Glazed bricks depicting a Persian archer, dating back to around 510 BCE, from the city of Susa in the Achaemenid Empire. This glazed brick bas-relief style was perfected in Babylon, and even the Foundation Charter of the Susa palace states that the baked bricks at the palace were the work of the Babylonians. Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Photo by Babylon Chronicle
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Obelisk Tomb and Bab el Siq Triclinium in Petra, Jordan
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In various cities of the Ancient Iberians (Ancient Iberians were the indigenous cultures that lived in the Eastern coast of the Iberian peninsula before they got conquered by the Roman empire), archaeologists have often found skulls perforated by a nail. All of them have been found in the cities located in what nowadays is the Northern half of Catalonia (Ancient Iberian cultures, though related to each other, varied a lot area to area).
These are believed to be the skulls of their enemies, who were captured and beheaded. The enemy’s heads were nailed to the city walls or above the entrance door to houses, together with their weapons. Most of these heads belonged to individuals of the male sex, though some are female and a few belonged to children.
The Ancient Iberian language hasn’t been deciphered and their contemporaries didn’t write much about them, thus many aspects of their culture aren’t known for certain. Archaeologists have the hypothesis that this practice could be related to the way Celts exhibited the heads and hands of their enemies as war trophies, or related to a belief present in the ancient Mediterranean according to which cutting someone’s head off stopped them from reaching immortality. The Gauls even passed down the beheaded heads of their enemies to their children, as a prized possession that brought prestige. It’s a possibility that Northern Iberians were in touch with this practice.
Photos from the Ancient Iberian site Ullastret (Comarques Gironines, Catalonia) posted on National Geographic. Information from Rovirà i Hortalà, 1998 and MAC Ullastret.
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The Tournai Font from Tournai, Belgium dated to the Mid 12th Century on display at Winchester Cathedral in Winchester, England
The font is made from Tournai marble in Belgium and depicts scenes from the Miracles of St Nicholas of Myra on it's four sides. It was thought to have been commissioned by Bishop Henry of Blois in Belgium and shipped out to England in parts to be assembled upon arrival. The font is still used today for baptisms and Winchester Cathedral.
Henry of Blois was the younger brother of Stephen of Blois the king of England from 1135 to 1154. Despite his brother being king he initially supported the Holy Roman Empress Matilda during the Anarchy. However he later changed sides to support his brother and led a successful defence of Winchester from the Empresses forces.
Photographs taken by myself 2023
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"Tegyük fel"
"Tegyük fel, hogy az 5. században élsz és van egy kedvenc csontfésűd 🪮, ami sajnos eltörött... Meg akarod tartani mert kedves a szívednek. Hogyan javítanád meg? 🤔" - tettük fel a kérdést. És ím, itt a válasz, melyet egy röntgen felvétel adott meg számunkra. Akik valamilyen ragasztóra voksoltak, azoknak van egy rossz hírünk.... 🤭
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Cultura: Tarasca
Técnica: Modelado
Provenience unknown, possibly looted
MNA
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Fresco, detail, from Pompeii.
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