Pieces of Our Past: Global History and Antiquities
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
The face of a Mayan Ruler
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The face of a Maya Ahau, from Stela 1 at the city of Bonampak. Rubbing by Merle Green Robertson . . Ahau was a general term for ruler...
Monday, April 13, 2020
'Valuable Artifacts'?
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Those obsessive archeologists that insist on guarding their own access to ancient artifacts and keeping them out of the hands of collector...
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Easter Bunny: Coptic Style
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A Coptic wool fragment , from the 4th -5th century, with a depiction of a beautiful hare. Happy Easter.
Friday, April 10, 2020
A Sexual Harassment Suit From Ancient Mesopotamia
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An extraordinary document. In this 3700 year old legal document from Iraq, a woman called Šāt-Marduk takes an injunction out against a...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Cosmetic Birds
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These glass birds from Ancient Rome contained cosmetics - you snapped off the tail to get to the contents. This type of container ...
Monday, April 6, 2020
Art as Old as we Are
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This tiny Ice Age figurine was discovered in the Vogelherd Cave, near Stetten, in southwest Germany. Sculpted in mammoth ivory c. 35,000 y...
Friday, April 3, 2020
Had China acted sooner, none of us would be in this mess.
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Ming yongle mark porcelain Had China acted sooner, none of us would be in this mess. Steven Ahle ' Study Finds 95% of Worldwide Cas...
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