/r/ancient_art
A subreddit for for ancient art: sculpture, mosaics, architecture, etc.
Welcome to /r/ancient_art!
This is a subreddit dedicated to the discussion, sharing and celebration of art (mosaics, paintings, sculpture, etc) from antiquity, be it Greek, Egyptian, Roman or anything else. Enjoy your stay!
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/r/ancientcivilizations
/r/ancientegypt
/r/ancientgreece
/r/ancientrome
/r/artefactporn
/r/byzantium
/r/mesoamerica
/r/africanart
/r/arthistory
/r/askhistorians
/r/historynetwork
/r/medievalart
/r/medievalhistory
/r/medievalmusic
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/r/ancient_art
Found in El Itxle, Veracruz. A very rural and low populated town in Mexico. It was underground, and was dug up. “Whatisthisthing” did not allow it on their sub. Any help would be appreciated.
The Mastaba of Akhmerutnisut Documentation Project (MAD-P), generously funded by ARCE’s Antiquities Endowment Fund, aims to document and study the mastaba of the Old Kingdom (c. 2686-2160 BCE) official Akhmerutnisut, located in the Western Cemetery at Giza. His monument is a prime example of a tomb that underwent radical changes in its layout and decoration during the Fifth Dynasty, a transitional period characterized by a major shift in funerary beliefs. In December 2023, the project organized its first fieldwork season in order to fully document the current state of the tomb, to protect the monument against the future accumulation of garbage and windblown sand, and to prepare a conservation plan. We determined the necessary steps that will need to be taken in the future to stabilize the remaining tomb architecture and conserve its surviving painted and relief decoration.