EditorialIdol of Chillaron. Quartzite. Their faces are etched schematic anthropomorphic representations on one side, the female and male on the other, related to fertility cults and rituals. Chronology, Bronze Age 1, III-II millennium BC. Archaeological Museum ...
EditorialCodex Borgia (around 1600; of Pre-Columbian Mexican origin). The Codex Borgia is the most beautiful of the remaining preserved ancient Mexican hand painted manuscripts. A number of codices have been identified as to having similar traits as the Borgia....
EditorialMasonic meeting room Les Free-Massons (title on object), Freemason's lodge with masters in hand in the middle. To the right stands a group of men in front of a young man and a reading man with a hat on, both sitting on a chair. On the far left a seat o...
EditorialGentile Bellini: The Miracle of the Holy Cross, Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice, albumin paper, black and white positive process, image size: height: 20.00 cm; width: 25.40 cm, VENEZIA - R. Accademia di Belle Arti. Il Miracolo della S. Croce. (Gentile ...
EditorialThe Manse, Cults, Fife: The Artist's Old Home, Sir David Wilkie, 17851841, British, undated, Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Mount: 12 7/8 x 10 13/16 inches (32.7 x 27.5 cm) and Sheet: 4 3/16 x 5 15/16 inches (10.6 x 1...
EditorialErechtheion frieze. Figures from the frieze that was running around the top of the exterior of the main building and its north porch. They are curved in white marble from Paros. They probably represent scenes from myths associated with the cults of the...
EditorialMasonic meeting room Les Free-Massons (title on object), Freemason's lodge with masters in hand in the middle. To the right stands a group of men in front of a young man and a reading man with a hat on, both sitting on a chair. On the far left a seat o...
EditorialSacred animal mummy of crocodile, Late Period?Roman Period, ca B.C.?100 A.D., From Egypt; Possibly from Middle Egypt, Manfalut, Linen, animal remains, H. 2.3 cm (7/8 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); L. 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.), Sacred animals had always figure...
EditorialSacred animal mummy of crocodile, Late Period?Roman Period, ca B.C.?100 A.D., From Egypt; Possibly from Middle Egypt, Manfalut, Linen, animal remains, H. 2.3 cm (7/8 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); L. 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.), Sacred animals had always figure...
EditorialVotive stela of Userhat, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18, ca. 1353?1323 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Mentuhotep II, Egypt Exploration Society excavations, 1905, Limestone, paint, H. 42.5 cm (16 3/4 in); w. 48 cm (18 7/8 ...
EditorialCodex Borgia (around 1600; of Pre-Columbian Mexican origin). The Codex Borgia is the most beautiful of the remaining preserved ancient Mexican hand painted manuscripts. A number of codices have been identified as to having similar traits as the Borgia....
EditorialBronze sistrum (rattle), 1st?3rd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Length: 5 1/4 in., Weight: 1.6oz. (13.3 cm, 45g), Bronzes, The sistrum was used during religious ceremonies to ward off evil spirits with its jingling noise. It was particularly necessary in...
EditorialIdol of Chillaron. Quartzite. Their faces are etched schematic anthropomorphic representations on one side, the female and male on the other, related to fertility cults and rituals. Chronology, Bronze Age 1, III-II millennium BC. Archaeological Museum ...
EditorialErechtheion frieze. Figures from the frieze that was running around the top of the exterior of the main building and its north porch. They are curved in white marble from Paros. They probably represent scenes from myths associated with the cults of the...
EditorialThe Highland Family, 1824, Oil on wood, 24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm), Paintings, Sir David Wilkie (British, Cults, Scotland 1785?1841 off Gibraltar), Wilkie, a genre painter, served as a court artist under George IV and his successors. This painting, com...
EditorialBronze sistrum (rattle), 1st?3rd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Length: 5 1/4 in., Weight: 1.6oz. (13.3 cm, 45g), Bronzes, The sistrum was used during religious ceremonies to ward off evil spirits with its jingling noise. It was particularly necessary in...
EditorialStudies of Two Groups of Turkish Figures, before 1841, Black chalk, pen, brown ink, sheet: 9 7/16 x 15 11/16 in. (24 x 39.9 cm), Drawings, Sir David Wilkie (British, Cults, Scotland 1785?1841 off Gibraltar).
EditorialRecumbent Anubis, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, North Saqqara, Sacred Animal Necropolis, Temple deposit, EES excavations 1966?67, Limestone, originally painted black, h. 38.1 cm (15 in); l. 64 cm (25 3/16 in); ...
EditorialVotive stela of Userhat, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18, ca. 1353?1323 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Mentuhotep II, Egypt Exploration Society excavations, 1905, Limestone, paint, H. 42.5 cm (16 3/4 in); w. 48 cm (18 7/8 ...
EditorialSacred animal mummy of crocodile, Late Period?Roman Period, ca B.C.?100 A.D., From Egypt; Possibly from Middle Egypt, Manfalut, Linen, animal remains, H. 2.3 cm (7/8 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); L. 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.), Sacred animals had always figure...
EditorialIdol of Chillaron. Quartzite. Their faces are etched schematic anthropomorphic representations on one side, the female and male on the other, related to fertility cults and rituals. Chronology, Bronze Age 1, III-II millennium BC. Archaeological Museum ...
EditorialCodex Borgia (around 1600; of Pre-Columbian Mexican origin). The Codex Borgia is the most beautiful of the remaining preserved ancient Mexican hand painted manuscripts. A number of codices have been identified as to having similar traits as the Borgia....