04/07/2023
Gargoyle on the Salisbury Cathedral. Photographer: Akoliasnikoff via Wikimedia Commons.
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Gargoyle on the Salisbury Cathedral. Photographer: Akoliasnikoff via Wikimedia Commons.
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Mummyβs older than we thought: new find could rewrite history
A new analysis of a Fifth-Dynasty officialβs suggests sophisticated embalming techniques are 1,000 years older than previously believed.
The preserved body of a high-ranking nobleman called Khuwy, discovered in 2019, has been found to be far older than assumed and is, in fact, one of the oldest ever discovered. According to hieroglyphs lining the wall of the tomb, Khuwy appears to have been buried in the Fifth Dynasty period that spanned the early 25th to mid-24th century BCE. It dates from the Old Kingdom and proves it About 4,000 years ago, the technology was very advanced.
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Gods under the snow: The mausoleum of Antiochus I (69β34 B.C.), Mount Nemrut, Adiyaman, Turkey.β£
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Easter Island's monumental stone heads are well-known, but there's more to the story: all along, the sculptures have secretly had torsos, buried beneath the earth. Archaeologists have documented 887 of the massive statues, known as moai, but there may up as many as 1,000 of them on the island.
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A 5,000-year-old Anatolian sword (or rather dagger due to its size) identified in an Armenian monastery in Venice.
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This stunning 2,000-year-old Roman silver dagger was discovered by a teenager. The dagger was so corroded it took nine months of sandblasting and grinding before the sharp, 13-inch-long (35 centimeters) weapon was restored.
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A bronze mirror found in an Etruscan tomb. 465-450 B.C. The Mirror is on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The Etruscans were one of the most powerful civilizations in ancient Italy before the rise of the Romans.
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1,700-year-old depiction of a hydraulic water wheel on a Roman mosaic.
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Silver bust of Roman Emperor Lucius Verus from Marengo dated to 160-169 C.E. Turin, Museum of Antiquities
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Facemask of the never-before unwrapped mummy of Pharaoh Amenhotep I.
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The burial headdress and beaded cloak of Queen Puabi, a Sumerian royal or priestess. Her remarkable, intact tomb was discovered by Leonard Woolley during his excavations at the "Royal Cemetery of Ur".
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Magnificent Roman floor mosaic of the Villa Romana del casale in Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy.
4th Century AD.
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Incredible architecture of the Khajuraho Heritage Monument a group of Hindu and Jain temples in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India. The temples belong to two different religions β Hinduism and Jainism. Jainism β is an ancient religion of self-help and originates from India.
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Schliemann and visitors at the Lion Gate of Mycenae, 1876. One of the greatest civilizations of Greek prehistory was the Mycenaean civilization, famous for its majestic architecture and imposing monuments.
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Chennakeshava Temple in Belur, India. here you see the ceiling and its endless knot.
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Painted limestone statue of Meryre, high priest of Temple of Aten and Neith, and his wife Iniuia discovered in Sakkara. Egyptian priests devoted their lives to the gods and goddesses.
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Chennakeshava Temple In Belur, India. The Hoysala artistry is famous for their skilled artists, noted for their sculptural details.
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Vimana from one side, Airavatesvara Temple, India. Evidence of the engineering marvel of Indian architecture can be clearly seen in the country's temples. Hindu cosmology shapes the templesβ form because "it recreates the universe and every personβs struggle, occurring over multiple lifetimes, to cast aside illusion in order to realize divine truth and oneness with an infinite god."
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Beautiful carvings of the Chennakeshava Temple in Belur, India.
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Garuda facing Chennakeshava temple at Belur, Karnataka, India. Once in the past, Belur was the capital of the Hoysala Empire.
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In this extremely large sculpture (H. 7 ft. 2 in.) the Hindu god Vishnu is attended by his two consorts: to his left, Sarasvati, the goddess of poetry and music; to his right, Lakshmi, the goddess of fortune. The architectural ensemble in which they stand is inhabited by a series of gods, demigods, ascetics, and worshipers.
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Clay tablets from the great library of Ashurbanipal Library, containing originally over 30,000 cuneiform tablets at the exhibition in British Museum, Assyria 7th century B.C.
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The magnifence temple of Dendera dedicated to goddess Hathor in Egypt. The temple was recently restored.
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The oldest known depiction of the 'Trojan Horse' can be found on the so-called 'Mykonos vase', 670 B.C. It is now on display in the Archaeological Museum of Mykonos.
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Carved from a rock cliff face, the Kailasa Temple in India is named in honor of the sacred mountain-dwelling place of the god Shiva.
It is considered one of the most remarkable cave temples in the world.
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The Hoysaleswara Temple in Karnataka, India was carved from soapstone and once had beautiful towers that unfortunately no longer exist. However, this sacred structure still has many beautiful sculptures and intricate smaller and larger reliefs, detailed friezes, which all play an important role, though many of them are damaged.
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Hampi, India, the main gate arch of Achyutaraya temple complex. Hampi, originally called Vijayanagara, (in Sanskrit"The City of Victory") was once the flourishing and beautiful capital of the Vijayanagar Empire.
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Chennakeshava temple in Belur, Karnataka, India. The temple is dedicated to Vishnu and has been an active Hindu temple since its founding in 1117 C.E. It is reverentially described in medieval Hindu texts, and remains an important pilgrimage site. Hindu god Vishnu is the pervader ("one who is everything and inside everything"), protector, and preserver as he is connected to the sacred nature.
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Shore temple, Mahabalipuram, India.
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