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Pottery Vessel from Ninevite V Culture
This peculiar pottery vessel was found at Nineveh, Iraq. The surface is painted with different geometric shapes. Ninevite V period/culture of Upper Mesopotamia, c. 2900-2600 BCE. On display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad.
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Veracruz Culture Statue of Cihuacoatl
Although Cihuacoatl was later known in Aztec mythology as the "snake woman," she was also a fertility goddess and a goddess of motherhood. This statue comes from the Veracruz culture, which lived along the Gulf Coast in what is present-day...
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Vessel from Ninevite V Culture
This pottery vessel was found at Nineveh, Iraq. The surface is decorated with different geometric motifs and shapes. Ninevite V period/culture of Upper Mesopotamia, c. 2900-2600 BCE. On display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad.
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Stamp from Halaf Culture
A flat clay stamp with an image of its impression. This stamp dates back to the Halaf period, 5th millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
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Arts and Culture in Ancient Greece
Aesychlus Aristophanes Base Capital Chorus Comedy Corinthian column Dionysus Doric column Drama Entablature Entasis Euripides Frieze Ionic column Metope Pediment Philosophy Satyr play Shaft Skene Sophocles Tragedy Triglyph Socrates Plato...
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Gandao in Kalasha culture
Gandao is the wooden image aimed at immortalizing the important departed souls of the Kalasha family member. Gandao is installed at cemetery. The Kalasha is sole pagan tribe of Pakistan with numerical strength of 4000 approx. The Kalasha...
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Painted Bowl from Halaf Culture
This painted bowl dates back to the Halaf period, Mesopotamia, sixth century BCE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
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Portrait Vessel, Moche Culture
This portrait vessel was made during the Moche civilization's Apogee Epoch (c. 1 CE - 800 CE). House in Museo Larco, Lima, Peru.
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Philia Culture Pottery from Cyprus
These pottery vessels show prominent Anatolian characteristics. Early Bronze Age in Cyprus, 2300-1900 BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).
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Kikimora in Popular Culture
Henry Cavill in The Witcher (2019) by Netflix.
The image portrays a modern reimagination of Slavic Kikimora.
© Netflix