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met-islamic-art:

Double Title Page from a `Aja'ib al-Makhluqat wa Ghara'ib al-Mawjudat (The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence) by Zakaria bin Muhammad bin Mahmud Abu Yahya Qazwini via Islamic Art

Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Fletcher Fund, 1934 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/449012

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v-ersacrum:

Statue of Athena from the beginning of the 1st century

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ancientstuff:

Interesting marine archaeology, although it was once a settlement. Shipwrecks and architecture in the same area. 

theancientwayoflife:

~ Kylix.
Date: First quarter of the 3rd century B.C.
Place of origin: Crimea, environs of Kerch
Archaeological site: Necropolis near the Quarantine Road
Medium: silver

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met-greekroman-art:

Limestone funerary monument with four figures via Greek and Roman Art

Medium: Limestone

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/242035

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met-islamic-art:

Pear-Shaped Jar via Islamic Art

Medium: Stonepaste; painted under transparent turquoise glaze

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Horace Havemeyer, 1956 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/453996

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ancientart:

The Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Lebanon, ca. 150 AD. This stunning Roman temple, still very well preserved, is actually larger than the Parthenon of Athens.

Photos courtesy of Varun Shiv Kapur.

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