The Mycenean Bull
Apis - Epaphos - Osiris - Dionysos
National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Lykaon
The great statue of Despoina in Lykosoura
From left to right: Artemis, Demeter, Despoina and the Titan Anytos.
National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Representation of the statue
According to Pausanias (8, 37.3), the statues were carved in one piece of stone (a monolith) which was found in the temple of Despoina in the Arcadian city Lykosoura afer a dream. The dimensions are 8.40 m (width) x 5.90 m (height), and the height of the statues is 3.78 m. Therefore, the ratio width : height is the square root of 2. The height (5.90 m) is equal to 13 MC.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
The Megalithic Cubit - More examples
1 Megalithic Cubit (MC) = 0.454 m
The photographs are from the Wikipedia and the British Museum.
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The photographs are from the Wikipedia and the British Museum.
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Nebra Sky Disk - Bronze with inlaid gold symbols - Germany
Probably around 1600 BC - Height: 2/3 MC
Gold plaque from the Oxus treasure
Tadjikistan - Around 400 BC - Height: 1/3 MC
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Seated Olmec Jaguar
from San Lorenzo, Veracruz, Mexico.
Around 800 BC (?) - Height: 2 MC
Museo Nacional de Anthropologia
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Aztec Sun Stone (Calendar) - Mexico
Around AD 1300 - Diameter: 8 MC
The Telamons of Tula - Toltec warriors - Mexico
Date: unknown - Height: 10 MC
Monday, April 9, 2012
Prehistoric Greek genealogies, art and music
Venus of Laussel, France
Source: Wikipedia
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The "Thinker" of Karditsa and a clay pitcher (6000 BC) - National Archaeological Museum of Athens (own work).
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The "Thinker" of Cernavoda (5000 BC) - National Museum of Romania.
Source: Wikipedia
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
The Acropolis of Athens
Athena thinking... Acropolis Museum
Parthenon - Acropolis Museum
East pediment of the Parthenon - The birth of Athena
West pediment of the Parthenon - The quarrel of Athena and Poseidon for the patronage of Athens
The Parthenon Frieze
Block N IV - Four hydriaphoroi carry water
Athena defeating Encelados - From the Old Parthenon - Acropolis Museum
Statue of an Owl - Acropolis Museum
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