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Garlanded bucrania on a frieze from the Samothrace temple complex Bucranium on the frieze of the Temple of Vespasian and Titus in Rome.. Bucranium (pl. bucrania; from Latin būcrānium, from Ancient Greek βουκράνιον (boukránion) ' ox's head ', referring to the skull of an ox) was a form of carved decoration commonly used in Classical architecture.
These scale areas, commonly referred to as horns or horn cores due to their size and shape, are very pronounced and highly distinct in the individual genera and even species. Generally speaking, the A horn is a singular element located at the back of the skull that ranges from forming a large, frill-like structure to an almost vestigial shelf.
The plastered skulls represent some of the earliest forms of burial practices in the southern Levant. During the Neolithic period, the deceased were often buried under the floors of their homes. [7] In other words, a plaster skull sometimes went under a plaster floor. Sometimes the skull was removed and its cavities filled with plaster and painted.
Skull art is found in various cultures of the world. Indigenous Mexican art celebrates the skeleton and uses it as a regular motif. The use of skulls and skeletons in art originated before the Conquest : The Aztecs excelled in stone sculptures and created striking carvings of their Gods. [ 1 ]
Of the excavated and accessible skulls from the Paracas Cavernas, the vast majority of skulls were visibly modified. The skulls were observed to be primarily of two shapes: Tabular Erect or Bilobate. [33] Though Tabular Erect was the most common among both sexes, Bilobate skulls were observed at a much higher rate in female skulls. [33]
Most manuscripts do not bother detailing the scorpion tail [34] and simply draw a long cat's tail, [28] but in Harley MS 3244 the manticore has an "oddly pointed tail" [34] or an "extraordinary spike on the end" of it, [28] and a tail covered in spikes from end to end is shown on the manticore in several other second family manuscripts.
A newfound fossil of a jawless fish is the oldest known vertebrate cranium preserved in 3D. The 455 million-year-old find could illuminate how vertebrate heads evolved.
Nasutoceratops is genus of ceratopsid dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous period, about 76.0–75.5 million years ago. The first known specimens were discovered in Utah in the Kaiparowits Formation of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (GSENM) from 2006 onwards, including a subadult skull with a partial postcranial skeleton and rare skin impressions ...