The Scythians were a mysterious and fascinating people. They were nomads and left no known writing, yet their elaborate burials and tattoos have given up some of their story. A new exhibition at the British Museum wants to present as much of that information as possible, right down to the detail of a scar running along the cheek of a ferocious-looking Scythian warrior.
The Bronze Age frescoes from Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera (modern-day Santorini) provide some of the most famous images from the ancient Greek world. Sometime between 1650 and 1550 BCE Thera...
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Just a few more photos of our 5th grade Ancient Civilizations work: This painting is of Gilgamesh entering the dark crevice in the mountain comes from Live Ed. My painting is on the left, my 5th …
Head of a woman terracotta mid 3rd c. BCE from Lucera (ancient Luceria), votive deposit on the Belvedere hill. Museo di Archeologia Urbana (MAU) Fiorelli, Lucera (FG), Puglia
Herculeneum is the other city buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Among the wonders preserved there is wooden furniture, charred in place by the pyroclastic flow that buried the town 10 meters (35 feet) deep. What got me interested in this material was that little night stand above. That is a design that has not changed one whit in 2000 years. A cradle. Small table. Stool. Wooden shrine from the House of the Wooden Shrine. Bed frame. Even fairly wealthy Romans mostly used these simple beds, just a rectangular frame with a mattress on top stuffed with feathers or straw.
Lap Harp, Psaltery : The Lap Harp, also known as the psaltery or zither is an ancient instrument built in many forms with many variations in many cultures. It is capable of serenading your most favoured loved one or providing accompaniment to your cherubic children's na…
The Hittites migrated into Anatolia in the 3rd millennium BC and spoke an Indo-European language, a group that includes Greek, Latin, Persian, Sanskrit, English, and most modern European languages.
We have begun our Ancient Mythologies block. It is a fascinating block which follows the history of human consciousness through ancient myths. The history and stories are so rich that it is easy to…
~ Gallienus. Date: A.D. 253-268 Medium: Marble Provenience: Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Emperors (Musei capitolini, Palazzo Nuovo, Sala degli Imperatori)
Just a few more photos of our 5th grade Ancient Civilizations work: This painting is of Gilgamesh entering the dark crevice in the mountain comes from Live Ed. My painting is on the left, my 5th …
Ancient Peruvians were the first in the world to dye fabric blue, beating the Egyptians to it by 1600 years.
Sunburst and I are just now finishing up the study on Ancient Persia. I've notoriously fallen behind on my own schedule. C'est la vie. Le...
Dye News update I did some test dyeing with late summer berries pokeweed berries - brambles and elderberries after fermen...
The process is designed to be more environmentally friendly than traditional dyeing.
Hadra-type hydria decorated with swans, louterion, dolphins, and myrtle boughs. 3rd c. BCE. Benaki Museum - Μουσείο Μπενάκη Athens, Greece
