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Saint Panteleimon is a monastery in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia situated on Plaošnik. It is attributed to Clement of Ohrid, a disciple of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius. Archaeologists have come to believe that the monastery was the site where the first students of the Glagolitic alphabet (used to translate the Bible into Old Church Slavonic) were taught. The monastery is believed to have been built when Saint Clement arrived in Ohrid, at the request of Boris I of Bulgaria and restored an old church. Sources say that Saint Clement was not satisfied with the size of the church and therefore built a new one over it and assigned Saint Panteleimon as its patron saint. Saint Clement used his newly created monastery as a liturgical building and a place for teaching his disciples his variation of the Glagolitic alphabet, known as the Cyrillic script. Clement personally built a crypt inside the monastery in which he was buried after his death in 916, his tomb still exists today. In the 15th century, Ottoman Turks converted the monastery into a mosque but during the beginning of the 16th century allowed ruined churches and monasteries to be restored, therefore, so was Saint Clement's monastery. The monastery was again ruined during the end of the 16th century or the beginning of the 17th century and yet another mosque, called Imaret Mosque, was erected by the Ottomans, this mosque still exists to this day. Many archaeologists believe that Clement himself designed and constructed the monastery. Clement, along with Naum of Preslav would use the monastery as a basis for teaching the Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets to Christianised Slavs thus making it a university. The monastery stands on a hill which is now known as Plaošnik overlooking Lake Ohrid. Clement built his monastery on a restored church and a Roman basilica of five parts (the remains of the basilicas can still be seen outside the monastery). Judging by the architectural style and design of the monastery, researchers say that Saint Clement intended for his building to be a literary school for disciples, thus it is believed to be the first and oldest discontinued university in Europe.
Olympia, a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, the most famous games in history. The Olympic Games were held every four years throughout Classical Antiquity, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. The first Olympic Games were in honor of Zeus.
Julius Caesar, Imperator and Dictator, 49 B.C. - 15 March 44 B.C.
Obverse: elephant walking right trampling on a carnyx (a Celtic war trumpet) ornamented to look like a dragon, CAESAR below
Reverse: pontifical tools, culullus (cup) or simpulum (ladle), aspergillum (sprinkler), securis (sacrificial ax), and apex (priest's hat)
Mint: military mint, traveling with Caesar, 49 B.C.
Maximum Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 3.81 grams
Denomination: Silver Denarius
Minted after his invasion of Italy and crossing of the Rubicon on 10 January 49 BC, this was the first coin type issued in Caesar's name. The elephant was the symbol of the Caesar family. The obverse was long described as an elephant trampling a horned serpent, symbolizing good triumphing over evil. For the Romans, however, the snake was a symbol of healing, not evil. Recent research has shown that the "horned serpent" is actually a Celtic war trumpet called a carnyx. Clearly, Caesar's elephant trampling a carnyx symbolizes Caesar's victory over the Celtic tribes of Gaul. This coin was a reminder of Caesar's military success. The reverse refers to Caesar's office of Pontifex Maximus, the high priest of Rome, a title now held by the Pope.
Marble statue of Athena Parthenos, copy of the colossal chryselephantine statue in the Athenian Parthenon, which was created by the great sculptor Phidias of the 5th century BC. As described by Pausanias, the traveler of the 2nd century AD, the goddess was portrayed with long tunic, spear, a helmet with sphinx and griffins in relief, the aegis, her symbol, on her chest and holding a statue of the winged Victory. A shield lay at her feet carved with a gorgoneion and amazonomachy on the exterior and painted with gigantomachy on the interior. The battle between Lapiths and Centaurs was depicted at the sandals and the birth of Pandora at the pedestal of the statue. It was the leading symbol of the Athenian democracy and a renowned masterpiece in the ancient world. Gortyna, Roman period, 2nd century AD.
The obverse of a very small bronze coin struck in the name of, and portraying, the Roman Emperor Constans, 337- 350 AD, at the mint of Aquilea, in northern Italy.
He is crowned with a laurel and rosette diadem and wears a cloak over his armor (cuirass).
An Ancient Egyptian obelisk gifted to Britain in 1819 by the Viceroy of Egypt Mohammed Ali. Colloquially known as Cleopatra's Needle.
Ancient Messini is one of the most significant ancient cities in terms of its size, structure and state of preservation and still has much to be discovered. Along with the sanctuaries and public buildings it has imposing fortifications, dwellings and burial sites. It has, amongst other things the rare advantage of never having been destroyed or covered by later settlements and sits in an unspoiled inland site in a natural Mediterranean environment. This natural environment combines the mountain grandeur of Delphi and the low riverside serenity of Olympia, the dominating bare limestone mass of Mount Ithome, the ancient acropolis and the low fertile plain spread below the ancient city.
Full mirror brockage - diameter 14,2 mm. Weight: 1.581 gr.
O: DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG, veiled bust right
R: Incuse of obverse
I love the fact that Fern species are so ancient and can be found in fossils all over the world!
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Variant name: Fountain of the Bitter Orange, Sabil al-Naranj
Patron: Qāytbāy (Abu al-Nasr Sayf al-Din al-Ashraf Qāytbāy (the restored)) c.1416/1418-1496, Burji (Circassian) Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (r.1468–1496).
Patron: Qasim Pasha (Güzelce Kasım Paşa), Ottoman governor of the Eyalet of Egypt (wali of Egypt) during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent (r.1520-1566).
This photo was taken by Jill Myers on 10/6/18 1:17:26 pm at Ribble Valley District England
The system used was a Panasonic DC-GX9 shot at 12 mm with a LUMIX G VARIO 12-32/F3.5-5.6 lens, and a shutter speed of ¹⁄₈₀₀ sec using Normal Pattern metering mode, and at ISO 200.
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My first day in Egypt included the short bus ride from my Cairo hotel to Al-Jīzah on the outskirts of the city. Nothing prepares you for that first sighting of the Great Pyramid of Pharaoh Khufu, rising some 147 meters (481 feet) from the Giza Plateau.
People clamber all over the giant stones, each weighing 2.5 tonnes.
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Extrated from a website: The Ancient Serdica archaeological complex, the result of five years’ work and a 15 million leva budget, opened in central Sofia on April 20 2016, offering visitors a glimpse into the Bulgarian capital city’s ancient Roman past.
The complex, largely below street level and covering an area of about 9000 sq m, includes eight streets, an early Christian basilica – believed to have been built in two stages in the fourth to late fifth centuries, and the fifth to late sixth centuries, and the largest and earliest found from ancient Serdica – six large buildings and a late mediaeval church.
Among the excavations is the Felix House, a 650 sq m building of several rooms around an inner courtyard, dating from the fourth to sixth centuries CE, and so called because an inscription found on the mosaic floor of the house has been interpreted as indicating the name of its owner, Felix, an important resident of Serdica. The Felix Mosaic is also on display.
Elsewhere, there is the House of Leontius, of 600 sq m, believed to have built between the fourth and sixth centuries CE. Archaeologists who worked on the project say that the house may have been that of Leontius, archbishop of Serdica in the closing decades of the sixth century.
A major attraction within the complex is the Decumanus Maximus, which would have been the main street in Roman times of the city that later would become Sofia.
Ancient Mexico Gallery, British Museum, London, England, UK. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
Special Egypt Exhibit, Henan Provincial Museum, Zhengzhou, China. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
Ancient Olympos......The exact date of the city's foundation is unknown. A wall and an inscription on a sarcophagus have been dated to the end of the 4th century BC, so Olympus must have been founded at the latest in the Hellenistic period.[1] The city presumably taking its name from nearby Mount Olympos (Turkish: Tahtalı Dağı, Timber Mountain), one of over twenty mountains with the name Olympos in the Classical world. The city was a member of the Lycian League, but it is uncertain when it joined the League. It started minting Lycian League coins from the end of the second century BC, possibly the 130s.[2] At this time Olympos was one of the six largest cities of the League, which possessed three votes each. Around 100 BC Olympos started issuing its own coins separate from the League. At this point the Cilician pirates had taken control of the city, either through conquest or profitable collaboration with the inhabitants. As a consequence the city abandoned the League or was evicted from it.[4] The pirate chief Zenicetes made it his stronghold from where he controlled the rest of his possessions, which included Corycus, Phaselis and many other places in Pamphylia.[5] His rule ended in 78 BC, when the Roman commander Publius Servilius Isauricus, accompanied by the young Julius Caesar, captured Olympos and his other territories after a victory at sea. At his defeat Zenicetes set fire to his own house and perished. At the time of the Roman conquest Olympus was described by Cicero as a rich and highly decorated city. Olympos then became part of the Roman Republic. The emperor Hadrian visited the city after which it took the name of Hadrianopolis for a period, in his honour. Olympos is missing from the Stadiasmus Patarensis and the Stadiasmus Maris Magni. However, both include the already mentioned Corycus, which is described in ancient sources as a port of some significance. There is no evidence that Olympus was a maritime city prior to the 2nd century AD. On this basis Mustafa Adak has argued that Olympos was initially founded on Mount Olympus, which he identifies as Musa Dağı instead of Tahtalı Dağı. In his theory, the Romans destroyed Olympos, after which the population moved to Corycus, and the name of Corycus was changed to Olympos when Hadrian visited the city in 131 AD. In the Middle Ages, Venetians, Genoese and Rhodians built two fortresses along the coast, but by the 15th century Olympos had been abandoned. Today the site attracts tourists, not only for the artifacts that can still be found (though fragmentary and widely scattered), but also for its scenic landscapes supporting wild grapevines, flowering oleander, bay trees, figs and pines.
I am not sure if 'ancient' is the correct term for describing the irrigation system found at this historic mission in San Antonio, Texas. I find the engineering of the system to be incredibly interesting. Which mission is this? Correct, Glenn Stuart! This is located at Mission San Jose.
Four Canopic Jars with human heads, Names of the four sons of Horus are inscribed in black ink.
Painted limestone - Middle Kingdom, Dyn, XII.
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Ancient Greece ft Stefania Mastroianni
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Museum of Cham Sculpture, Da Nang, Central Vietnam. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
Portrait of a man.
Roman, middle of the 3rd century A.D.
The man's surly gaze, high cheek bones, heavy-lidded eyes, aquiline nose, and short hair and beard recall portraits of emperor Philip the Arab, who reigned from 244 to 249 A.D. The hair and beard were craved in shallow relief and then textured with swift strokes of the chisel. The roughly carved support on the back of the neck is a feature often found on Roman portraits from Turkey. Philip the Arab was a successful general and this private portrait may be of a soldier.
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey.