Archaeology & Art

Map of Greece and Asia Minor by Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598).

Researchers in Siberia found a perfectly-preserved 42,000-year-old baby horse buried under the permafrost. It was in such good condition that its blood was still in a liquid state, allowing scientists to extract it.

In 2006, female mummy was found in Huaca El Brujo, Peru.

Known as Lady of Cao as well as tattooed mummy, she died in her mid 20s, 1600 years ago, was probably priestess-Queen of Moche society.

Camera LaPrensaLatina / Manuel González Olaechea y Franco / Peru Ministry of Culture

Street in Cairo, Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (German, 1808-1894)

Kharkhorin Rock is a statue of p***s raised on a platform on steppe, located near Erdene Zuu Monastery (built in 1585) in Mongolia.

Statue has dual functions; primarily it is a reminder to monks to remain celibate, but it is also a symbol of fertility and human life.

This modern recreation of the Colossus Rhodes Statue was built in 280 BC, on Rhodes Island (Greece) and was destroyed by an earthquake.
It is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Cappadocia region was formed 60 million years ago by erosion of soft layers of lava and ash from Mount Erciyes (Argeus), Mount Hasan and Mount Güllü composing with wind and rain over millions of years. Human settlement at Cappadocia region dates back to Paleolithic era.

Turkey

Incense burner in the form of a lion, produced in workshops of Khurasan under Seljuk dynasty (1000-1200).

Lion is a common motif in Islamic art, although lions themselves are a rarity in the regions concerned.

Musée du Louvre

This pretty little Roman glass cup - which can be dated to 2nd or 3rd century AD, was found in a princely tomb at Himlingøje in Denmark.

The cup is kept today at the Nationalmuseet in Copenhagen, Denmark.

This Romano-Egyptian papyrus (written in Greek) contains a shopping list of items, poultry, bread, lupines, chick peas, kidney beans and fenugreek at various prices, that Heraclides wants his brother Petechois to bring him.

Early 3rd century AD

The Roman Colosseum. The name ‘Colosseum’ is derived from the Latin word ‘colosseus’ meaning colossal. This was in reference to the gigantic statue of the Emperor Nero which had actually been formerly erected near the site of the Colosseum.

The Roman Forum at night!