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castelnou: david sculpture by michelangelo buonarroti firenze (italia) September 8, 1504: David was revealed to the world On the day dedicated to the nativity of the Madonna, my David was inaugurated, positioned on the arengario of Palazzo Vecchio.It seemed like a day like any other but when the cloth covering it fell, the square exploded… Continue reading
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memories-of-ancients: Head from the colossal statue of Constantine, Roman, 4th century AD from The Capitoline Museum, Rome Cabeza de la estatua colosal de Constantino, Roma, Siglo IV DC. De los Museos Capitolinos, Roma. Es genial leer y ver que una réplica de la estatua colosal ha sido instalada en los Museos Capitolinos: Su sitio original… Continue reading
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artifacts-archive: Hand Mirror Etruscan, 470-450 BCE Found in women’s graves, bronze mirrors were luxurious personal possessions used in life and then buried with the dead for use in the afterlife. One side was highly polished; the other side was usually engraved with a mythic scene, such as this one, which shows the goddess Eos carrying… 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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egypt-museum: The Beni Hasan boat Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty, c. 1990 BC.Now in the Hull Museums and Galleries. KINCM:1989.6 HERM This Ancient Egyptian model boat is almost 4000 years old! It comes from an 11th Dynasty in the Middle Kingdom shaft tomb at Beni Hasan in central Egypt. The tomb belonged to an official called… Continue reading
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artifacts-archive: Rectangular Cauldron China, Shang dynasty ( about 1600–1046 BC ), 12th/11th century Unlike most bronze vessels whose shapes were derived from prehistoric ceramic forms, this type of rectangular container was invented by Shang bronze artisans. Each side features a pair of profile birds with long, trailing tailfeathers. The black material in sunken areas of… Continue reading
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La Torre Eiffel. La foto en este post es de mi propiedad. Continue reading