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5 juin 2009

An Attic Black-figured Amphora and Lid, attributed to the Antimenes Painter, circa 530-510 B.C.

An Attic Black-figured Amphora and Lid, attributed to the Antimenes Painter, circa 530-510 B.C. painted in front with a man and his charioteer in a quadriga, Dionysos holding vine branches, a standing man, and a seated man holding a staff, the reverse...

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Tags: Attic, 530-510 B.C., Antimenes Painter, Black-figured Amphora and Lid

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4 juin 2009

A roman marble head of Hercules, circa 2nd century A.D.

A roman marble head of Hercules, circa 2nd century A.D. The hero depicted youthful, his oval face inclined to his left, with a bulging forehead and contoured brows overhanging deep-set, unarticulated, almond-shaped eyes, his lips parted, his hair a mass...

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Tags: Hercule, Roman marble, 2nd Century A.D.

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4 juin 2009

A roman marble herm bust of Menander, circa 2nd century A.D.

A roman marble herm bust of Menander, circa 2nd century A.D. Lifesized, his head turned slightly to his right, with long wavy locks of hair brushed forward over the crown of the head, the locks breaking predominantly to the left except over the proper...

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Tags: Roman marble, 2nd Century A.D., Menander, herm bust

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4 juin 2009

A massive roman red marble (cottanello antico) labrum, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.

A massive roman red marble (cottanello antico) labrum, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D. The exterior of the shallow basin with fifty-eight deeply carved petals radiating from the central base, surmounted by a rectangular profiled molding, the cyma recta flaring...

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Tags: Roman marble, 2nd-3rd Century A.D., cottanello antico, labrum, red marble

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2 juin 2009

a Pompeii wall panel fresco from a Manhattan auction house seized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

The fresco panel, which was the subject of an international search by INTERPOL, was located by the Art Loss Register of New York. NEW YORK, NY.- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today seized a Pompeii wall panel fresco from a Manhattan auction...

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26 mai 2009

A Bone Seal Engraved with the Name Shaul, from the Time of the First Temple, was Found in Jerusalem

Hebrew seal that dates to the time of the First Temple. Photo: Vladimir Naykhin JERUSALEM.- The Knesset presidium, headed by Speaker Reuben Rivlin, visited the City of David in Jerusalem. A Hebrew seal that dates to the time of the First Temple was displayed...

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Tags: Hebrew, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem

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23 mai 2009

Bactrian Composite Idol, Late 3rd - Early 2nd Millennium B.C.

Bactrian Composite Idol, Late 3rd - Early 2nd Millennium B.C. Price on application. Provenance: Ex-Ishiguru collection, Japan The state of preservation is excellent, even if the surface is partially worn. The hair is lost. The statuette is composite and...

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Tags: Bactrian, Idol, Late 3rd - Early 2nd Millennium B.C.

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21 mai 2009

"Transformed Gods": Classical Sculptures from the Museo del Prado @ Skulpturensammlung, Dresden

Diadumenos, 140-150 n. Chr.; Marmor. H. 202 cm. Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, Inv. Nr. E-88. Foto:Klut/Estel © Skulpturensammlung, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden DESDEN.- Two of the oldest collections of antiquities outside Italy are being brought...

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Tags: Museo Nacional del Prado, Skulpturensammlung Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

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14 mai 2009

Sculpture Carved 35,000 Years Ago Might be World's Oldest According to Archaeologists

The sculpture of a woman made of ivory was presented today by German archaeologists in Tuebingen, Germany. The figure, found in 2008 in a cave in Schelklingen, is supposedly the world's oldest reproduction of a human with an estimated age of at least...

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Tags: Germany, Hohle Fels, archaeology

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11 mai 2009

A Rare 2,000 Year Old Hebrew Document Written on Papyrus was Seized in an Operation

The Scroll Conservation Laboratory, Israel Antiquities Authority JERUSALEM.- A document thought to be an ancient text written on papyrus was seized in an operation led by the Intelligence Office of the Zion Region and the Undercover Unit of the Border...

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