What to see and do in the captivating Mediterranean city of Valletta, Malta.
Egyptian wall paintings and relief art Amenhotep III Representation at Karnak Temple Complex, Luxor The extent to which the ancient history of Egypt was recorded by their artists is remarkable. Ancient Egyptian art displays a vivid representation of the Egyptian's lifestyle, spiritual rituals and belief systems. The artists weren't concerned with representing the world with any realism or having a sense of depth in their art. The Egyptian art was primarily concerned, above all, with ensuring the continuity of the universe, the gods, the king and the people.The artists therefore depicted things not as they saw them but as idealized
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Commodities versus conservation – yet again the debate is playing out. This time the site of interest is the ruins of an ancient Turkish castle; where dynamite may shake a unique mother goddess statue and the rest of the remains out of existence.
[EGYPT 29514] 'Outer hypostyle hall of Hathor Temple at Dendera.' The columns in the outer hypostyle hall (or pronaos) of the Hathor Temple at Dendera are crowned by four-sided capitals carved with the face of the cow-eared goddess. The faces symbolize the four cardinal points of the universe and stress the universal character of the sky goddess Hathor, who was also called "Lady with the four Faces". The square structure that is placed on top of the actual face is a sistrum, a ritual musical instrument that produced a rustling sound that was thought to please Hathor. The ceiling of the hall has recently been cleaned of soot and dust and is decorated with a complex set of astronomical figures, constellations, planets and a zodiac. The shafts of the columns bear the image of a pharaoh (recognizable by his blue crown) who can be identified by his cartouches as the Roman emperor Claudius. This part of the Dendera Temple was built during the Roman period (first century AD). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Er zijn weinig dingen zo taboe als het openlijk tonen van je genitaliën. Exhibitionisme is strafbaar en wordt allerwegen afgekeurd. In de huidige pornoficatie van de maatschappij kijken we iets minder op van vertoon van bloot, maar ook dan geldt dit slechts voor jonge, aantrekkelijke mensen. Des te opmerkelijker is het dat er verhalen en
by Jim Sajo, Polcenigo, Italy I told the bored Customs agent that my visit to Ireland would last three days, explaining I was there for the solstice event at Newgrange (taking place a few days before and after the winter solstice). Handing back my passport, she replied blandly, “Oh, is that on again?” About the site About 30 minutes north of Dublin, a fertile valley lies in a meandering loop of the Bóinne River...
Built : 8000 BC - 499 AD Hathor better known to ancient Egyptians as Het-Heru is a warrior Goddess, Divine Mother-type dei...
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Tanit or Tinnit was a chief deity of Ancient Carthage; she derives from a local Berber deity and the consort of Baal Hammon. As Ammon is a local Libyan deity, s...
The Hindu temple of Angkor Wat enshrines nearly 2000 portraits of ancient Khmer women documented here in the Angkor Wat Devata Inventory.
Sheela-na-gigs can be found all over the country, but it's only recently that academics have been brave enough to study them.
Venus ( sometimes lowercase ) Archaeology . a statuette of a female figure, usually carved of ivory and typically having exaggerated breasts...
Venus ( sometimes lowercase ) Archaeology . a statuette of a female figure, usually carved of ivory and typically having exaggerated breasts...
Goddess Awareness Week 2017 was created by Wicca-Spirituality.com to celebrate and advance the return of the Divine Feminine to Earth. For our first event, it's fitting to begin with Ancient Goddesses
The Paleolithic beauty carved in woolly mammoth tusk has similarities to those uncovered in Siberia, but was found thousands of kilometres away. The 5-centimetre-tall prehistoric naked figurine has seen archeologists turn poetic in their descriptions.
