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My e-ink take on @StudioTeaBreak #PortraitChallenge Head of a princess from Amarna (possibly a daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti), sculpted in sandstone by an unknown artist around 1350 BCE #reMarkablepaper #thedailysketch
looking like some dramatic vampire here but i like it!
decided to try and paint this pic bce its been awhile since my last painting attempt lmao
Marcus Tullius Cicero, (born 106 BCE, Arpinum, Latium ]—died December 7, 43 BCE, Formiae, Latium, Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer who vainly tried to uphold republican principles in the final civil wars that destroyed the Roman Republic. https://t.co/3idgjNMBTb
Today in 52 BCE Vercingetorix, King of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege & battle of Alesia. Though it would take 2 more years to secure the new province this was effectively the end of the Gallic Wars. Soon Caesar would cross the Rubicon.
Reconstruction of a Celtic grave found at Zürich, from around 200 BCE. The wealthy woman grew up in the local Limmattal valley and was buried age 40 in an oak trunk coffin, wearing clothes made of sheep wool and sheepskin, leather shoes, fibulas and other jewelry. #CelticHeritage
Sketch based on a figure from the #Chupicuaro culture of #Guanajuato of the late formative period (500 BCE - 300 CE) #mesoamerica #sketch #indigenous #mexico
On #WorldHeartDay2021 here's the undisputed father of cardiology, Erasistratus. By performing dissections in his Alexandrian medical school c. 270 BCE he was the first to see that the heart was not the seat of emotions but a pump & to describe all its valves
no longer in the etruscan period (600-500 BCE), but forever in our hearts
📜Aspasia of Miletus was a teacher, writer, and intellectual in Athens (c. 470-410 BCE). She ran a salon in Athens which was either a brothel, meeting place, or both. Many citizens spent time there to discuss topics of the day. She also established a renowned school for girls.
Today in #history: The final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium: Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra. (31 BCE) #OnThisDay
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Does a geo bow even exist yet? 🤔 also vy amused bce like
capricorn = earth sign and “what element in avatar are you?” = earth https://t.co/3UUU5LRG2i
Wonderfully realistic #polychrome terracotta statuette of a woman draped with chiton, himation, veil, fan (31.5 cm tall). Produced and discovered in Tanagra, Boeotia, Greece. 330/300 BCE. Now in Louvre Museum, Paris
#ancientGreece
@LuigiTeruelArt bringing that BCE to #legendofrinkle
Digital / Printed version available only through
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Horatius at the Bridge
My attempt at Roman armor from 509 bce
#rome
Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, the Cyprus dwarf elephant, was the last species of Mediterranean dwarf elephant to go extinct, around 11,000 years BCE #paleoart #sciart #elephants
"Peace, peace!
Dost thou not see my baby at my breast
That sucks the nurse asleep?" (Shakespeare)
Cleopatra VII Philopator committed suicide #OTD 30 BCE in Alexandria.
🖼️ Hans Makert "Der Tod der Kleopatra" (1875)
"The arrow flew with such force that it pierced Bel’s armor, shot through the giant’s chest and stuck into the ground behind him. Bel would no longer menace the people of Hayk" (Moses of Chorene)
Legendary Armenian founding figure Hayk Nahapet slew the giant Bel #OTD 2492 BCE
average height of women for zabol in 3000 BCE looks like it would've been between 5'1 and 5'3 for ur edification
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