Dr. Kyriakos N. Papathanassiou, CPA, FRPSL, AIEPさんのイラストまとめ

The four sons of Horus, guardians of the organs of the dead. Qebehsenuef, the falcon-headed god representing the West. Hapi, the baboon-headed god representing the North. Imsety, the human-headed god representing the South. Duamutef, the jackal-headed god representing the East.😎

Today is Plácido Domingo's birthday!👏
Listen to him singing "E lucevan le stelle" ("And the stars shone"), 3rd act aria of Tosca, opera by Giacomo Puccini, 90 years after it premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900.
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Etruscan (?) bronze Kouros statuette. The youth wears a tebenna, a forerunner of the Roman toga. The statuette was probably dedicated in a sanctuary. Unknown maker, unknown provenance (ex Maurice Tempelsman - Robin Symes, London 1985), circa 490 BCE, 22,5 cm, J. P. Getty Museum.

Courage is measured by what we put at risk, including loss of life, loss of freedom, loss of emotional stability, loss of financial stability.

K2 aka Mount Godwin-Austen at 28,251 feet at the Pakistan-China border in the Karakorum Range.
It has never been summited in winter.

The so-called Tutankhamun statue head, symbolizing Amun from the Resandro Collection, finally sold for 4M at Christie's yesterday. But does it really depicts Tutankhamen? I am not so sure..........
The Lord Carnarvon golden statue of Amun (Dynasty 22, Cairo 1917), now at the MET.

Alberto Giacometti in his studio with L'Homme qui marche.
How very Etruscan; As Ombra della Sera, The Evening Shadow (3rd c. BCE), the votive statuette from the ancient Velathri, Italy, influenced by the Greek Hermai stelae.
Non Obliviscar. The Recipient of the Past.