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    Djed Pillar. Fragment of an Antropoid Inner Coffin

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    Djed Pillar. Fragment of an Antropoid Inner Coffin. Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM ..

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    Categories: 1000 BCE - 1 CE Egypt Illustration
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    The Caduceus

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    The caduceus as a symbol represents Hermes or the Roman Mercury. It is a short […]

    Tags: blazing apex serpent swirl winged
    Categories: 3000 - 2000 BCE Aegean Illustration Mesopotamia Sculpture
    10 years ago
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    Chemical Purification through Sunlight and Moonlight

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    Chemical purification through sunlight and moonlight, 1606. From Claudio de Dominico Celentano di Valle ..

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    Categories: 1 CE to Present Historical Italia
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    Art Deco door

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    Madison Belmont Building – Art Deco door by Edgar Brandt. decopix.com

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    Categories: Architecture Modern
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    “Ex Libris Maria” by Albín Brunovský

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    “Ex Libris Maria”. etching by Albín Brunovský. 1985. galileogst.tumblr.com

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    Categories: Germania Illustration Modern
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    Airavata, the mythological white elephant who carries the Hindu god Indra

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    Indra’s multi-trunked elephant from Hindu mythology, at Juna Mahal, Dungarpur. Photo credit: Meena ..

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    Categories: 1 CE to Present Illustration India
    10 years ago
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    “Thor in Hymir’s boat battling the Midgard Serpent” by Johann Heinrich Füssli

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    “Thor in Hymir’s boat battling the Midgard Serpent” by Henry Fuseli. 1788. Oil on Canvas, ..

    Tags: mythical creatures norse sea creatures serpent
    Categories: Germania Modern Painting
    10 years ago
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    “Prométhée” by Jean Delville

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    “Prométhée” by Jean Delville. 1907. oil on canvas, 500 × 250 cm. Brussels: Université ..

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    Categories: Majesty at The End Modern Painting
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    “The Wild Hunt” by Yoann-Lossel

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    “The Wild Hunt” by Yoann-Lossel. Oil and Gold leaf on canvas, 73 × 54 cm […]

    Tags: horns norse pointed weapons rays sacred mount wrath
    Categories: Majesty at The End Modern Painting
    10 years ago
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    “Aphrodite” by Gustave Moreau

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    “Aphrodite” by Gustave Moreau. 1871. Watercolor with white gouache, 24.4 × 14.7 cm. Fogg ..

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    Categories: Modern Painting
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    “She Who Watches” (“Tsagaglalal”) Native American petroglyph near Horsethief Lake

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    “She Who Watches” (“Tsagaglalal”) Native American pictograph overlooking the Columbia ..

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    Categories: 1 CE to Present Pacific Northwest US Petroglyph
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    Swedish kurbits folk pattern

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    Swedish kurbits folk pattern. Winter Carl Hansson’s painting from 1797 in the Zorn Museum in […]

    Tags: Tree of Life
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Illustration Scandinavia
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on “Jupiter et Sémélé” by Gustave Moreau

    “Jupiter et Sémélé” by Gustave Moreau

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    “Jupiter et Sémélé” by Gustave Moreau. 1894-95, oil on canvas, 213 cm × 118 cm. Public Domain. ..

    Tags: greek pointed weapons rays winged
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Painting
    10 years ago
    2844 Views
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  • Comments Off on Cylinder seal, Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian
    Cylinder seal

    Cylinder seal, Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian

    Written by Hermes

    Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian. 883–612 B.C. Museum of Fine Arts Boston. The Assyrian ..

    Tags: Mesopotamian near eastern Seal Tree of Life
    Categories: 1000 BCE - 1 CE Mesopotamia
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Ninurta slays Anzu

    Ninurta slays Anzu

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    Relief of a god killing a fiery cyclops. Terracotta relief from Khafaje. Isin-Larsa period, 1800 […]

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    Categories: 2000 - 1000 BCE Mesopotamia Sculpture
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Cylinder seal Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Sumerian, Jemdet Nasr, 3100–2900 B.C.

    Cylinder seal Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Sumerian, Jemdet Nasr, 3100–2900 B.C.

    Written by Hermes

    Cylinder seal Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Sumerian, Jemdet Nasr, 3100–2900 B.C.E. Museum of Fine Arts ..

    Tags: geometric Mesopotamian near eastern Seal
    Categories: 3000 - 2000 BCE Mesopotamia Sculpture
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Coiled snake. Ange Vergèce “De animalium proprietate”
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    Coiled snake. Ange Vergèce “De animalium proprietate”

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    Coiled snake. Manuscript by Ange Vergèce (1505–1569) of De animalium proprietate by the Byzantine ..

    Tags: bestiary dragon griffin manuscript medieval mythical creatures serpent
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Gaul Illustration
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Naga Kanya, Indian goddess, half woman half serpent.

    Naga Kanya, Indian goddess, half woman half serpent.

    Written by Hermes

    Brass Sculpture 17.0″ × 12″ × 13.5″ 10 kg From its source: This brass-statue represents […]

    Tags: dragon feathers hindu India multiplicity mythology serpent
    Categories: India Modern Sculpture
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Kālī, the Hindu goddess of empowerment or shakti

    Kālī, the Hindu goddess of empowerment or shakti

    Written by Hermes

    Kali has multiple arms, carries single and multi pointed weapons, has dishevelled hair, sometimes fangs, ..

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    Categories: India Modern Sculpture
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Hippocamp and other sea monsters, from a medieval Bestiary.

    Hippocamp and other sea monsters, from a medieval Bestiary.

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    Hippocamp and other sea monsters, from flickr.com

    Tags: bestiary medieval mythical creatures sea creatures
    Categories: 1 CE to Present British Isles Illustration
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Python (Mercurius as three-headed dragon), from the Alchemical and Rosicrucian compendium, vol.1, ca.1760

    Python (Mercurius as three-headed dragon), from the Alchemical and Rosicrucian compendium, vol.1, ca.1760

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    Python (Mercurius as three-headed dragon), from Other images from this book: tentaclegarden.tumblr.com

    Tags: alchemy manuscript medieval mercurius python symbols
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Germania Illustration Writing
    10 years ago
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    Running Gorgon

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    Running Gorgon. Photo Credit:  Yale University Art Gallery. Public Domain. Year: ca. 540 B.C. Bronze ..

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    Categories: 1000 BCE - 1 CE Aegean Greece Sculpture
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  • Comments Off on Blue Flames Erupt From Volcanoes

    Blue Flames Erupt From Volcanoes

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    Indonesia’s Kawah Ijen and other craters emit rivers of light from burning sulfur. Sulfur combusts ..

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    Categories: Majesty at The End
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    Valles Marineris

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    Valles Marineris by Michael Steinbacher. Did strong electric currents take a significant part in modelling ..

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    Categories: Electric Phenomena
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Jewellery from Iron Age History museum Oslo Norway

    Jewellery from Iron Age History museum Oslo Norway

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    Jewellery from Iron Age History museum Oslo Norway. CC-BY-SA saamiblog. flickr.com

    Tags: big eyes crown squatting man
    Categories: 1 CE to Present
    10 years ago
    1598 Views
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  • Comments Off on Sakurajima Volcano Electric Eruption

    Sakurajima Volcano Electric Eruption

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    Quoting MyModernMet.com: German photographer Martin Rietze caught a series of spectacularly breathtaking ..

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    Categories: Majesty at The End
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Camelot, as pictured in Tennyson’s “Idylls of the King”

    Camelot, as pictured in Tennyson’s “Idylls of the King”

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    Plate III. “Edyrn with His Lady and Dwarf Journey to Arthur’s Court”. Illustration ..

    Tags: engraving Gustave Doré
    Categories: Illustration Majesty at The End
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  • Comments Off on “The seraph band each waved his hand…” by Gustave Doré

    “The seraph band each waved his hand…” by Gustave Doré

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    Engraving by Gustave Doré. Illustration from “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor ..

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    Categories: 1 CE to Present Illustration Majesty at The End
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  • Comments Off on “Satan calls forth his defeated legions” by Gustave Doré

    “Satan calls forth his defeated legions” by Gustave Doré

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    Gustave Doré, 1866. Engraving. Illustration to Paradise Lost by John Milton They heard, and were […]

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