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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I felt a bit soppy at the weekend, and aside from one-and-a-half Lupercalia cards I illustrated three Valentines, including this Eros playing a Flute inspired by a C5th BCE Athenian red-figure lekythos ❤️

https://t.co/3pa5N3FYGZ

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📚 - Propertius.

(1/4) Today we're considering one of the best well known Latin elegists, Propertius!

Propertius lived between c. 50-15BCE and was potentially a friend of the poets Vergil and Gallus. With them, he shared the poetic patron Maecenas.

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14 million subscribers. That’s about the number of humans alive in the year 7001 HE (3000 BCE). So if YouTube had existed 5000 years ago, every single living human would have been subscribed.
Thank you so, so much for your support. This has been a really fun journey so far.

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This we present this incredible work from the Tomb of the Dancers!

Found in a Peucetian tomb in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy, it dates to the 5th - 4th century BCE. Discovered in 1833, the tomb held the remains of a distinguished warrior.

Now held by

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"Mistaking a rope for a snake" is a metaphor dating back to possibly 1st millenia BCE in the Advaita Vedānta school of Hindu Philosophy that says all reality is Brahman. In that case the fear / reaction one feels is real, so that illusionary snake is there when you believe it

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Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom of Egypt (c. 2686–2181 BCE). As one of the main characters of the Osiris she resurrects her slain husband, & is considered a divine mother figure. Her maternal aid was invoked in healing spells for all people.

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Fu Baoshi/Fu Pao-Shih (1904 - 1965)

The Poet Qu Yuan and the Fisherman, 1954 (winter, December)

"Qu Yuan (ca. 340 - 278 BCE) was an important minister to the King from the Southern Chu Dynasty during the Warring States Period."

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A tiny ancient Egyptian model brewery!

Imagine if the other cultures of the same time had made items like this?

Circa 1981–1975 BCE

Making beer!

Img: Pub Dom via Met

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Look at this dude!

Wah was an Egyptian man who died c. 1981–1975BCE. This figure may have been for his spirit. It was wrapped in a tiny linen outfit with normal skirt underneath.

Met Pub Dom

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Well, my protagonist is an "astronomer" of sorts (Neolithic, 5500BCE). She doesn't know what stars are, but she charts them on a wood block. lol

So, I have to keep my stuff accurate. For example, tracking the current polestar in 5489 BCE (it's not polaris lol)

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- Isis-Aphrodite (Greek, Etruscan & Roman)
- Clay icon Goddess figure from Hacilar VI, circa 5400 BCE, Western Turkey
- Green Tara, 13th century, Tibet
- Goddess Idol Yalangash, South Turkmenia, 4000 BCE

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Today in Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia: Hannibal's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic. (218 BCE)

Read more: https://t.co/VQ4o04VFN8

Image: © by The Creative Assembly

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I have so many, but this lady here is the one I've put the most work into with developing a story. I'm slowly writing a book about her!

Based around 30 BCE, from Egypt. Raised in unfortunate circumstances, she's a little spitfire that fights for her freedom. Small, but mighty!

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올멕 남성, 기원전 1200~900년
Olmec man, 1200~900 BCE

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Dancing Peucetian women. Tomb of the dancers, Ruvo di Puglia, Italy. C5th/C4th BCE. Now

Peucetians - people in ancient Apulia (between Bari & Tarentum).


The colours & movement of this painting are so spectacular!

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Aesop (620–564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist who “made use of humble incidents to teach great truths” according to philosopher Apollonius of Tyana. Animals feature prominently in Aesop’s fables. These illustrations: Alice and Martin Provensen, published in 1965.

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apollo playing the lyre c. 510 bce and apollo and the muses (details) by michel dorigny c. 1640

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카르타고 귀족과 무용수들, 기원전 5세기
Carthaginian nobleman and dancers, 5th century BCE

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Last but not least: Shadow from Illusion of Gaia/Time. I love the burning effect on him.
Colors: 809BCE 95B8D1 B8E0D2 D6EADF EAC4D5

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