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  • Comments Off on Chontales anthropomorphic figure, Nicaragua.

    Chontales anthropomorphic figure, Nicaragua.

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    Chontales anthropomorphic figure, Nicaragua. Via Sotheby’s. Fin de la période V – début de la […]

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    Categories: 1 CE to Present Central America Sculpture
    9 years ago
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    Jiroft “Gameboards”

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    Plate III. “Gameboards”: a : eagle (l 41 cm); b: eagle (l 35 cm); c: […]

    Tags: holding weapons multiplicity serpent winged
    Categories: 4000 - 3000 BCE Sculpture Tool / Weapon Western Asia
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Leviathan as Ouroboros with a Red Disc

    Leviathan as Ouroboros with a Red Disc

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    Leviathan, illumination from The North French Hebrew Miscellany, British Library Add. MS 11639, folio ..

    Tags: blazing apex mythical creatures ouroboros sea creatures
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Illustration Southeast Europe
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Bird-Headed Figure Whistle, 8th–9th century Mexico, Veracruz Ceramic.

    Bird-Headed Figure Whistle, 8th–9th century Mexico, Veracruz Ceramic.

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    Bird-Headed Figure Whistle. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Date: 8th–9th century Geography: Mexico, ..

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    Categories: 1 CE to Present Mexico Sculpture
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  • Comments Off on Terracotta statuette of woman with bird face, Late Cypriot II, may be Syrian in origin

    Terracotta statuette of woman with bird face, Late Cypriot II, may be Syrian in origin

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    Terracotta statuette of woman with bird face. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Period: Late […]

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    Categories: 2000 - 1000 BCE Mediterranean Mesopotamia Sculpture Western Asia
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  • Comments Off on Female Sumerian Statue from the Abu Temple in Eshnunna (Tell Asmar), Iraq

    Female Sumerian Statue from the Abu Temple in Eshnunna (Tell Asmar), Iraq

    Written by Hermes

    The female Sumerian statue found at the Abu Temple in Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar), Iraq, […]

    Tags: big eyes
    Categories: 3000 - 2000 BCE Mesopotamia Sculpture
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Double red-ship palepai ceremonial textile

    Double red-ship palepai ceremonial textile

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    Double red-ship palepai ceremonial textile, Paminggir peoples, Kalianda peninsula, Lampung, south Sumatra, ..

    Tags: lichtenberg figures ship of heavens squatting man stepped temple
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Southeast Asia Textile
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Bird or Scorpion or Snake Man, Konar Sandal, Jiroft Culture

    Bird or Scorpion or Snake Man, Konar Sandal, Jiroft Culture

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    Broken large plaque of a scorpion man carved from soft stone (steatite or chlorite). Height […]

    Tags: feathers holding weapons pillar serpent winged
    Categories: 3000 - 2000 BCE Sculpture Tool / Weapon Western Asia
    9 years ago
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    Ancient Hopi petroglyphs along the Verde River near Prescott Arizona

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    Ancient Hopi petroglyphs along the Verde River near Prescott Arizona. © ricksprainphotography.com.   ..

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    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Early–Middle Bronze Age Three-Headed Figurine from Syria.

    Early–Middle Bronze Age Three-Headed Figurine from Syria.

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    Early–Middle Bronze Age three-headed figurine from Syria. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Provenance: ..

    Tags: big eyes multiplicity
    Categories: 2000 - 1000 BCE 3000 - 2000 BCE Mesopotamia Sculpture
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on “Standard” with horned hero taming goats. Bronze. Iran, Iron Age

    “Standard” with horned hero taming goats. Bronze. Iran, Iron Age

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    “Standard” with horned hero taming goats. Bronze. Iran, Iron Age (15th – 16th century ..

    Tags: big eyes holding weapons horns pillar
    Categories: 2000 - 1000 BCE Sculpture Western Asia
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on “Elephant”, Late Naqada II. Predynastic Egypt.

    “Elephant”, Late Naqada II. Predynastic Egypt.

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    Amulet in the form of a head of an elephant. © The Metropolitan Museum of […]

    Tags: big eyes
    Categories: 4000 - 3000 BCE Egypt Sculpture
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Monolith (Atal), Ejagham-Bakor, Nigeria

    Monolith (Atal), Ejagham-Bakor, Nigeria

    Written by Hermes

    Monolith (Atal), Ejagham-Bakor, Nigeria. Height 149 cm. Provenance: Collection Alain Javelaud, 1978. ..

    Tags: big eyes blazing apex pillar
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Western Africa
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Types of cometary forms, illustrations from Johannes Hevelius’ Cometographia

    Types of cometary forms, illustrations from Johannes Hevelius’ Cometographia

    Written by Hermes

    Types of cometary forms, illustrations from Johannes Hevelius’ Cometographia (Danzig, 1668). Via Noah ..

    Tags: flame hair pointed weapons
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Illustration
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, New Mexico

    Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, New Mexico

    Written by Hermes

    Crossed circle with 23 dots around it at the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, New Mexico. […]

    Tags: circle cross gloria
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Petroglyph Southwestern US
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Menhir at Filitosa, Corsica

    Menhir at Filitosa, Corsica

    Written by Hermes

    Standing stone or menhir of the Filitosa site. CC BY-NC-SA by Olivier Ffrench via France […]

    Tags: megalithic moai-like
    Categories: 2000 - 1000 BCE 3000 - 2000 BCE Mediterranean Sculpture
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Sears Point Archaeology Site in Arizona, USA

    Sears Point Archaeology Site in Arizona, USA

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    Petroglyphs. Sears Point Archaeology Site. Yuma County, AZ, USA. © chris_crssd via Flickr. George & ..

    Tags: blazing apex circle pillar serpent
    Categories: 1 CE to Present 1000 BCE - 1 CE 2000 - 1000 BCE 3000 - 2000 BCE Petroglyph Southwestern US
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Sakurajima Volcano Eruption Sparks Volcanic Lightning

    Sakurajima Volcano Eruption Sparks Volcanic Lightning

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    Japan’s Sakurajima volcano has erupted, sending lava flowing down its slope and spewing ash and […]

    Tags: electric geology volcano
    Categories: Electric Phenomena Geology Majesty at The End
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Mask Ensemble of a Kuosi Society Member

    Mask Ensemble of a Kuosi Society Member

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    Mask Ensemble of a Kuosi Society Member. Bamileke culture Cameroon. Fabric, monkey fur, glass beads, ..

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    Categories: 1 CE to Present Sculpture Textile Western Africa
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on A Pair of Bronze Spiral Fibulae

    A Pair of Bronze Spiral Fibulae

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    A Pair of Bronze Spiral Fibulas. © phoenixancientart.com. Culture: European, Bronze Age Period: late ..

    Tags: blazing apex spiral squatting man
    Categories: 2000 - 1000 BCE Eastern Europe Jewelery
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on “The rape of Ganymede” (engraving after) by Johan Frank Kirchbach

    “The rape of Ganymede” (engraving after) by Johan Frank Kirchbach

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    Johan Frank Kirchbach (egraving after), (1892) – The rape of Ganymede. PD via Wikimedia Commons. ..

    Tags: blazing apex gloria music rays winged
    Categories: Greece Modern Painting Sculpture
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Fleet Foxes – The Shrine / An Argument

    Fleet Foxes – The Shrine / An Argument

    Written by Hermes

    Music: Fleet Foxes Album: Helplessness Blues Director: Sean Pecknold Animators: Sean Pecknold & Britta ..

    Tags: dragon fire horns video
    Categories: Modern Photography
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore

    Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore

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    Kapaleeswar Temple, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. © Throo Da Looking Glass (& flickr) This 7th […]

    Tags: blazing apex hindu lichtenberg figures sacred mount stepped
    Categories: Architecture India Sculpture
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Hair pins from the Zaramo people, Tanzania

    Hair pins from the Zaramo people, Tanzania

    Written by Hermes

    Hair pins from the Zaramo people, Tanzania. Wood, dark brown patina, 3 pieces, two of […]

    Tags: moai-like pillar throne violin
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Eastern Africa Tool / Weapon
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Glyphs in Early Writing or Proto-writing from Easter Island

    Glyphs in Early Writing or Proto-writing from Easter Island

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    Rongorongo pictographic signs. The captions in the right-most column are merely descriptive. Self-made. ..

    Tags: blazing apex lichtenberg figures squatting man stepped Tree of Life
    Categories: 1 CE to Present 1000 BCE - 1 CE 2000 - 1000 BCE Polynesia
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Engraved stone found in Havor, Gotland.

    Engraved stone found in Havor, Gotland.

    Written by Hermes

    Engraved stone found in Havor, Gotland. On display at the Swedish History Museum, in Stockholm, […]

    Tags: blazing apex rays snake swirl
    Categories: 1000 BCE - 1 CE Illustration Petroglyph Scandinavia
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Sāmarrā Bowl. Early swastika with tendril-like appendages.

    Sāmarrā Bowl. Early swastika with tendril-like appendages.

    Written by Hermes

    Bowl from Sāmarrā, Iraq, circa 5000 BCE. I assume this is a photo of a […]

    Tags: hair lichtenberg figures swirl
    Categories: 6000 - 5000 BCE Mesopotamia Tool / Weapon
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on “Djambarrpuyngu Marna” in Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia

    “Djambarrpuyngu Marna” in Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia

    Written by Hermes

    Manydjarri Ganambarr in Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia at Harvard’s ..

    Tags: aboriginal Australian pointed weapons sea creatures
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Australia Illustration
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Gerzeh palette (‘Hathor’, Cow-head palette)

    Gerzeh palette (‘Hathor’, Cow-head palette)

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    Gerzeh palette (‘Hathor’, Cow-head palette). © Alain Guilleux. Cairo Mus. 34173 Gerzeh tomb ..

    Tags: blazing apex bull holding weapons horns mythical creatures serpent serpopard snake squatting man
    Categories: 4000 - 3000 BCE Egypt Sculpture
    9 years ago
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  • Comments Off on “Circe Invidiosa” by John William Waterhouse

    “Circe Invidiosa” by John William Waterhouse

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    “Circe Invidiosa” by John William Waterhouse, 1892. Oil on canvas 180.7 × 87.4 cm (71.1 ..

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    Categories: 1 CE to Present Painting Writing
    9 years ago
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