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I have probably been to La Bajada to take photos 8 times and have managed to miss this one every time. I have always thought it looked lik an abstract frog. I don't ususlly care for the abstract design but this one is an exception.
Parthian. Silver tetradrachm of Phraates IV. Obverse with a bearded portrait, reverse with a seated archer with a bow, surrounded by inscriptions. 38 - 2 BC (1 ¼")
If you click to see the enlarged version of the photo you can see several climbers at various places along the route up to the top.
Desert road trip across Eastern Oregon, Nevada (via HWY 50), and Southern Utah
One of the most important korai, masterpiece of 500 B.C. in which the expression begins to be introverted and the smile is preserved only at the corner of the lips, imparting an enigmatic air to the face. Photo taken in 1985 from the old museum of Acropolis. Now is displayed at the new museum
Budapest, 100-130 AD.
He was a member of the Guild of Builders and the Guild of Textile Dealers. He was from Nemausus.
C (aio) Secconio / Paterno / dom (o) Nemes / ann (orum) LXX / coll (egium) fabr (um) / et centon (ariorum) / posuit
Aquincum Museum.
The Jamacoaque civilization mastered the art of metallurgy and had a thorough knowledge of alloy production, notably a well-developed alloy of copper and arsenic. They were also well-versed in the process of gold plating.
The method employed for casting metal was placing it in a ceramic crucible and heating it using wood charcoal as fuel. Air was blown into the kiln with a bamboo tube until the temperature reached 1100ºC, sufficient to melt gold or copper. These items are unique and seldom exhibited. They are made of solid copper and are very heavy. They have an excellent green patina on all three. The largest shows evidence of original gold plating. Manabi region, Ecuador. 500 BC – 500AD. Condition is Choice.
The sizes are 25mm wide, 22mm tall, 20mm thick, 68.8g; 22mm wide, 21mm tall, 15mm thick, 33.5g; and 18mm wide, 15mm tall, 8mm thick, 10g. galeriacontici.net/precolumbian-art/south-america/page/5/
Heracles wrestling with Nereus, the triton. An altar with a Greek myth.
Taken at the Glyptoteket in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Marble head of a youth, Roman, probably Claudian period, ca. A.D. 41-54 & Marble statue of the Diadoumenos, Roman, Imperial Period, 1st-2nd century A.D.; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
I'm pretty sure that's a male, twin-tailed Scylla. Taken at the National Archeological Museum, Florence.
Circular shaped silver mirror, with high relief designs of tree branches with fruits, birds, and four animals. 1300 AD (10")
Mural fragment of a sea lion (hippocampus) and dolphins. Stucco. Roman, 1-2st century.Taken at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
The Kanheri Caves (Sanskrit: कान्हेरीगुहाः Kānherī-guhāḥ) constitute a group of rock-cut monuments that are located to the north of Borivali on the western outskirts of Mumbai, the capital city of Indian State of Maharashtra. Located within the forests of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The Kanheri Caves demonstrate the Buddhist influence on the art and culture of India. Kanheri comes from the Sanskrit Krishnagiri, which means black mountain. They were chiseled out of a massive basaltic rockThese caves date from the first century BCE to the 10th century CE. One hundred and nine caves have been carved from the basalt.
Carnelian stamp seal: A horned bull with wings and two starbursts. Hole for wearability. Sassanian. 600 AD (¾")
The Mandapeshwar caves perhaps have the most tumultuous history of all the Mumbai caves, or so it would seem from the scars the walls still bear. A Hindu temple, it was targeted by the Portuguese, who asserted their religious beliefs over it by literally building a monastery and a church dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception on top of the cave temple. Fr. Porto founded the monastery and church in 1544.The Mandapeshwar caves were hewn out of a hillock about 1,600 years ago. At one time, the Dahisar river ran in front of it, but over time the course of the river changed and the caves now face a main road.In the 18th century the church was desecrated after the Battle of Bassein in which the Marathas defeated the Portuguese. They uncovered and worshipped the rock-cut sculptures again, but towards the end of the 18th century the British defeated the Marathas and the caves once again functioned as a place of Christian worship. After the end of colonial rule the church fell into disrepair and the caves gradually reverted to the worship of Siva. The church, including its roof, has been destroyed, but older local residents recall playing among the aisles and the nave of the church when they were children.A three-foot-high symbol of the cross, hewn out of a stone panel that once depicted mythical Hindu figures, stands at the entrance. It is the only remaining proof of Mandapeshwar’s historical past.
Carved white limestone scarab, the Egyptian symbol of resurrection, the bottom with Egyptian symbols and swirling designs. Hole for wearability. 18th Dynasty. 1570-1342 BC (½")
26 BC, Arles Archaeology Museum.
Dedicated by the Senate to Augustus.
SENATVS
POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS
IMP(eratori) CAESARI DIVI F(ilio) AVGVSTO
CO(n)S(uli) VIII DEDIT CLVPEVM
VIRTVTIS CLEMENTIAE
IVSTITIAE PIETATIS ERGA
DEOS PATRIAMQVE
Grand Palais.
Nizamuddin East (New Delhi), Uttar Pradesh, India