#archaeology photography

[michael-svetbird]

DANCING MAENADS: 2 Large Marble Frieze Reliefs H89 X W165 cm each, Roman "The female figures are faithful copies of the models created at the end of the 5th c. BC by the Greek sculptor Callimachus. Some, such as the maenad holding a basket full of fruit and the one screaming disheveledly brandishing two torches and with her arms wrapped in snakes, are however not typical of the Dionysian thiasos but refer to the iconography of an offering bearer or a Hora [season] and that of an Erinyes [personification of revenge especially towards those who attack one's family], themes that adapt to a funerary context." [txt ©MRT] White Marble Mid- 1st AD

LEFT [no faces preserved]

RIGHT [featured in this post].

Musei Reali Torino, Turin | MRT [Museum of Antiquities | Museo di Antichità, -1 Floor] • Web: https://museireali.beniculturali.it/en/archaeological-museum • FB: https://www.facebook.com/museirealitorino • IG: @ museirealitorino • X: @ MuseiRealiTo

MRT | Michael Svetbird phs©msp 18|02|24 6300X4200 600 [I.] The photographed objects are collection items of MRT, photos are copyrighted [non commercial use | sorry for the watermarks]

📸 Part of the "Reliefs-Friezes-Slabs-Sculpture" MSP Online Photo-gallery:

👉 D-ART: https://www.deviantart.com/svetbird1234/gallery/72510770/reliefs-friezes-slabs-sculpture

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[tammuz]

Assyrian alabaster relief of an Eagle-Headed Winged Figure from the ancient city of Nimrud, dating back to the 9th century BCE. The Pergamon Museum, Berlin, GERMANY.

Photo by Babylon Chronicle

[howamidrivinginlimbo]

The ancient city of Pompeii, Italy

On the first photo is the bakery of Sotericus.

On the last photo you can see clay pots built into countertops in the taberna.

[wandering-jana]

The Riace Bronzes were found in the sea off the coast of Italy in 1972. They are life sized, bearded warriors cast in the 5th century BCE. Ancient Greek bronzes rarely survive as many were later melted down. We only really know how Ancient Greek bronze sculptures looked like because the Romans were copycats.

Reggio di Calabria, Italy

[wandering-italy]

Ancient Roman houses found under the garden of a former monastery. Santa Giulia Museum, Brescia

March 28, 2024

[tygerland]

Ai Weiwei Dropping a Han dynasty urn. 1995. Gelatin silver prints: 148×121 cm (58×47 in) ea.

[elixir]

Head of Dionysus, the god of wine, have been uncovered in an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Aizanoi, Turkey

[kararadaygum]

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[archaeoart]

Fortress ruins at Abdullakhan-Kala, Merv in Turkmenistan, circa 1890.

[thomaswaynewolf]

[useless-catalanfacts]

Vil·la romana dels Munts (Els Munts Roman Villa) is one of the best preserved Roman villas in the Iberian peninsula, the Roman province of Hispania. It's located in modern-day Altafulla (Camp de Tarragona, Catalonia), in the countryside near the important Roman city of Tarraco (modern-day Tarragona). The villa's archaeological remains are included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco".

The oldest part of the villa dates from the 1st century AD, when it was a small farming villa, but it was soon abandoned. In the early 2nd century AD, the old villa was demolished and the place was rebuilt as a large, aristocratic villa: it still kept having a significant agricultural role, but included a magnificent and luxurious residence area. To get an idea of how luxurious it was, a normal 2nd-century Roman villa might have one marble covering, while Els Munts has hundreds of coverings made of marble imported from the Eastern Mediterranean and the North of Africa. The residence also had wall paintings, mosaic floors, statues, fountains, and artificial ponds. The villa also included a bath house and a the largest temple of the Mithraic religion known in the Western Roman Empire.

When the Roman emperor Hadrian stayed in Tarraco the winter of 122-123 AD, it's thought that this villa could have been the place where he was staying. A statue of Antinous (Hadrian's lover) was found in Els Munts.

Statue of Antinous, Higea, and Asclepios found in Els Munts. Nowadays in Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona.

The villa was partially destroyed by a fire in the late 3rd century, starting its decline. In the early 5th century, it was remodelled into a Late Roman villa and then a Visigothic one, and was in use until the 7th century.

Photos by Quim Roser/Dep. Cultura, ArqueoXarxa, Manel Antolí/Tarragona Turisme, Tjerk van der Meulen/Ara, MNAT - Google Arts and Culture. Drawing reconstruction by Hugo Prades/MNAT. Information from Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona and Ara (Josep Anton Remolà).

[michael-svetbird]

KRATER W/ THE HEAD OF MEDUSA: Apulian Red-figured Volute Krater Attributed to the Painter A of the Heroa Group Ca 350 BC [Sides A & B: Scenes from the cult of the dead]

Pic 1 : Side B;

Pic 2 : Side A, upper register, Medusa's head close-up;

Pic 3 : Side A;

Pic 4 : Side B, vessel body close-up:

Male or Female [4] ?.. Somebody's portrait? What is your opinion?

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Parma | MANP [Pilotta, Archaeological Museum, Floor 2] https://complessopilotta.it/en/archaeological-museum

MANP | Michael Svetbird phs©msp 22|02|24 6000X4200 600 [I., III., IV.] The photographed object is collection item of MANP, photos are copyrighted [non commercial use | sorry for the watermarks]

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[tammuz]

The human-headed Lamassu from the city of Nimrud, dating back to 883-859 BCE. The Pergamon Museum, Berlin, GERMANY. 

Photo by Babylon Chronicle

[howamidrivinginlimbo]

The Stabian Baths in the ancient city of Pompeii

The thermae were constructed around 125 BC. Hundred years later, the baths were connected to Pompeii's aquaduct. They were damaged in the earthquake of 62 AD.

[wandering-jana]

The Ancient Roman gate of Susa, Italy.

[heavenskiriot]

The Treasury الخزنة | Petra, Jordan

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