Archive for the 'Ancient picture' Category

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.

The Khmer Empire in Ancient Thailand

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Icon of Khmer civilization, Angkor Wat in Cambodia endures as a revered religious shrine.

A watery path leads to the West Mebon temple on an artificial island in the West Baray. Only fragments remain of the temple’s former centerpiece, a magnificent 20-foot-long bronze statue of the reclining Hindu god Vishnu.

Achaemenid Dynasty Pasargadae Image

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Number of pictures courtesy of Mr Ali Majdfar

Landscape

ACHAEMENID NAQSH-E ROSTAM

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Number of pictures courtesy of Mr Ali Majdfar

Landscape