1 de febrero de 2024
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Yesterday was the anniversary of Antonia Minor’s birthday, the daughter of Marcus Antonius and Octavia. She was born on this day in 36 BC. She never got to know her father as he divorced her mother in 32 BC and committed suicide in 30 BC. Antonia Minor married Drusus (dead in 9BC) afterwards. They fathered… Continue reading
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theantonian: Marble statue of a youthful Hercules Early Imperial, Flavian 69–96 CE Roman copy of a Greek original. Restorations made during the early 17th century: head and neck, right arm below the shoulder, left arm and shoulder, right leg below the knee, left leg, tree trunk, club, plinth. H. 97 3/16 in. (246.9 cm) This… Continue reading
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memories-of-ancients: Japanese cuirass, 18th century from The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum Coraza japonesa, siglo XVIII. Del Museo Ana y Gabriel Barbier-Mueller (Tejas). Continue reading
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Las ruinas de la ciudad de Palmira: Palmyra, un yacimiento arqueológico localizado en la moderna Siria, se situó originariamente cerca de un oasis naturalmente fértil. Se fundó alrededor del 3er milenio antes de Cristo, como un asentamiento llamado Tadmor, y se convirtió en una ciudad puntera de Oriente Próximo y un importante lugar comercial de… Continue reading
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museum-of-artifacts: One of two huge marble lustration (ritual purification) urns that were brought to the Hagia Sophia from Pergamon during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Murad III. They are from the Hellenistic period and were carved from single blocks of marble in the 2nd century BCE. Istanbul, Turkey More: https://thetravelbible.com/museum-of-artifacts/ I’Una de las dos… Continue reading
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Only expert hands can execute with such delicacy and finesse, the construction that we can still contemplate at the Monastery of San Andrés de Arroyo (Palencia), already classified as Spanish Cultural Heritage. Continue reading
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cuties-in-codices: lucifer in the hellmouth miniature from a copy of “die pluemen der tugent” by hans vintler, swabia, c. 1469 source: Gotha, Forschungsbibl. der Universität Erfurt, Cod. Chart. A 594, fol. 124r Lucifer en la puerta del Infierno. Miniatura de una copia del libro “Die Pluemen der Turgent” por Hans Vintler, que puede descargarse y/o… Continue reading
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romegreeceart: Aphrodite and Eros Greek, c. 300 BCE terracotta Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm Stockholm, November 2023 Afrodita y Eros. Griego. Hacia el año 300 adC. Terracota. Medelhavsmuseet (o Museo del Mediterráneo), Estocolmo. Continue reading
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The magnificent gate of the church of Saint Thomas from Haro (La Rioja). A real brilliant Renaissance design and execution attributed to the famous sculptor Felipe Bigarny. Continue reading
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ancientcharm: Carvilio’s ring and its holographic image. Tito Carvilius Gemello’s ring was found in a Flavian-Trajan tomb, known as the “Hypogeum of the Garlands.” The tomb was discovered in 2000 in the Grottaferrata necropolis, near Rome. Two sarcophagi were found there; that of Titus Carvilius Gemello, who died at the age of 18, and that… Continue reading