Archive for the 'Ancient Photo' Category

Sumerian Language

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

This work is a basic representation of ancient Sumerian writing. Depicted are signs from the Sumerian sign corpus. Medium: Acrylic ink and paint on canvas

Symbolic Pictures from ancient times

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

Wandjina petroglyphs from Kimberley, Australia. About 5,000 years old and may represent alien beings.

Eros exhibition: Eros exhibition opens Cyclades Art Museum of Athens

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

A statue known as Feathered Eros. ‘The concept of Eros – love – was very broad in ancient times,’ says the archaeologist Nicholaos Stampolidis, director of the museum. ‘Sexual desire was … a unifying force that encompassed the desire for anyone or indeed anything’ Photograph: Simela Pantzartzi/EPA

Ancient Sumer Woman

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Based on a terracotta relief from Sumer, circa 1950 B.C.

Greek Roman Hellenistic Life size Statues – Museum sculpture Reproductions

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

ATHENIAN GREEK ORATOR GOD BACCHUS DIONYSUS BOY WITH THORN HELLENISTIC HUNTING APOLLO WITH DOG

Pre-Columbian pottery female figure

Monday, July 20th, 2009

A very striking fragment from a pottery figure of a nude curvaceous female. Pre-Columbian, possibly Guerrero, 2nd Millennium BC Size: 9.5 x 6.2 cms Fragment as shown Ex. private collection, Oxford, UK.