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A kudurru, or boundary stone, dating to around 1300 BC depicts the seated goddess Gula. Known as “the Great,” Gula was revered in Mesopotamian belief as a divine healer and a protective figure associated with childbirth.

The artifact was discovered at Susa, in present-day Iran, and is now housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.

u/haberveriyo — 12 hours ago
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The Black Light of the Etruscans: A Bucchero Sun-Shaped Dish from Cerveteri

This remarkable object, discovered in the Calabresi Tomb at Cerveteri, is one of the most striking examples of Etruscan bucchero ceramics dating to the mid-7th century BC. Now housed in the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco of the Vatican Museums in Rome, the vessel stands out with its sun-like form and animal protomes around the rim. It was not merely a functional object, but a powerful work of art reflecting the aesthetic and symbolic language of the Etruscan world.

u/haberveriyo — 3 days ago
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At the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, this clay tablet preserves the first 13 verses of Book 14 of Homer’s Odyssey. Dated to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD, it is a striking witness to how ancient literature lived beyond manuscripts.

u/haberveriyo — 6 days ago
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Limestone Head of a Queen in a Vulture Headdress, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1550–1479 BC.

u/haberveriyo — 5 days ago
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This limestone relief, dated to around AD 100, was discovered at the Temple of Baalshamin in Palmyra, Syria. It depicts the enthroned goddess Al-Lat, also known as Allat, Allatu or Elat, accompanied by a lion and holding a palm branch.

u/haberveriyo — 3 days ago
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The limestone wall relief comes from the Palace Terrace of Darius I (521–486 BC) in present-day Iran. It is now preserved at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

Photo: Osama S. M. Amin

u/haberveriyo — 8 days ago
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Wooden cosmetic spoon with a handle carved as a young girl holding lotus flowers and ducks. New Kingdom, early 18th Dynasty, c. 1539–1425 BC. From Gurna, Western Thebes. Musée du Louvre

u/haberveriyo — 16 hours ago
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Transport of Lebanese cedar depicted in a low relief from the north wall of the main courtyard of King Sargon II’s palace at Dur-Sharrukin, ancient Assyria, now Khorsabad, Iraq. Dated to c. 713–716 BCE. Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen / Louvre Museum.

u/haberveriyo — 3 days ago
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Relief from Augusta Treverorum, 2nd–3rd century AD. Two young people inspect a fringed scarf for weaving errors before it goes to market. The scene reflects the wealth textile production brought to Roman Trier. Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier.

u/haberveriyo — 4 days ago
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Small objects like this reveal how magic, medicine, and survival were deeply connected in ancient Egyptian belief.

Egyptian amulet with protective spell against scorpions

ca. 1070–332 BCE

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photo: Anna-Marie Kellen

u/haberveriyo — 12 days ago