Hidden Havens Hunt

04/08/2024

Abu Simbel temple in Aswan Egypt

📸Yann Arthus-Bertrand

04/08/2024

Statue of Snofru-nefer, a court official

Snofru-nefer was the principal singer and the overseer of amusements at the royal court. His statue is a prime example for demonstrating the fundamental principles of the Egyptian sculptor. The upright posture and the positioning of the arms at a straight angle with the shoulders demonstrate the strict adherence to straight angles. The statue is symmetrical except for the advanced left leg.

The meaning behind this depiction is not entirely clear. It is probably connected with the concept of rejuvenation after death. The craftsmanship and artistic value of this piece are extraordinary. Even the smallest details have been depicted. The youthfulness of the subject is expressed by the still somewhat weak outlines of the face and the masterfully crafted youthful body.

Old Kingdom, late 5th Dynasty, ca. 2400 BC. Painted limestone. From Mastaba of Snofru-nefer, Giza. Now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. INV 7506

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04/08/2024

Medieval humor. - Abbey of Sainte Foy, Conques, France, c.1050

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04/07/2024

Egyptian figurine of a woman baking bread in the brooklyn museum. she looks exactly like me while i"m waiting for my food to be done in the microwave. Truly an eternal experience. 2500 years old

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04/07/2024

Eridu, First city in history according to Mesopotamian sources. The Sumerian King List it’s referenced with the mythical rulers before the Universal Flood with incredibly long reigns. Founded c. 5400 BC during the Early Ubaid period.

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04/07/2024

Many pyramids look like mountains until someone take it seriously!

04/06/2024

This vase with a spout called "Nemset"in Ancient Egypt, was used in a variety of purification rituals and for water
libations.

- Silver
- 21st Dynasty, Reign of Psusennes I (about 991-1039 BC)
- Tanis / San el-Hagar

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Egyptian Museum in Cairo
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04/06/2024

04/05/2024

Closeup of a Terracotta soldier"s hairstyle. Qin dynasty, China, 221-206 BCE

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04/04/2024

Ramesses The Great!

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- Egyptian Museum in Cairo
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04/04/2024

Scene of women at a banquet
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1350 B.C.
Tomb of Nebamun, Theban Necropolis.
British Museum. EA37986

04/03/2024

سقارة

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04/03/2024

The 1900-year-old Pantheon which features the world"s largest unreinforced concrete dome. At noon on 21 April (traditional date of birth of Rome), the sun’s ray through the oculus would strike the entrance doorway so that the Emperor entering the building would be bathed in the sunlight

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04/03/2024

Relief from Abydos, temple of Seti I

Chapel of Ra-Horakhty

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04/02/2024

Love and beauty in Luxor Temple 🇪🇬

04/02/2024

Huts built from mammoth bones found in Ukraine (also at locations in Czech Republic and Southern Poland), may be the earliest structures built by humans, and thus the earliest examples of architecture.

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03/28/2024

Mummy of king Tutankhamen in his Tomb at valley of kings, Luxor.

03/28/2024

حتحور

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معبد حتشبسوت
الدير البحري - الاقصر

03/28/2024

One of the 4000-year-old well-preserved wagons unearthed in the Lchashen village in the vicinity of Lake Sevan. Made of oak, they are the oldest known wagons in the world. Now on display at the History Museum of Armenia.

03/28/2024

Green glazed Wedjat-Eye with lounging lion and crocodile, c. 950-525 b.C.
British Museum. EA26586

03/27/2024

Hey Everyone! Look at this Gold and Rock Crystal Bottle from the Galloway Hoard!
In September of 2014 an avid metal detectorist named Derek Mclennan discovered one of the grandest historical finds in Scottish archaeological history. While searching on church lands near Balmaghie, Mclennan uncovered the Galloway Hoard, a viking age treasure hoard consisting of over 100 objects dating to around 900 AD. While the hoard has some gold objects, most are silver including pieces of jewelry, hack silver, and silver ingots.
Among the objects, the most incredible is a rock crystal bottle that is decorated with gold. The bottle was found inside of a silk pouch, the silk coming from either Byzantium or Asia. The crystal jar itself is not from the middle ages but is Roman and dates to the 4th century. Later in the early middle ages the jar was decorated in gold filigree, at the behest of Bishop Hyguald according to an inscription on the gold work. While the identity of "Bishop Hyguald" is unknown, it is thought that he mostly likely came from Northumbria, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England. Northumbria would be conquered and occupied by Danish Vikings in the 9th century, which explains how the bottle became a part of the Galloway Hoard.
Today, the bottle along with the rest of the Galloway Hoard is housed at the National Museum of Scotland