Quests Of The Quixotic

04/16/2024

The Cosquer cave is a Palaeolithic decorated cave, located in France, that contains numerous cave drawings dating back as far as 27,000 years BP. The cave has more than 200 parietal figures and is also the only decorated cave whose entrance opens under the sea

04/15/2024

KV11 The Tomb of Ramesses III. in the Valley of the Kings. Luxor, Egypt.

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04/15/2024

Amethyst Scarab Bracelet of Tutankhamun

This masterpiece amethyst scarab bracelet associated with Tutankhamun was found in a beautiful cartouche shaped box with other fine pieces of jewelry. The main element in the design is the light violet amethyst scarab with details, as is common with scarabs of this hard stone, which was considered a precious gemstone in Ancient Egypt.

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04/15/2024

Valley of the Pharaohs on Instagram: “Tutankhamun’s Mummy. King Tut’s mummification was essentially a disaster. The oils used to preserve his body hindered preservation

04/11/2024

The king Tutankhamun is in a garden with Queen Ankhesenamun. The costumes, jewellery and hairstyles of the couple are clearly depicted. The Queen wears a perfumed oil cone in her hair and holds bunches of lotus flowers and mandragora bulbs in her hands. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. 18th dynasty c 1357 1349 BC.

04/11/2024

King Ramses II
Luxor temple

04/11/2024

First European map of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire, made in 1524, and a mural of the city made by Diego Rivera in 1945. The city, which was built on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco, left Hernán Cortes" men in awe and many of them wondered if they were dreaming

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04/10/2024

04/10/2024

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04/10/2024

Painted plaster mummy mask with inlaid glass eyes, Egypt, c. 90-100 A.D.
British Museum. EA26799.

04/09/2024

Egyptian Satirical Drawing (1295-1075 BC), shows a "Cat Serving a Mouse", from Thebes, Upper Egypt.

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04/09/2024

Coffin of Pa-di-tu-Amun
Third Intermediate Period, 22nd-23rd Dynasty, c. 945-889 B.C.

Although the coffin belongs to an Ancient Egyptian man named Pa-Di-Tu-Amun, the coffin lid was originally made for a female priestess, with the titles “mistress of the house, chantress of [Amun]”. The feminine quality of the art is still noticeable.

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04/09/2024

Votive Ram Head of Penta-weret

This splendid votive bust of a ram head with curving horns and stylized mane is placed on an inscribed pedestal. The top of the pedestal is marked by a cavetto cornice and a torus molding. The front has a shallow incised decoration of Amenhotep I in front of an offering stand. He is identified as “Amenhotep of Karoi”, meaning of southern Nubia.

Other inscriptions mention the “Priest of Amun of Karnak with right of access, the scribe of the barn of the temple of Amun, Penta-weret” as the donor of the statue. The offering formula mentions, of course, “Amun-Re, the Ruler of Thebes”, appearing in this statue in his form of a ram.

New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, Ramesside Period, ca. 1189-1070 BC. H 16,1 cm, B 8,3 cm, T 9,3 cm, G 1961 g. Serpentinite, from Karnak. Now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Inv. 1029

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04/09/2024

Assyrian Wall Relief Panel; shows a soldier diving using an inflatable bag made of goat skin. It is oldest record of a diver. It is about 3000 years old.

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04/08/2024

Unique statue Ptah god of Memphis Sculpture relief winged scarab on top, Ancient Egypt Pharaoh.

04/08/2024

Ramesses II

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04/08/2024

A raised highway spanning 16 kilometers in India has been developed to enable the undisturbed passage of wildlife beneath it, ensuring a peaceful route for wild animals.

04/08/2024

The 2nd century CE Roman Barbegal watermill complex, a unique cluster of 16 waterwheels in southern France, was the first known attempt in Europe to set up an industrial-scale complex of machines. The mills had an estimated production capacity of 25 tonnes of flour per day

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04/07/2024

Gold and enamel earring with Hathor and rosette
Meroë (Kush*te Capital), Nubia, c. 90 B.C. –50 A.D.
Boston Museum of Fine Arts. 23.341

04/07/2024

Temple of Khnum "Esna"

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04/07/2024

Nut, Egyptian goddess of the sky in the tomb of Ramses VI.

04/06/2024

Optic illusion of the 16th Century CE; Marble Mosaic Floor of the Florence Cathedral Santa Santa Maria del Fiore, Italy.

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04/06/2024

Satan in the Frozen Lake - Jean Edouard Dargent, 1870.

04/05/2024

A pair of woman's gloves of light brown leather with a suede finish, with deep gauntlets of white satin embroidered with a vase of flowers containing a Tudor rose, trimmed with gold lace and spangles: British, c. 1610 - 1630

04/05/2024

The Bourbon Restoration which lasted from 1815 to 1830 was ruled successively by the two brothers of Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X who attempted with little success to regain the rights and privileges that had been accorded the Nobility before the revolution.
This is a court uniform coat from the Restoration period, it is the coat of a Grand Chamberlain of France. The office of Grand Chamberlain consolidated the positions that had been taken by multiple members of court who attended the King directly. Made of blue woolen cloth it is extensively decorated with expertly executed gold work.
Sold through the firm of Bertrand Malvaux.

04/05/2024

The Golden Man of Issyk
"An unusually rich “Scythian” burial was found in 1970 near Issik, near Alma Ata, Kazakhstan in Central Asia, which also included a silver drinking bowl containing engraved “runic” writing, along with a sword and hundreds of golden decorations that were sewn onto the clothes of the deceased. This was topped by a very tall conical headdress, a type that was similar to those worn by women in Asia on ceremonial occasions. The s*x of the person buried in Issik is not certain but may have been a princess, since among her possessions there were also sewing needles."
- Fred Hamori

04/05/2024

The Mourning Athene was made in
Parian marble around 470-460 BCE. It is currently in Athens at the New Acropolis Museum.

04/05/2024

A 34,000-year-old Aurignacian lunar calendar carved on a bone-tablet, found in Dordogne in France