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The Neolithic

The term Neolithic, derived from the Greek words "neo" (new) and "lithos" (stone), indicates the era in which humanity perfected the art of working stone, giving it a smooth surface. This phase began approximately 8,000 years ago and concluded about 5,000 years ago.

Transformation Engines: Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

The transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic was primarily driven by the discovery of agriculture and animal husbandry. These two pillars transformed humans from nomads to sedentary beings, marking the beginning of community life.

Mesolithic: The Transitional Age

The Mesolithic, known as the middle stone age, served as a bridge between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic, characterized by a gradual shift in human lifestyles.

Neolithic Architecture: From Huts to Stilt Houses

While in the Paleolithic, dwellings consisted of caves and rudimentary huts, the Neolithic witnessed the construction of the first structured houses. Houses, made with wooden beams and clay and straw bricks, featured a single large central room, often equipped with a hearth.

Over time, to defend against enemies and fierce animals, humans developed stilt houses, huts built on stilts driven into lakes or marshes, connected to the mainland by walkways.

Neolithic Village Organization: From Field to Community

Neolithic villages were located near watercourses and included houses, ovens, granaries, and other essential elements. Village inhabitants specialized in specific tasks, with women dedicated to weaving and leatherworking, while men engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry.

Social Structure: Clans, Tribes, and Communities

Families within the village formed clans, each with an elder as its leader. Decisions involving the entire village were made by gathering the heads of families. The need to live in groups led to the creation of shared rules, giving rise to cohesive communities with common language, habits, and rules.

Exploring New Horizons: Art, Trade, and Spirituality

With the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, the Neolithic human perfected the art of working stone and metals, giving rise to advanced tools. Ceramics, craftsmanship, and early forms of trade flourished, paving the way for new artistic expressions and the construction of monuments dedicated to divine worship.

In conclusion, the Neolithic is not just the era of new stone but represents a crucial chapter in human history, marked by the transformation of lifestyles and the emergence of complex societies.

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Diwali or Deepavali- The Great Festival of India

The Great Festival of India

Diwali, also known as Deepavali, is more than just a festival; it’s a celebration that radiates joy, symbolizing the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. This spectacular festival of lights spans five days, usually falling between mid-October and mid-November in the Tamil month of Kartika. Celebration:People eagerly anticipate Diwali, engaging in various…

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Eridu, the First City imagined. Unpaid Period. Islands of huts on the marsh, a humble beginning for the first great civilization. Visit protocodex.com for more #sumer #babylon #mesopotamia #iraq #ubaid #eridu #ur #uruk #gilgamesh #civilization #ancient #ancientsocieties #ancientcity #art #artistsoninstagram #illustration #drawing #archaeology #neareast https://www.instagram.com/p/CVUaz1Islak/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today’s prompt is #human. Experiencing the ancient dwellings in Mesa Verde reminds us of our humanity, and how fragile our existence really is. #augustbreak2019 #visualsoflife #wanderlustwednesday #littlestoriesoflife #travel #roadtrip #mesaverdecolorado #ancientsocieties https://www.instagram.com/p/B03YCCHgC99/?igshid=13r77k9xig1hv

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: • Repost @samarasaralpova with @get_repost ・・・ ・・・ I am delighted to share below the link to a recently released impressionistic TV documentary “Amazons | A Story Based on Muaed Akhmetov’s Books” (#1KBR #TV), written, directed and narrated by wonderful Samara Saralpova @samarasaralpova , Producer and TV Presenter from North Caucasian Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria (the film focuses mostly on #AncientAmazons of this region). • Am very pleased some of my photographs were featured in this #film. • A Russian-language YT version came out just yesterday, the producers consider adding English voice-over or captions: https://youtu.be/zztRftE5pr0 • #tvdocumentary #documentaryfilm #historydocumentary #history #documentary #mythology #ancientcultures #matriarchy #ancientsociety #ancient #archaeology #amazons #амазонки #amazzoni #amazones #αμαζόνες #amazonen #amazonki #amazonwarriors #amazonwomen #warrioress #warriorwomen #oiorpata #slavicamazons #womeninhistory #michaelsvetbird https://www.instagram.com/p/BuyyaARHW12/?igshid=if0d2ib6qneu

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Statue of Antinous the lover of Emperor Hadrian as the Egyptian god Osiris Antinous (l. c. 110-130 CE) was a Greek youth from #Bithynia in modern-day #Turkey who became the lover of the #Roman emperor Hadrian (l. 76-138 CE, r. 117-138 CE) from around the age of 13 until his death at nearly 20. His year of birth is unknown as are any details of his life before he met Hadrian in 123 CE. All the ancient sources agree he was almost 20 when he drowned in the #Nile River while accompanying Hadrian on a tour of #Egypt in October 130 CE and so his birth year is generally accepted as 110 or 111 CE and his birthday as 27 November. After his death, #Hadrian had him deified and built the city of #Antinopolis in his honor on the shore of the Nile. A cult soon formed around the new god, who was associated with the Egyptian deity #Osiris, which spread quickly and became quite popular. #Antinous was almost instantly revered as a dying-and-reviving god, a deity who dies and returns to life for the good of humanity. Around one hundred images of the youth are now known to archaeologists, who have classified them according to different typologies. The iconographic model of this statue is that of Osiris-Antinous, by which it was intended to express the regal and divine nature of the figure. Other statues of the same type have been unearthed at Hadrian's #Villa, and are now dispersed in various #museums throughout #Europe. Their sacral aspect would reconnect them to the vast sacred area recently identified by archaeological excavations and known as the Antinoeion, a "special" place of worship consecrated to the young man, and possibly also including his tomb, that emerges along the final stretch of the paved road that leads to the so-called Great Vestibule of Hadrian's Villa.

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The restoration of the head of the Croatian Apoxymenos discovered on the island of Lošinj

The Croatian Apoxyomenos is one of the rare preserved Greek statues which used to adorn Greek temples and cities, especially their training grounds (gymnasion, palaistra). The statue was raised from the sea in the vicinity of the islet of Vele Orjule near Lošinj, in 1999. An apoxyomenos, literally translated as ‘scraper’, is the name given to an ancient Greek sculpture of an athlete depicted in the act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with a small curved instrument after exercising. There are eight known examples, including a bronze excavated in Ephesus (Turkey) and now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna), a marble in the Vatican museums (Rome) and a bronze head in the Kimball Art Musem in Forth Worth (USA). The Croatian example is not only the most complete one of its kind, many scholars agree it is by far the finest of all known examples.

It is generally thought that the Croatian statue is most likely a Hellenistic or Roman copy of an original that was probably made during the fourth century BC. The detail on the statue is exquisite, including red copper inlaid lips and nipples, and all the more amazing given that bronzes such as this are rare. Bronze statues like this did not survive antiquity as they were melted down to make dishes, weapons, tools and coins. After the Croatian Apoxyomenos was raised from the sea in 1999, it was extensively restored. It was not publicly displayed until 2006.

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Panatheniac Prize Amphora with Lid

The Panathenaia, a state religious festival, honored Athena, the patron goddess of Athens. Held in its expanded form every four years, the festival included athletic, musical, and other competitions. Amphorae filled with oil pressed from olives from the sacred trees of Athena were given as prizes in the Panathenaic Games. These amphorae had a special form with narrow neck and foot and a standard fashion of decoration. The vase showed Athena, the goddess of war, armed and striding forth between columns, and included the inscription "from the games at Athens." On this example, the figure of Athena is portrayed in an Archaistic or old-fashioned style. The Nike figures atop akanthos columns flanking Athena are a detail that allows scholars to date this vase precisely to 363/2 BCE, and an inscription records the name of its maker, Nikodemos.

The Amphora was created during the Classical Period and it was produced in Athens. The artifact has been attributed to the Painter of the Wedding Procession. Working in Athens in the 300s BC, the Painter of the #Wedding Procession decorated pottery primarily in the red-figure technique. As with most vase-painters, his real name is unknown, and he is identified only by the style of his work. He decorated mostly large vases, such as hydriai and lebetes. He was also one of the many vase-painters who received a commission for Panathenaic amphorae, which were always decorated in the old-fashioned black-figure technique. The Painter of the Wedding Procession was among the last vase-painters working in Athens before the tradition of painted ceramics died out in Greece. He produced vases in the Kerch style, named for a city on the Black Sea in southern Russia where many vases in this style have been found.

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Production Date: 363–362 BCE

The J. Paul Getty Museum

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Egypt #REVELATION: Is This The REAL Reason #AncientSociety Built The #Pyramids AN #EGYPTIAN #enthusiast has dropped a compelling theory as to why the ancient civilizations built the iconic #monuments, a #documentary revealed. Would you like to know more? www.illumibuddy.club #freewideneck #FreeShipping #theillumibuddycompany #freedomfaction #reptilianshapeshifters #reptilian #google #ancientcivilization #tickets #news #newsanchor #worldnews (at Egypt) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv8itpOBJ1S/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1g7jxa6gwbxhf

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Reposted from @ancientsocieties Praying to Athena Date: 1921 Edward Steichen – Isadora at the Parthenon, 1921 The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the greatest architectural and artistic complex bequeathed by Greek Antiquity to the world. In the second half of the fifth century bc, Athens, following the victory against the Persians and the establishment of democracy, took a leading position amongst the other city-states of the ancient world. In the age that followed, as thought and art flourished, an exceptional group of artists put into effect the ambitious plans of Athenian statesman Pericles and, under the inspired guidance of the sculptor Pheidias, transformed the rocky hill into a unique monument of thought and the arts. The most important monuments were built during that time: the Parthenon, built by Ictinus, the Erechtheon, the Propylaea, the monumental entrance to the Acropolis, designed by Mnesicles and the small temple Athena Nike. In this beautiful black and white photo you can see Isadora Duncan an American dancer who performed to great acclaim throughout Europe, performing at the Acropolis of Athens near the Erechtheion an ancient Greek temple constructed on the acropolis  of Athens between 421and 406 BCE in the Golden Age of the city in order to house the ancient wooden cult statue of Athena and generally glorify the great city at the height of its power and influence. The Erechtheion has suffered a troubled history of misuse and neglect, but with its prominent position above the city and porch of six Caryatids, it remains one of the most distinctive buildings from antiquity. This beautiful photo was taken in 1921 by photographer Edward Steichen a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter, and curator, who is widely renowned as one of the most prolific and influential figures in the history of photography. ——————————— Twitter: @ArchaicWorlds (at Athens, Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPL-2Johjzb/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Discobolus throwing the discus (2nd century A.D.). Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio-Clementino (Room of the Biga). Repost from @ancientsocieties