Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
mastodon.world is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Generic Mastodon server for anyone to use.

Administered by:

Server stats:

12K
active users

mastodon.world: AboutStatusProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.6

#ancientegypt

15 posts15 participants0 posts today
Public *
Tales from the Two Lands

I rather like the way the Ashmolean had this beaker displayed in 2011, it’s against a replica of a piece of Predynastic Egyptian art (from Hierakonpolis Tomb 100 I think) and lined up with gazelles of some sort surrounding the beaker with its central Barbary sheep.

The Barbary sheep is a mammal native to North Africa which likes arid mountainous conditions, so it is a creature of the desert in Egypt. It’s surrounded by dogs, with upturned curly tails, little short ears and knotted collars where someone could attach a lead. 🧵 1/3

A photograph of a predynastic Egyptian vase. The vase is made of clay which is a dark terracotta colour, and is decorated with a design in white. It is a tall slender vase which narrows towards the neck then flares out again. At the narrowest point and at the base the decoration consists of two rings of white triangles, one pointing up and the other pointing down. In between on the face we see are animals. The central animal is a Barbary sheep, which has a cross hatched body, a long neck with long hair on its underside, a head with a long nose and two long horns coming from the top of the head between the ears. Around it we can see three other animals, which are dogs. These are smaller than the sheep and have shorter neck with no long fur. Their ears are longer and perky, and their tails are short and also perky. Each dog is shown wearing a collar with a knot that protrudes at the front of the neck. The pot is displayed in front of a replica of a rough contemporaneous wall painting, and the object is positioned so that 3 gazelles on the background seem to stand within the vase.
#egyptology#pottery#ancientEgypt
Public
Erotic Mythology 🌷

Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹

"A robe out-shining the brightness of fire, [...] which shimmered like the moon over her tender breasts, a marvel to see. Also she wore twisted brooches and shining earrings in the form of flowers; and round her soft throat were lovely necklaces"
Homeric Hymn 5

🏛 #Aphrodite, painted casket, Roman Egypt, 250-300 CE

@antiquidons @mythology
#DayOfAphrodite #mythology #GreekRomanArt #ancientEgypt #EgyptianArt

Public
Jomes
More #Egypt 😄 (there's so much more to come 😅) After the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx we visitid the #StepPyramid in #Sakkara. I think that was the only time where we were almost completely alone. It was early afternoon and the temperatures were rising, but still in managable regions in the mid-twenties. It was magical and utterly silent, because this pyramid is far awy from everything else and to me it felt as if it's already the middle of the desert. Sadly, we didn't have much time to soak up the atmosphere because we were on a tight schedule towards the next sight 😅

#SightSeeing #travelling #vacation #AncientEgypt #Sky #desert
Horizontal photo of the Step Pyramid. It's taking up the whole photo, with a bit of pale dusty sky above it and a smooth sand yard in front of it. A single tiny figure in dark clothing is walking towards it (our guide).
Another photo of the pyramid, this time from a bit sideways so two sides of it are visible, one side lying a bit in the shadows with just the edges of the steps illuminated. The photo has been taken from further away, but it looks just as big. There are two tiny people, barely more than two specks, walking towards the pyramid.
#desert
ExploreLive feeds
About