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Isis, the goddess of magic and sister wife to Osiris. Originally, the goddess Isis was portrayed as a woman, wearing a headress shaped like a throne.
Horus giving eternal life to the Pharaoh Ramses II. The touching of the mouth with the sign of Ankh, the cross with a loop on top.
Kaliyakrishna
Nilappadi, Nagapattinam Taluk, Thanjavur District. Height 75 Cm. About 14th Century AD.
Kaliyakrishna is firmly putting his left foot over the hood of the cobra while his left hand is holding the tail. Right hand is in abhaya. There are Makarakundalas in the ears and a small ornamental loop on each side of his girdle. Kaliya has a human bust with his hands in anjali posture beneath the cobra hood.
Ramses II, notable for the temples of Abu Simbel and Ramasseum in Luxor. It is amazing that the colours are still there. How beautiful this must have been when it was new. But it was not for the public eye, only for the pharaoh and high priest could visit.
This man doesn't look too cheerful, although the wall depicted behind him show the lovely life in Paradise with fishing, lots of food and flowers... Usually the statues show peaceful faces, but this man must have been a real sour one in real life too...
Protective genii are supernatural beings who watch over humans or buildings and ward off evil spirits. This winged genius, along with one directly opposite, guarded the gates of the city of Khorsabad. It blessed all those who passed by it with water sprinkled from a pine cone.
Blessing winged genius. Bas-relief, Mesopotamian Art, Neo-Assyrian period, circa 721-705 BC (reign of Sargon II). Musee du Louvre, Paris, France
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Please refer to the letter that I wrote to Mr. Robert Pearson.
Hi Bob and list members,
It is a replica of one of Korean national heritage. So nicely crafted I like it very much.
If I remember it right its original version was an archaeological find from Baekje, Korea.
Historically Baekje regime maintained strong ties with China.
This was probably also true in case of its relation with Japan.
I wonder if Baekje for a long time in history served as stepping stone for immigrants who migrated from ancient China to and return from Korea or Chinese migration to Japan by way of Baekje. May be Korean and Japanese historians could get the answer right with much less effort than I do once they looked objectively into the historical record concerned.
For further discussion I have just uploaded a few images to the folder entitled by “Horseman Linking Ancient China and Korean Peninsula”. The titles of images are as followings.
Horseman front view .jpg
Horseman side view. Jpg
Horseman with Gyeongju National Museum. jpg
Horseman with traces of Han dynasty style green glaze still there near its toes. jpg
Horseman with traces of white slips. jpg
Horseman with U shape oil lamp of China origin. jpg
Statue oil lamp trimmed in Han dynasty style. jpg
Please note these artifacts are of China origin unless described otherwise. As you may find that at least two of them were in existence separately both in ancient China and Korean peninsula. The very origin of them all should be China. This is so because China presents far more varieties while the counter part in Korean peninsula could not. Yes, I have more evidence to support my views.
The vessel that the horse carries on top of its hip is depicting an oil lamp.
Just look at the images in the said folder and you would agree why I am so sure about that it is an oil lamp.
I hope some Korean artifacts enthusiasts out there would tell us how Korean archaeologists described that very vessel.
I guess the true story behind what I termed “Horseman Oil Lamps” was lost after the fate of Baekje regime ended after Shilla regime unified ancient Korean peninsula.
But I would try to hypothesize my part of views anyway.
Artifacts are like time capsules. With their help recapture of ancient rituals are possible.
I would visualize that in real life ancient Chinese shaman would perform his role as a guide for the spirit of the deceased. By ridding on horse back and led the funeral parade to the tombs yard he would act as though he is leading the spirit of the deceased simultaneously.
A horse wearing a protective “robe” implies that the deceased might have being killed in the war.
For the deceased non-combatant there would be no need for the horse to wear the protective war robe.
In all cases the artifacts could well be ceremonial oil lamps that went with the dead. And they served two purposes.
One of them was to express the wish for the deceased to keep marching following the spirit guide on horseback until they met and joined respectively with their ancestors, i.e. under ground at the burial sites.
In real life funeral proceedings oil lamps are there to symbolize the way to the grave yard had been lightened.
Likewise, the artifact itself was expected to lighten the way in the after lives of the deceased.
The sharpened posts affixed in front of the horse chests are there to fend off bad spirits both during funeral parade and in their after lives under ground.
What about the plate from which the spirit guide, i.e., horse man, seem to be reading, proudly out loud, maybe?
Well, the plate might bear with imagery scripts pronouncing the marvelous achievement recorded during the military career of the deceased hero.
Both of ancient Baekje Koreans and Chinese shared same religious rituals. Isn’t it fascinating?
How do contemporary Korean archaeologists interpret these artifacts? I wonder.
Thank you for asking. You make me think deeper into it.
Happy New Year of Horse!
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With Isis protecting with her magical wings and Anubis guarding this must guarantee a safe trip to the afterlife...
Ancient, Christian bronze ring, crudely decorated with incised, Christian symbols. Circa first century AD.
Central 'X' which represents Christ in Greek, and other symbols used at the time of persecution of early Christianity, by the Romans, including the well known, fish symbol.
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Christian symbols.
Please refer to the letter that I wrote to Mr. Robert Pearson.
Hi Bob and list members,
It is a replica of one of Korean national heritage. So nicely crafted I like it very much.
If I remember it right its original version was an archaeological find from Baekje, Korea.
Historically Baekje regime maintained strong ties with China.
This was probably also true in case of its relation with Japan.
I wonder if Baekje for a long time in history served as stepping stone for immigrants who migrated from ancient China to and return from Korea or Chinese migration to Japan by way of Baekje. May be Korean and Japanese historians could get the answer right with much less effort than I do once they looked objectively into the historical record concerned.
For further discussion I have just uploaded a few images to the folder entitled by “Horseman Linking Ancient China and Korean Peninsula”. The titles of images are as followings.
Horseman front view .jpg
Horseman side view. Jpg
Horseman with Gyeongju National Museum. jpg
Horseman with traces of Han dynasty style green glaze still there near its toes. jpg
Horseman with traces of white slips. jpg
Horseman with U shape oil lamp of China origin. jpg
Statue oil lamp trimmed in Han dynasty style. jpg
Please note these artifacts are of China origin unless described otherwise. As you may find that at least two of them were in existence separately both in ancient China and Korean peninsula. The very origin of them all should be China. This is so because China presents far more varieties while the counter part in Korean peninsula could not. Yes, I have more evidence to support my views.
The vessel that the horse carries on top of its hip is depicting an oil lamp.
Just look at the images in the said folder and you would agree why I am so sure about that it is an oil lamp.
I hope some Korean artifacts enthusiasts out there would tell us how Korean archaeologists described that very vessel.
I guess the true story behind what I termed “Horseman Oil Lamps” was lost after the fate of Baekje regime ended after Shilla regime unified ancient Korean peninsula.
But I would try to hypothesize my part of views anyway.
Artifacts are like time capsules. With their help recapture of ancient rituals are possible.
I would visualize that in real life ancient Chinese shaman would perform his role as a guide for the spirit of the deceased. By ridding on horse back and led the funeral parade to the tombs yard he would act as though he is leading the spirit of the deceased simultaneously.
A horse wearing a protective “robe” implies that the deceased might have being killed in the war.
For the deceased non-combatant there would be no need for the horse to wear the protective war robe.
In all cases the artifacts could well be ceremonial oil lamps that went with the dead. And they served two purposes.
One of them was to express the wish for the deceased to keep marching following the spirit guide on horseback until they met and joined respectively with their ancestors, i.e. under ground at the burial sites.
In real life funeral proceedings oil lamps are there to symbolize the way to the grave yard had been lightened.
Likewise, the artifact itself was expected to lighten the way in the after lives of the deceased.
The sharpened posts affixed in front of the horse chests are there to fend off bad spirits both during funeral parade and in their after lives under ground.
What about the plate from which the spirit guide, i.e., horse man, seem to be reading, proudly out loud, maybe?
Well, the plate might bear with imagery scripts pronouncing the marvelous achievement recorded during the military career of the deceased hero.
Both of ancient Baekje Koreans and Chinese shared same religious rituals. Isn’t it fascinating?
How do contemporary Korean archaeologists interpret these artifacts? I wonder.
Thank you for asking. You make me think deeper into it.
Happy New Year of Horse!
groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Ancientartifacts/photos/album...
Wonderful large ceremonial hacha from The Valdivian culture, Ecuador. Gorgeous green diorite stone. Highly polished.
These extraordinary large stone axes were symbolic and interred as payment to mother earth.
During the Late Formative period, there developed a great interest and desire for green stones in general. They were exotic in most areas and would have been sought in exchange over long distances as it became widespread use in domestic and mortuary contexts. The dramatic growth in popularity of green stones also occurred at about the same time in Mesoamerica.
Choice condition. Measures 14.5"/36.83cm in height by 9"/22.86cm wide, 16.5"/41.91cm mounted. Weight: 11.5 lbs.
Santa Elena, Ecuador. 4400 - 1450 BC.
A somber triangular structure, half-buried in dense vegetation, holds artifacts and carvings of a vanished civilization.
Ardhanarisvara
Tiruvenkadu, Thanjavur District. Height 101 cm. About 11th Century AD.
As the name indicates, Siva is represented here as half-male and half-female, typifying the male and female energies. The right half represents Siva and the left Parvati. Siva has a jatamakuta with a crescent moon. He has three arms of which the lower arm rests on the back of the bull, his vehicle., and the upper right has an axe. The whole of the right side is adorned with ornaments peculiar to Siva. The right leg is bent and rests on the pedestal. The drapery is shown upto the knee. On the left side the image has a karandamakuta. The drapery is upto the anklets and her leg is slightly bent, resting on the pedestal. This image is referred to in an inscription in the temple at Tiruvenkadu.