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"Peace, peace!
Dost thou not see my baby at my breast
That sucks the nurse asleep?" (Shakespeare)

Cleopatra VII Philopator committed suicide 30 BCE in Alexandria.

🖼️ Hans Makert "Der Tod der Kleopatra" (1875)

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2021-08-12

"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 2492 BCE

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2021-08-11

This is lovely. The pose also reminds me of the figures on this 'fruitstand' from Phaistos on Crete, from c.1700 BCE

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2021-08-09

average height of women for zabol in 3000 BCE looks like it would've been between 5'1 and 5'3 for ur edification
https://t.co/eyu1rFqi5p https://t.co/Kh84NofSQT

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2021-08-06

Doing a jig Libyan style, c. 14,000 BCE.

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2021-08-02

In 323 BCE, Alexander the Great begins to fear... Read Alexander, The Servant & The Water of Life for glass submarines, naked philosophers, Amazonians, and talking prophetic trees. Start reading for free today! https://t.co/YohdIEMN0k

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2021-07-27

Several scholars have traced the debts that Copley owes to previous artworks, in terms of composition, anatomy, and metaphorical import. Watson is pictured with a similar body and posture (though rotated and semi-submerged) to the Borghese Gladiator (from the third century BCE).

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2021-07-20

OH i was thinking of fire emblem earlier bce of these two, the Twins
Andrew and Elizabeth from nohr
andrew is the mu i first beat conquest with (and ingame he's a beast of a unit) and elizabeth is my heroes-only file mu

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2021-07-17

POV it's 700 BCE and Nyx's youngest son has come to claim your soul

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2021-07-06

計算用の西遼河サンプルは夏家店下層文化の二道井子遺跡（2050–1344 cal.BCE）の古人です。
検出された古人は五名、mtはZ3、N、B5b1a、A22、N9a1。
二道井子遺跡はすでに5万平方メートル余りの面積を明らかにして、1万3千平方メートルの発掘面積、城壁、街、庭、墓遺跡710余り、出土文物1500点余り。

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2021-07-02

In Hellenistic times, especially during the 5th century BCE, as Apollo Helios he became identified among Greeks with Helios, the personification of the sun.

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2021-07-01

Hellenistic Kingdoms c. 301 BCE, after the death of Alexander the Great - https://t.co/uAVwjuXXb8

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2021-06-30

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This wall painting from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor dates to c. 50 BCE and depicts a woman holding a shield.

She is likely a seer predicting the birth of a future king, with his image appearing on the shield.

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2021-06-18

The griffin—a mythical creature with the back half of a lion & the front half of an eagle—may have originated in the Levant around the 2nd millennium BCE. Griffins were portrayed guarding treasures hidden in gold mines & using the gold to line their nests.

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2021-06-14

The Sea Peoples are a purported seafaring confederation that attacked ancient Egypt and other regions of the East Mediterranean prior to and during the Late Bronze Age collapse (1200–900 BCE).

this is unrelated i just wanted to draw a hotie again

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2021-06-12

Elam and Assyria Elamite Axe Handle,silver and gold 4000 BCE

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2021-05-30

This Parthian rhyton, or drinking vessel, is our

Produced c. 1st century BCE, it takes the form of a roaring lion leaping from the silver rhyton. It is decorated with a gold mane and inlaid garnet eyes.

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2021-05-30

This Roman cornelian gemstone depicting the goddess Venus and Anchises, the father of Aeneas, is our

Produced c. 25 BCE, this superb engraving is set in a gold and enamel 18th century frame.

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2021-05-28