#ancient art

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold Nile catfish pendant decorated with green glazed faience, chalcedony, turquoise, carnelian, lapis lazuli and black stone inlays.

Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1985-1773 BC

from The Walters Art Museum

[jeewrites]

I have to reblog this every time because it’s so freaking cute and hilarious 😂🤣

everyone loves Predynastic Egyptian Terracotta Bowl with Human Feet. shout-out to a real one

[toyastales]

Sculpture of a seated man with two dogs (one of the dogs is seen in the image). Dated (400-800 AD), from Veracruz, Mexico.

It could depict a warrior, as the man wears a full head mask that represents a (prairie) wolf.

[blueiscoool]

Italy Recovers Etruscan Artifacts Dug up by ‘Amateurish’ Tomb Raiders

Italian authorities have recovered precious 3rd century B.C. artifacts from an Etruscan necropolis looted by a couple of bungling tomb raiders in Umbria who stumbled across the haul on their land.

The Etruscans flourished in central Italy around 2,500 years ago but were gradually assimilated into the Roman empire. They left behind lavish tombs, pottery and statues but tantalizingly few written documents and patchy evidence of their daily lives.

The artifacts, including eight urns, two sarcophagi and beauty accessories such as bronze mirrors and a perfume bottle still redolent of its original scent, are worth at least 8 million euros ($8.5 million), Carabinieri art police said.

They were found in Citta della Pieve, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) north of Rome.

One sarcophagus contained the full skeleton of a woman in her 40s, while the urns were finely decorated with scenes from Greek mythology and female figures with still-visible red paint on their lips and gold coloring on their jewels.

Police seized the loot from two entrepreneurs who had unearthed Etruscan burial chambers while excavating land they owned, Perugia Chief Prosecutor Raffaele Cantone told a press conference on Tuesday.

They “had nothing to do with the world of (practiced) tomb raiders” and were “clumsy” and “amateurish” in the way they tried to access the black market for looted art, the prosecutor said.

The Carabinieri caught up with them after they posted pictures of their discovery on the internet in the hope of finding buyers, triggering investigations that included phone wiretaps, stakeouts and air surveillance drones.

Police finally swooped on the suspects after one of them posted on Facebook a picture of himself with a looted artifact, Cantone said.

The pair face charges related to theft and trading in stolen goods, and risk jail sentences of up to 10 years, said prosecutor Annamaria Greco, who led the investigation.

Another Etruscan tomb, belonging to the same “Pulfna” family, was found in Città della Pieve in 2015. At the time, the farmer who made the discovery reported it to authorities and got about 100,000 euros ($105,000) as a reward.

Città della Pieve is close to San Casciano dei Bagni, a Tuscan village where a major archaeological discovery was announced in 2022, with ancient bronze statues found among the mud of thermal baths once used by Etruscans and Romans.

[sharksandjays]

I know this isn't ninjago guys but I finished this 17 hour painting for my art class and I was proud of it so...enjoy.

I love Egypt fun fact about me. :) [ID: a detailed, realistic painting of the hathor columns at the dendera temple complex in dendera, egypt. /end ID]

[anteregem]

Some fanart of this ancient figurine! Also got commissioned to draw her hanging out with a friend!

[kimiko24]

DOG MOSAICS (From Italy and Greece ××)

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Crab Vessel with Double Spout.

Place of origin: Colombia, Calima Region

Period: Ilama Period

Date: 1500 B.C.-A.D. 100

Medium: Ceramics

[memories-of-ancients]

Stirrup spout bottle in the form of a frog, Moche culture, Peru, 200-500 AD

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[jbbartram-illu]

Did I ever post the finished Lascaux (& etc) horses here?!

This first batch of them will be available in my next shop update, but there are more getting bisque-fired tomorrow that should be going into the shop in mid-April alongside a couple more cave painting mugs :)

[twirld]

The Saffron Goddess (1600 B.C.) detail - Minoan fresco depicting a saffron harvest, Akrotiri, Santorini island, Greece

[conformi]

Emerald Fennell, Saltburn, 2023 VS Fauno Barberini, Glyptothek, München, 220 a.C.

[holycosmolo9y]

A kooky fly-shaped clay vessel (15th Dynasty)

With its realistic representation of a fly, it includes large eyes, wings, and legs that resemble hands

[blueiscoool]

EGYPTIAN BRONZE HEAD OF A PHARAOH WITH INLAID EYES THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21ST-22ND DYNASTY, CIRCA 1069-900 B.C.

[toyastales]

Gold, emerald, diamond, and enamel signet ring with clock, crafted by Johannes Butz of Augsburg, Germany, 2nd quarter of the 17th Century AD.