Fable's Fantastical Forge

04/16/2024

Hathor & King Menkaure!

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04/15/2024

King Ramesses III crushing an enemy

New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, ca. 1186-1155 BC.
From Deir el-Medina, Thebes.
Now in the Egyptian Museum of Turin. S. 6279

One of the most typical royal scenes is reproduced on this illustrated ostracon, king Ramesses III in the act of crushing the defeated enemy. The scene was widely used on pylons and external walls of temples.

On this piece the king is shown upright, his head adorned with red crown topped by the two feathers and the ram’s horn; leaning forward, he grasps the tightly bound arms of a kneeling Nubian captive with both hands.

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04/15/2024

Ptah from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes.
Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 60739

This gilded statue depicts Ptah, the divine patron of craftsmen and artists and lord of creation at Memphis. Twenty-eight wooden statues of deities, wrapped in linen, were found in black-painted shrines. Their purpose was to protect the king during his journey in the underworld.

The gilded statue of Ptah wears a robe, richly ornamented with feathers, and a broad necklace. A blue faïence skullcap covers his head, and the eyes and eyebrows are inlaid with faïence and stone. Ptah holds a composite staff made up of a “Was” sceptre, a Djed pillar, and an Ankh sign.

04/15/2024

The ‘melted’ stairs and fascinating reliefs in Temple of Hathor in Dendera, Egypt.
Temple has been modified on same site starting as far back as Middle Kingdom (2030-1650 BC). Existing structure began construction in late Ptolemaic period at time of Ptolemy Auletes, 54 BC.

04/11/2024

Model of a Soul House and Garden
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, c. 1981-1975 BC.
From the Tomb of Meketre (TT280), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 46721

This model shows the facade of a soul house with a portico, or covered entrance, that is supported by two rows of four columns in the form of bound lotus flowers and stems.

The well-preserved colours of these columns range from white and yellow to blue, while the capitals are painted in green and red. In front of the portico, there is a rectangular lake painted blue, surrounded on three sides by sycamore trees with abundant leaves and fruits, which are similar to figs.

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04/11/2024

The gold mask of Tutankhamun on display in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 60672, upper floor.

The mask of Tutankhamun is an example of the highest artistic and technical achievements of the ancient Egyptians in the New Kingdom. The exact portrayal of the king’s facial features achieved here made it possible for his soul to recognize him and return to his mummified body. Thus ensuring his resurrection.

After being buried for over 3,000 years, it was excavated by Howard Carter in 1925 from tomb KV62 in the Valley of the Kings. Covering the head of the wrapped mummy in its coffin and activated by a magical spell, no.151b from the Book of the Dead, the mask ensured more protection for the king’s body.

On his brow is the kingly uraeus: the Wadjet or rearing cobra, representing Lower Egypt, combined with the vulture Nekhbet of Upper Egypt.

The combination of the two is symbolic of his domination of both lands. That is strikingly similar to the Narmer Palette"s message of control of both halves of Egypt.

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04/11/2024

3.300-year-old chariot bridge that is still in use today. The Arkadiko Bridge in Greece was built between 1300 and 1190 BCE, making it one of the oldest still-used arch bridges still in existence. Built on a road that linked Tiryns to Epidaurus, it was part of a larger military road system.

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04/10/2024

There is an 8 mile-long canvas of ice age drawings that can be found in the Amazon rainforest. Painted roughly 12,600 years ago, this impressive work of art depicts mastodons, giant sloths, and other extinct animals.There is an 8-mile-long "canvas" of ice age drawings that can be found in the Amazon rainforest. Painted roughly 12,600 years ago, this impressive work of art depicts mastodons, giant sloths, and other extinct animals. MORE DETAILS IN THE FIRST COMMENT 🔽

04/10/2024

04/10/2024

Worn rock-hewn stairs dating back to the 11th century CE, leading to the Sperlinga Castle in Sicily, Italy

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04/10/2024

Horse"s chamfron excavated at the Roman fort of Vindolanda in Northumberland, England. It was found among the ruins of the praetorium (residence) of Flavius Cerialis, commanding officer of the fort c. AD 100. The bronze fittings of the leather chamfron were removed before it was discarded.

Above is a reconstruction showing how it may have looked when it was worn over 1,900 years ago.

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04/09/2024

Statue of Queen Meritamen

04/09/2024

A fabric womb made by Angélique du Coudray, a French midwife who was commissioned by King Louis XV to reduce infant mortality. From 1760 to 1783, she traveled all over France, visiting poor rural women and sharing her extensive knowledge with them. It is estimated that she trained some 10,000 women.
Du Coudray also invented the first lifesize obstetrical mannequin, for practicing mock births, and published a well-received midwifery textbook

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04/09/2024

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04/09/2024

Fragment of a page of the Smithfield Decretals, a 14th-century copy of canon law decrees compiled for Pope Gregory IX. Located in the British Library.

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04/08/2024

Field Armor of Maximilian I (1480).

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04/08/2024

A Princess from Ancient Egypt!
" Nofret "

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04/08/2024

Faces from ancient Egypt!

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04/07/2024

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Goddess Isis, Canopic Shrine of Tutankhamun.

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04/07/2024

Limestone seated figure of Senebef
Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period, Early (?) 13th Dynasty, c. 1803-1788 B.C.
Abydos. British Museum. EA2307

This seated limestone statuette of “overseer of the ointments” Senebef is believed to date from the Early 13th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt’s Middle Kingdom. The structure of the face and enlarged ears are a distinctive style of the era it is thought to be from.

Senebef wears a shoulder-length wig of plaited hair tucked behind his overly large ears. He stares forth with an ever so slight smile. His deep inset eyes are lined, his nose is thin and his lips also.

Senebef wears a garment wrapped around his torso from under his pectoral, his belly is slightly rounded.

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04/07/2024

Takabuti was a young Theban woman who died in her twenties or early thirties towards the end of Ancient Egypt’s 25th Dynasty, c. 755-656 B.C.

The daughter of a Priest of Amun named Nespara and a woman named Tasenirit, Takabuti is believed to have been a married woman who lived and died in Thebes. She held two known titles, both of which were written upon her coffin in hieroglyphs; “Mistress of a Great House” and “Noblewoman”.

Upon the 185th anniversary of the unwrapping of Takabuti’s mummy, results of a modern study of Takabuti’s remains were published to the public. These tests of which Takabuti’s remains underwent included x-rays, C.T. scanning, hair analysis and radio carbon dating. The varied tests and their results revealed fascinating insight into Takabuti’s physical health which also revealed peculiar oddities about her too. All the while, they finally certified how Takabuti had come to her death.

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04/06/2024

Minoan Vase (1450 BC), Carved from Rock Crystal, from Zakros in south-eastern Crete, Greece. Zakros (Kato Zakros) was 4h largest Minoan settlement after Knossos, Phaistos and Malia.

This small luxury rhyton of rock crystal. Neck, produced from another core, is attached to body by a ring of crystal beads and gilded ivory discs. The raised handle consists of spherical crystal beads threaded onto a bronze wire. This vessel was probably used to pour liquids in religious rituals

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04/06/2024

The ‘Na’layn’ — Blessed sandals of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) ♥️💐

صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیہِ وَآلہ وَسَلّم ♡
مجھے عشق ہے سیدیﷺ سے.❤📿

04/05/2024

Mentuemhat in his robes as a priest of Amun and carrying the wand used to consecrate food offerings to the god. Raised relief in the style of his time, but showing some influence of Middle Kingdom work.

Mentuemhat’s power over Thebes likely is what inspired him to portray himself as a king in his statuary, like he was king of Egypt—and in the case of Upper Egypt, he de facto was.

Montuemhat’s father Nesptah passed on the position of Mayor of Thebes to his nephew Remmakheru and later to Mentuemhat himself. He served during the reigns of Taharqa and Psamtik I, which cover parts of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt and 26th Dynasty of Egypt.

Relief of Mentuemhat as Priest with Staff and Scepter
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664-525 BC.
Tomb of Mentuemhat (TT34), El-Assasif, Thebes.
Cleveland Museum of Art. 1949.492

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04/04/2024

Ring with figure of seated cat. Period/Date: c.18th Dynasty, ca. 1390 BC.
Egypt

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04/04/2024

Admiral Nelson"s Cocked Hat, c. 1801

04/04/2024

Mughal Emerald Wine Cup (1620 CE) :

The Magnificent Emerald, Gold and Enamel Wine Cup; belonged to Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627 CE), from Northern (Mughal) India. This emerald originally mined in Colombia, and it was sold in India, where emeralds were much desired by Emperors of Mughal Empire (1526-1857 CE).
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04/04/2024

Statue of Metri

Metri is known to have had many important religious and political positions, including Administrator of the Nome and Priest of Maat.

Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, ca. 2345-2181 BC.
Wood, from Saqqara necropolis.
Now in the Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm. MM 11410

04/04/2024

♌️ Leo
- Astrological Ceiling of Dendera Temple!

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