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why did slaves not build the pyramids?
i heard it's a myth that the pyramids were built by slaves. for what reasons did they choose to pay employees instead tho? wouldn't it be easier/less expensive to use slaves?
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Piece of bread with papyrus strips. Thebes, Egypt, New Kingdom, 1550-1295 BC [3700x3200]
14:47 UTC
Ring stone with goddesses and aquatic plants - possibly a jeweler's mold. Northern India, Maurya period, ca. 3rd-late 2nd c BC. Steatite. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [4000x3000]
14:18 UTC
A part of the Blue monkeys fresco made in Akrotiri in the 17th century BC. The fresco shows monkeys facing various directions climbing among rocks. It is now located in the Museum of Prehistoric Thira in Fira, Greece. (3024x4032) [OC]
The wall-painting of the monkeys decorated the north and west walls of room Beta 6. From broad wavy bands of unequal width, extending across the lower part of the paintings and perhaps denoting water, rise rocks which fill the main field up to its decorative crowning zone and recall the Theran landscape in shape and colours. Blue monkeys, a species foreign to the Aegean fauna, clamber on the rocks, moving freely in all directions. All are depicted in profile except one, which is shown in frontal view, a bold rendering in Aegean wall- paintings. The wall-painting of the monkeys, a masterpiece by an avant-garde painter, combines a certain restraint in colour and drawing (natural landscape) with freedom of composition, intense movement, varied poses and a registering of the momentary, thus creating an atmosphere that realistically conveys the character of the simians. The felicitous result perhaps indicates that the painter had a direct image of these animals, which will have been imported to the Aegean from the Eastern Mediterranean. The fragmentary wall-painting of the quadrupeds in a rocky landscape with crocuses, by the same painter, adorned room Beta 6.
20:12 UTC
My collection of ancient coins
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The gigantic portico of the Pantheon (Rome, c. 126 AD) is framed by 16 granite columns, each a single piece 39 ft tall, 5 ft wide, and weighing 60 tons. All were carved in Egypt and transported to Rome via a system of barges and boats. Hadrian had it rebuilt after Trajan's wishes [1080x1262] [OC]
14:13 UTC
Lacquered carving of a tiger. China, Warring States, State of Chu, 4th century BC [1020x800]
02:17 UTC
Has anybody read all/most of the ancient literature on here?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_literature
I had the bright idea of starting right at the beginning of human thought on my humanities reading (I'm a math/science person and just getting into the humanities now). Is this a bad idea?
21:35 UTC
If you’re 25-40, from the UK, and love ancient history, these primary school history newspapers are buried in your childhood memory somewhere
16:00 UTC
Historically accurate movies
What are your favorite, most historically accurate movies that take place in ancient times? I want to get a better feel for different ancient civilizations, and documentaries don’t work so well for me in that regard.
21:30 UTC
Chora Christ, 14th century Byzantine mosaic in Chora Church, Constantinople. The mosaic-work is the finest example of the Palaeologian Renaissance. The artists remain unknown. [1920x1267] [OC]
13:28 UTC
Excellent book regarding Rome's transition from republic to empire.
04:58 UTC
Fallen rocks hid a forgotten chamber of an ancient Egyptian temple.
What a great way to start Thanksgiving Week for Archaeology Aficanados here in the States: news of a newly recovered Egyptian Temple.
"Archaeologists discover a Ptolemaic temple pylon in Sohag: A Joint Egyptian-German mission has discovered a Ptolemaic temple pylon on the western side of the main temple at Athribis, located in Sohag, Egypt. Athribis was a cult center for the worship of the god Min-Re, his wife Repyt (a lioness goddess) and their son, the child-god Kolanthes. The site stretches over 74 acres and consists of the temple complex, a settlement, the necropolis, and numerous ancient quarries."
Grab your fedoras and survey equipment, and put some extra gravy on that drumstick and stuffing. I would rather travel to this location to explore and document this temple's contents than fly to New Jersey to visit most of my in-laws.
17:20 UTC
Y’all can someone help me decode this?
Idk what this says
19:37 UTC
Head of an old man, possibly a monk. Pakistan or Afghanistan, ancient Gandhara region, 6th c AD. Terracotta. Brooklyn Museum of Art collection [2992x2992] [OC]
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Blue glass necklaces and magatama bead from the Suguokamoto Ruins. Japan, Yayoi period, 1st century AD [3900x3700]
09:31 UTC
The Egyptian 200 pound banknote
The Egyptian 200 pound banknote bears a picture of the statue of the Egyptian writer, and all Egyptian currencies bear ancient Egyptian designs.
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