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In Romanesque work the oldest examples are those found on the bases in crypts, where they assumed various conventional forms; being, however, close to the eye, the spur soon developed into an elaborate leaf ornament, which in French 13th-century work and in the early English period is of great beauty; sometimes the spur takes the form of a ...
Fagan also states, that "from the Mid Archaic onward, people invested more labor in fashioning socially valued artifacts and ornaments like finely ground 'bannerstones'" [11] to be used in the networks of trade and formation of "alliances." Bannerstones were created for more than just strict physical survival; they were created for spiritual ...
The bow spur (peronion) was intended to ride over an enemy ship's oars, breaking them and rendering it helpless against missile fire and boarding. [ 26 ] The four galeai ships uncovered in the Yenikapi excavations, dating to the 10th–11th centuries, are of uniform design and construction, suggesting centralized manufacturing.
Kurgan stelae [a] or Balbals (Ukrainian: балбал, most probably from Turkic word balbal meaning "ancestor" or "grandfather" [3]) are anthropomorphic stone stelae, images cut from stone, installed atop, within or around kurgans (i.e. tumuli), in kurgan cemeteries, or in a double line extending from a kurgan.
By the middle of the Archaic Period of ancient Greece (roughly 800 BCE to 480 BCE), the art that proliferated contained images of people who had the archaic smile, [1] [2] as evidenced by statues found in excavations all across the Greek mainland, Asia Minor, and on islands in the Aegean Sea. [1]
A post shared on social media purportedly shows a video of Syrian media report on a 500-year-old scroll in Bashar al-Assad’s house. Verdict: False The video shows an ancient Jewish scroll ...
The Karatau Mountain Range is a southern spur of the Western Tian Shan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Close to the Zarafshan Valley and the Kyzylkum Desert, the Karatau area has been an intersection of seasonal migration routes for people and animals since ancient times.
It can also potentially reveal the site of an ancient asteroid impact crater that then spurs international research. At least that’s true of Joël Lapointe’s experience.