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Ancient Greek ornamental architecture and sculpture, (1898). Creator: Unknown

Ancient Greek ornamental architecture and sculpture, (1898). Fig. I. Doric capital from Paestum (with painted ornaments). Fig 2: Jonic [Ionic] capital from the Erechtheium [Erechtheion] on the Acropolis of Athens. Fig 3: Corinthian capital from the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates at Athens. Fig 4: Caryatide from the Erechtheium. Figs 5 and 6: Acroteria from stelae (sepulchral columns), Paris. Figs 7-9: Anthemia-decorations. Figs 10 and 11: Griffins. Fragments of freezes. Figs 12 and 13. Legs of marble-tables in the National Museum at Naples. Figs 15 and 16: Legs of marble-tables in the National Museum in the British Museum at London'. Plate 4 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]

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Tomb of the royal tomb builder Pashedu, Deir el-Medina, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 1295-1186 BC

Tomb of the royal tomb builder Pashedu, Deir el-Medina, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 1295-1186 BC. Wall painting showing the deceased receiving sacred water from the sycamore goddess. The tree, often depicted as a semi-anthropomorphic figure is identified with the goddess Hathor, Lady of the Sycamore, but also linked with other goddesses such as Isis and Nut. Pashedu is known to have lived and worked during the reign of Seti I (1290-1279 BC)

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Alinements near Carnac, Brittany, France, c1920

Most wondrous of the megalithic remains in the world are the alinements near Carnac. At Kerlescan the menhirs stand in 13 rows, c1920. The Carnac Stones are a complex of megalithic sites by the village of Carnac, Brittany. The Kerlescan alignments are a particular group of stones composed by 13 lines. From Geographical Magazine, Volume 2, c1920

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