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danskjavlarna · 14 hours
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Preserved for the ages: my modest collection of vintage mummies.
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tiny-librarian · 3 months
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Plaster cast of a child's face, from a mould accidently made when cement seal of sarcophagus leaked inside and covered childs face, found in France in 1878, Roman, 1st century AD, cast 1878-1920
The handwritten French label on the reverse of this tiny plaster cast explains its history. In 1878, a stone Roman burial sarcophagus was found in the gardens of a Paris convent. When a tiny Roman child died 1800 years before, cement sealing the sarcophagus leaked inside and formed a mould of the child’s face. This plaster cast was created using that mould sometime between its discovery and 1920. The translation states the child was buried with a perfectly preserved small glass bottle. However, there is no indication of the cause of death.
The label indicates the child came from Arènes de Lutèce, a prosperous and important Gallo-Roman town within modern day Paris. The Roman remains of Arènes de Lutèce were rediscovered in the 1860s during excavations for the building of a new tram stop.
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Etruscan (from Vulci, Lazio, Italy), Sarcophagus Lid with a Husband and Wife, ca. 350-300 BCE, travertine (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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michael-svetbird · 2 months
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AMAZONOMACHY Sarcophagus From Soli, Northern Cyprus [found in 1557] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soli,_Cyprus Hellenistic period, 2nd half of the 4th c. BC Marble Provenance and additional data: https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/50832
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KHMV | Michael Svetbird phs©msp | 08|23 6300X4200 600 [I.-VII.] The photographed object is collection item of KHMV, photos are subject to copyright. [non commercial use | sorry for the watermarks]
📸 Part of the "SARCOPHAGI:Reliefs" MSP Online Photo-gallery:
👉 D-ART: https://www.deviantart.com/svetbird1234/gallery/69396046/sarcophagi-reliefs
👉 FB | Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.843393602695885&type=3
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worldhistoryfacts · 2 months
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This sarcophagus, from fifth-century Cyprus, shows a parade of chariots. Check out the little parasol over the head of the most important person, and the traces of 2,400-year-old paint that still remain:
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{Buy me a coffee} {WHF} {Medium} {Looking Through the Past}
Much more on the history of the chariot:
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wandering-cemeteries · 6 months
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Etruscan Sarcophagus (Ossuary?). Santa Maria della Scala in Siena, Italy.
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thunderstruck9 · 4 days
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Fabrizio Clerici (Italian, 1913-1993), La XXV ora [The 25th Hour], 1968. Oil on panel, 128.5 x 180.5 cm.
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egypt-museum · 28 days
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Sarcophagus lid of the Vizier Sasobek
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664-610 BC. Now in the British Museum, EA17
The lid is finely carved, showing the deceased wearing wig, beard and collar and with two vertical registers of hieroglyphic offering texts, surmounted by a figure of Nut. “It may have been found in Sais, the city from which Psamtik’s family came.
The sarcophagus is one of the finest examples of its type, and very well preserved. While many anthropoid (human-shaped) sarcophagi have rather exaggerated features, Sasobek’s face is naturalistic (although not a portrait) and serene. Sasobek holds the djed pillar representing the god Osiris in one hand and the tyet knot of the goddess Isis in the other."
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anaundying · 8 months
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Why did no one tell me about the ancient sarcophagi drinking fountains???
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blueiskewl · 10 months
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Sarcophagus of Djed-Hor-iuefankh Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasty, 1000 BC
Wood polychrome gesso anthropoid coffin lid, featuring a Broad Collar, figurative scenes, and hieroglyphs linking the deceased priest Djed-Hor-iuefankh to the Afterlife.
H. 210 x w. 55 x d. 50 cm.
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rupertbbare · 4 months
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Runit Dome. Concrete sarcophagus containing 73,000 cubic meters of radioactive debris from 68 nuclear detonations and biological warfare remains on Marshall Islands.
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shewhoworshipscarlin · 3 months
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Inner coffin of Khonsu, 1279BC-1213BC, Egypt.
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thesilicontribesman · 6 months
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Rudston Roman Sarcophagus and Cist, Rudston, East Yorkshire
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perennialastronaut · 7 months
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The hair just kept growing.
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romegreeceart · 29 days
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Ionian Sarcophagus
* Clazomenae
* 500 BCE
* terracotta
* British Museum
London, July 2022
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caleod · 10 months
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