Friday 30 August 2013

Foot Prints

In 1987, paleontologist Jerry MacDonald discovered a wide variety of fossilized tracks from several different species of animals and birds, located in a Permian strata. Among the various fossilized tracks were the clear prints of a human foot. However, the Permian strata has been dated from 290 to 248 million years ago- millions of years before animals, birds, dinosaurs, and yes, man, was supposed to exist.

The remains of the church

The remains of the church in which 247 women and 205 children were trapped and killed by the Nazis. The middle window behind the altar is the one through which the only survivor Marguerite Rouffanche escaped

A FINE DAN MASK, IVORY COAST



Tuesday 27 August 2013

Maitreya Nepal, Kathmandu Valley Early Malla period, late 14th / early 15th century Bronze - John Eskenazi


Seal of Tarkummuwa, King of Mera - ca 1400 BC

Seal of Tarkummuwa, King of Mera - ca 1400 BC The inscription,repeated_ in cuneiform around the rim,gives the seal owner's ,name,the Hitite ruler Tarkummuwa.This famous bilingual incription provided the first clues for deciphering Hitite hieroglyphs. Walter Museum

oldest towns in Syria

Hama belongs to the oldest towns in Syria, which were inhabited without interruption. Year-long excavations on the Tell, located in the midst of the modern town, were conducted by Danish archaeologists in 1930s. They brought forth evidence of a settlement sequence that started at least with the 7th millennium BC. Hama is of wide renown above all as the capital of the Aramaic kingdom Hamath during the first quarter of the 1st millennium BC. town is attested as an importance trade centre

Monday 26 August 2013

Great arch Taq-i Kisra

In the 6th century Ctesiphon was one of the largest city in the world and one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia. Because of its importance, Ctesiphon was a major military objective for the Roman Empire and was captured by Rome, and later the Byzantine Empire, five times. Located in Iraq, the only visible remain today is the great arch Taq-i Kisra

Herod's Temple

Herod's Temple was built on the site of Solomon's Temple after its destruction. It continues with the three part structure and has a Holy of Holies space. However, the Babylonians had taken the Ark of the Covenant after destroying Solomon's Temple. It is said that the Holy of Holies in Herod's temple was empty.

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae, Egypt


The ancient Uratian iron age fortress of Van, Van, Turkey


Tuesday 20 August 2013

Decorated pottery askos Daunian, about 350-325 BC From Canosa, Puglia, Italy


Pendant showing an Iyoba (Queen Mother) with a gong Edo peoples, Benin kingdom

Pendant showing an Iyoba (Queen Mother) with a gong Edo peoples, Benin kingdom, Nigeria, late 17th–early 18th century Ivory Length x width: 17.1 x 10.2 cm (6 3/4 x 4 in.) Robert Owen Lehman Collection Provenance: Early 20th century, brought from the Kingdom of Benin to England. 1961, Colonel Albert Horton, England; February 6, 1961, Colonel Horton sale, Sotheby’s, London, lot 152, sold for £ 880 to K. John Hewett (b. 1919 – d. 1994), London. 2012, promised gift of Robert Owen Lehman to the MFA.

Description: Calf Pendant Material(s): Gold Date of Object: 3rd century BC Origin: Colchian


Monday 19 August 2013

Mahabat Maqbara Mausoleum and Jammi Mosque, Junagadh, Gujarat, India


The Zapotec of Monte Albán

The Zapotec of Monte Albán Their capital city of Monte Albán was built over a period of 2,000 years, starting at about 900 B.C. Though their early art shows Olmec influence, there can be little doubt that the people of Monte Albán were Zapotec. Who during Classic times had the opportunity to develop their civilization, unaffected by the major troubles that disturbed Teotihuacán and the Maya at the close of the Early Classic period.