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It's the Day of Ares / Mars' Day /

The "Ludovisi Ares" made from pentelic marble, a Roman copy of a Greek original from ca. 320 BCE. Some restorations were made in Cararra marble by Gianlorenzo Bernini, 1622.

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2020-02-25

Earrings with ibex head ~ C4th–3rd BCE

These gorgeous wound wire hoops with animal heads were a popular style of Hellenistic earring.

Ibex-head earrings have been found in Egypt, Asia Minor, and Cyprus.

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2020-02-24

An oil lamp from Zhongshan Tombs, Warring States Period (4th century BCE), Eastern Zhou, China with monkeys!

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2020-02-16

I would like this table frame, thank you! Well, maybe not, it would be hard to keep clean. Zhongshan Burial, Warring States Period (475-221 BCE), Eastern Zhou Dynasty China, bronze inlaid with gold and silver. Plus souvenir version...

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2020-02-16

Asuka Ninomiya 42000 BCE

kofi request for geckotime

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2020-02-14

Fynx
••••
Died at 49BCE
30 years [human age]
5000 years [demon age]

Sphynx Demon, Overlord of the east side of Hell,taking care of all the ancient time demons.
Has a soft spot for cat demons. Likes entertainment.
Casino patron.
Single.

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2020-02-10


The Panchatantra or The Five Treatises is a collection of interconnected animal fables for children. It's earliest version in Sanskrit dates to 200 BCE and the stories have seeped into the culture of almost every country in the world.

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2020-02-06

Roman bronze strigil (scraper) ~
C1st BCE – C1st CE

This strigil comes with a spring handle suggesting it is a cut above the standard scrapers.

There is an inscription ‘Agemachos’ which seems most likely to be the owner.

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2020-01-31

District 2 (aka. Team Ancient):

Oh Yeah Woo Yeah! A nordic rock art from the Neolithic. Probably cultuating some entity, or perhaps just vibing.

And this majestic Boar Vessel, Etruscan, 600-500 BCE. A nice artisanate from where's now Italy.

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2020-01-30

It is a copy of a Shang Dynasty (16c BCE-c. 1050 BCE) Jue ritual bronze vessel. It was made in a shape where the wine could be heated over a small fire, but was too heavy to actually be used that way. It is decorated with masks (tao tie) and dragons. Some more Jue...

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2020-01-27

More Western European Venuses because there are way too many.

- 27,000 BCE in Mauern, Germany
- 21,000 BCE in Renancourt, France
- 15,000 BCE in Gönnersdorf, Germany
- 10,000 BCE in Monruz, Switzerland

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2020-01-23

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

Etruscan bronze chariot inlaid with ivory ~ C6th BCE

This chariot depicts episodes from the life of Achilles. In the central scene, Achilles receives a shield and helmet from his mother, Thetis, to replace the armor that Achilles had given his friend Patroklos.

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2020-01-12

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...

https://t.co/v7UdCl5PVt

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2020-01-11

Etruscan bronze handle with dogs and reclining youth ~ C4th BCE

This handle may represent Endymion, beloved by Artemis the goddess of the hunt. Endymion was granted immortality and eternal youth but also perpetual sleep.

The youth here finds himself surrounded by dogs.

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2020-01-11

Ancient Egypt - The Tale of Sinuhe 

The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt (2000 BCE – 1700 BCE) saw the start of more formal writing which included religious scripts, administrative notes, and more in-depth fictional writing
https://t.co/AFSOwucD1g

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2020-01-02

Bronze statue of an aristocratic boy ~ 27 BCE–14 CE, Rhodes., H: 147.3 cm
RT Partial Historians

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2020-01-01

Etruscan (?) bronze Kouros statuette. The youth wears a tebenna, a forerunner of the Roman toga. The statuette was probably dedicated in a sanctuary. Unknown maker, unknown provenance (ex Maurice Tempelsman - Robin Symes, London 1985), circa 490 BCE, 22,5 cm, J. P. Getty Museum.

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2019-12-29

Around 3000 BCE in eastern a Proto-Balto-Slavic started to diverge from

The branch of the began about 2,000 years later when Proto-Slavic deviated from Proto-Balto-Slavic.

[Image: https://t.co/sNMczVNGm1]

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2019-12-26

Bronze statuette of Jupiter Capitolinus ~ C1st–C2nd CE

Jupiter, the Roman god of the sky and thunder held special significance for the Romans in the City.

The temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill was dedicated as early as 509 BCE according to Livy 2.8

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2019-12-18