Ancient Book Gallery

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nemfrog: Ancient sex worship. 1874. Book cover. 
Ancient Egypt as seen through western eyes is mostly monumental and remote, distant in time and over
Look at the book I just bought! Yay! I now own Cassius Dio’s work about Augustus’ life! So happy rig
jedavu:Amazing Book Sculptures With Realistic Mountains, Ancient Ruins Carved Into ThemMontreal-base
Roman Calendar - 4 June, the day of Hercules Magnus Custos After the defeat at Trebia 218 BCE - firs
Book illustrations of Greek mythology, c1960s - Janet Grahame Johnstone (1928 – 1979) and Anne Graha
Cautiously examing water and mud damaged volumes salvaged from Florence’s State Archives. Florence F
Mythological Scene from the ‘Book of Caverns’Copied from the Tomb of Setnakhte (KV14)showing the sun
srwhitehead:a few books of the ancient variety. also, these colors please me.
Limestone statue of King Amenemhat III Amenemhat III, also spelled Amenemhet III, was a pharaoh of t
A vignette from Book of the Dead of Heruben (papyrus). Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca.
François-Louis Schmied, artwork for Le Livre de la vérité de parole, 1929. – “I am a mummy of
rattle-and-burn:Me, peppermonster, and  quickersilver have found the ancient Noldorin Burn Book.Part
wordsmithic:Studying in Greece: Athens
wordsmithic:Studying in Greece: Patra
wordsmithic:Studying in Greece: Thessaloniki
wordsmithic:Studying in AthensI love this! @wordsmithic has made moodboards for more Greek areas and
Funerary papyrus belonging to the singer Tiye, containing Chapter 125 of the “Book of the Dead”.  Ar
This week’s Micro Monday is a close-up look at an Egyptian papyrus, written in Greek, from the 3rd c
The Chapel of Queen Meresankh III of the Fourth DynastyShe held the royal titles of King’s Dau
“The unique site of Mersa Gawasis was a base for seaborne trade along the Red Sea coast during the M
“Egyptians delighted in type-casting their subdivisions of foreigners, and did so with deft caricatu
jessicaroux:Artemis, created for the 1001 Knights books. She is the ancient Greek deity of the hunt,
Two drawings of the Farnese Hercules, from the book Paradigmata Graphices, by Jan de Bisschop, after
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