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The Saffron Goddess (1600 CE) is a detail from a Minoan fresco depicting a saffron harvest. A mythological griffin, a combination of a lion as the king of the beasts and the head of an eagle, stands guard. Minoan civilization flourished on Crete island, Greece, 3000-1100 BCE

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2020-01-13

Ancient China - The Spring & Autumn Period & The Warring States 

 During the Spring and Autumn Period (772-476 BCE and so called from the Spring and Autumn Annals), the Zhou government became decentralized in their move to the new capital at Luoyang...

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2020-01-11

100 years ago, on Jan of 1920 Prof. James H Breasted, the founder of the Oriental Institute at the , purchases from M. Nahman a bronze figure of Amun, inscribed hm-ntr n-'Imn, Nt-jqrt (Nitocris II, no E10584), the last high priestess in Karnak, 26th Dynasty, c. 525 BCE.

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2020-01-05

Very interesting ring with a relief depicting three Dionysiac figures, including Silenus on the left. Hellenistic, 3rd C BCE.
It's interesting, because the frame of "medallion" is interrupted, then another part of it is added. Such inaccuracy is remarkable for Greek goldsmithery

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2019-12-03

Jade Horse Head
Sculpture
Chinese, 206 BCE-220 CE

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2019-11-17

Antenna swords of the Hallstatt B period (10th c. BCE), found near Lake Neuchâtel

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2019-11-10

Decisive wars in History

The First Punic War was fought between Carthage and Rome between 264 and 241 BCE, largely over control of Sicily. The longest continuous war in history up to that time was fought on the island, at sea, and in north Africa. 

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2019-11-06

I never quite worked out how I felt about the original design. On the one hand it makes more sense than the later classical version. And yet ...

(8th century BCE, in the collection of the Met, NYC)

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2019-10-31

Today in Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. (331 BCE)

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2019-10-01

Commission I recently finished, Egtved Woman - Early Nordic Bronze Age C. 1370 BCE

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2019-09-24

The sculpture (c. 2nd cent BCE/1st cent CE) may be Hellenistic or a later copy. It highlights the grief of Trojan priest, Laocoön, as two killer serpents rise from the sea after he rejects the notion of the Trojan horse as a gift

1.Vatican Museum2.Alessandro Allori 3.Marco Dente

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2019-09-17

The Battle of Salamis (480BCE, colorized)

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2019-09-15

Tassi d’interesse negativi sui conti correnti: pro e contro dopo la mossa della https://t.co/Lg7vTNWEnh

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2019-09-07

"Arranged in roughly chronological order, this varied collection of 23 alternate-history yarns delves into creative what-ifs all the way from the 13th century BCE to 1975 CE ... this is a solid addition to the Tesseracts series of anthologies." -- PW
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2019-07-16

Scarab ring with recumbent lion on a background of eleven tall papyrus plants, Near Eastern, Levantine, Phoenician or Cypriot Archaic Period 6th\5th c BCE
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2019-07-03

Phrygian cap: common anatomical variant in gallbladder, caused by folding of fundus, no clinical significance. Named for caps worn by people of Phrygia (Turkey) 1200-700 BCE. Became a symbol of liberty. Also seen on Smurfs.

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2019-06-30

died in 323bce. The painting from 1644 by Pietro da Cortona shows Alexander defeating Darius III at the battle of Issus which hangs in the Capitoline Museum

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2019-06-10

Astro-Minoan Pirates & The Broken, Burning Sky, 3rd Age of Man, circa 115 BCE

Planet-side pirates watch the carcass of a looted mining ship burn in atmosphere. These Astro-Minoans tended to target prospectors and mining teams thinking the broken moon of Arigus was easy pickings.

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2019-06-06