreath, > from 300-400 BC Greece.
labirdo : > This was all one sarcophagus, but they dissected it and explained > all of the symbolism. The coffin is depicting how the spirit is to > remain alive thro...
virtual-artifacts : > Comb: ibex with a knee > . > Capra ibex nubiana. Madera . > > New Kingdom, Eighteenth Dynasty ( c . 1550-1425 BC.) . > > © Musée du...
greek-museums : > NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM: > >> Mycenaean swords and hilts: >> >> Fragment of a bronze sword. The hilt and shoulder are decorated in >> ...