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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

Greeting mortals, i am the Monstersaurus, lord of the underworld, i am the of the he/him kind (male), born in the year 10th century bce in hell (actaul birth 1998) and an artist whom also wants to create a comic series (coming soon)

and with me is lizzy, my critter

that is all

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2021-05-25

100,000 BCE, got some weird lung disease, hard to breathe
Go to the well respected mystic healer of my village
She says she can cure me, puts me to sleep
I wake up and the heaviness on my chest is gone
I look around to thank her, shes gone too
I look down
Mfw she stole my tits https://t.co/RADq8OJ2Ia

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2021-05-25

For painted sarcophagus from ~400 BCE, encaustic on marble.
The border of a lid is decorated with a repeating sequence of myrtle & flower branches. In the pediment scene with the conical funerary monument (tymbos), 2 women on the right, 2 men on the left.

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2021-05-14

【05月05日生まれの人】
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■誕生色：水色
■カラーコード：#BCE2E8
■色言葉：奔放・洞察・主役
■内容：理念を形にできる芸術家
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透き通った水の色。自分を自由に表現して、あるべき姿を形にすることが出来る人。いつも主役を演じる芸術家。
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2021-05-05

This basic technology—foundations & walls in squared stone blocks, wooden framework supporting terracotta rooftiles and decorative elements—continued to be used for temples and other public buildings in Rome for many centuries (~6th-1st c. BCE), adding new tuffs and travertine.

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2021-04-30

On this discover the paintings brought to light on the site of "La Verrerie", in Arles (France), dating to I s. BCE. Amazing Second pompeian style set.
https://t.co/8lDjZC1Zfp

© Julien Boislève, Inrap / MDAA / CD13
© Marie-Pierre Rothé, Alain Genot, MDAA / CD13

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2021-04-23

is the largest city in the Mediterranean which was an important center of Hellenistic civilization and science. It was the capital of Egypt from its founding by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE until ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ fading in 642 CE.

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2021-04-20

Pastel Punk sold to (0xb7af436ed99654fae6c6faa6c627ba598d3a2bce)

Thanks !

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2021-04-01

This we present this 4th century BCE marble grave stone of a dead youth.

Discovered on the island of Rheneia, it depicts a young boy with an adult. These scenes of quiet contemplation were common on Classical Greek stelae.

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2021-03-31

(3/7) Daughter of Perses and Asteria, by the 4th century BCE she had become known as a protector of the 'oikos', or home, and had developed cult followings in both Thessaly and Asia Minor. Her mythos thus developed, and she became known as the mother of and Scylla!

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2021-03-13

Mountains Jews in Caucasus, ca. 1890

The Mountain Jews community became established in Ancient Persia, from the 5th century BCE onwards; their language, called Judeo-Tat, is an ancient Southwest Iranian language which integrates many elements of Ancient Hebrew.

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2021-03-11

more art backlog! this is a sketch of Hermogenes, the hero from Gillian Bradshaw's fab 1rst cent BCE historical thriller, RENDER UNTO CAESAR

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2021-03-07

Aspasia lived in the 5th century BCE and achieved remarkable status as a thinker and intellectual, perhaps even setting up her own academic centre for the exchange of ideas and the instruction of women.

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2021-03-06

in 375 BCE the temple of Juno Lucina was dedicated on the Esquiline Hill. This temple was in use until at least the imperial period.

Prior to the temple's construction, worship took place in a sacred grove on the site.

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2021-03-01

Antiquity/12,000 BCE is likely going to be the most densely packed era represented in this piece. Tuned some of the details and got a few more characters illustrated. Who/what do you think is left to add to this panel? 😉

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2021-02-14