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The hill-top town of Aidone hosts a world-class archaeological museum containing treasures unearthed at Morgantina, an ancient Greek town down the road a stretch. Morgantina was founded in 850 BC, and over the next 400-600 years the settlement was destroyed and rebuilt until it was finally abandoned in 211 BC. Throughout the centuries, the citizens of Morgantina created (and then left for us to find) some extraordinary works of art. This emblem, which is attached to a bowl, represents Scylla, th Greek Town, Sicily Italy, Ancient Greek, Antique Items, Archaeology, Antiques, Abandoned, Museum

The hill-top town of Aidone hosts a world-class archaeological museum containing treasures unearthed at Morgantina, an ancient Greek town down the road a stretch. Morgantina was founded in 850 BC, and over the next 400-600 years the settlement was destroyed and rebuilt until it was finally abandoned in 211 BC. Throughout the centuries, the citizens of Morgantina created (and then left for us to find) some extraordinary works of art. This emblem, which is attached to a bowl, represents Scylla, th

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~ Amazon. Date: ca. 300–280 B.C. Culture: South Italian, Canosan Place of origin: Southern Italy Medium: Terracota Ancient Greek Art, Ancient Greece, Amazon Queen, Small Sculptures, Way Of Life, Art History, History Pics, Art Museum

Ancient Greek Art

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~ Amazon. Date: ca. 300–280 B.C. Culture: South Italian, Canosan Place of origin: Southern Italy Medium: Terracota

Head of a Goddess, perhaps Demeter or Kore, Greek, 350–300 BC. Sicily. Terracotta. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California. Ancient Egyptian Art, Ancient History, Architecture Classique, Art Et Architecture, Celtic Goddess, Classical Period, Art Antique, Terracota

Ancient Egyptian Art

Ancient History

Architecture Classique

Art Et Architecture

Classical Period

Head of a Goddess, perhaps Demeter or Kore, Greek, 350–300 BC. Sicily. Terracotta. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California.

Anthodiaitos

A GREEK BLACK-GLAZED NESTORIS South Italy, Circa Mid 4th Century B.C. Ovoid in form, with the characteristic vertical handles rising from the shoulders to the rim and decorated with disks 19¼ in. (48.9 cm) high Greek Pottery, Circle Art, Ancient Jewelry, Prehistory, Ancient Art, Glaze

Ancient Jewelry

A GREEK BLACK-GLAZED NESTORIS South Italy, Circa Mid 4th Century B.C. Ovoid in form, with the characteristic vertical handles rising from the shoulders to the rim and decorated with disks 19¼ in. (48.9 cm) high

Stonefinder

Gaudo, Tomb 362: Nestoris (diffendale) lindinha World Best Photos, Tea Pots, Cool Photos, Beer, Tableware, Vases, Root Beer, Ale

World Best Photos

Gaudo, Tomb 362: Nestoris (diffendale) lindinha

Ancient Hellas: Ancient Greek Kraters with Actors Ancient Rome, Ancient Greek Theatre, Greece Mythology, Greek Paintings, Funny Today, Greek And Roman Mythology

Ancient Greek Theatre

Greece Mythology

Greek Paintings

Greek And Roman Mythology

Ancient Hellas: Ancient Greek Kraters with Actors

Paestum Museum. Carthage, Hellenistic Art, Bog Body, Roman History, Southern Italy, Ancient Civilizations

Hellenistic Art

Ancient Civilizations

Paestum Museum.

The Temple of Hera I. Paestum, Italy. 530 B.C. Ancient Greek Architecture, Roman Architecture, Historical Architecture, Beautiful Architecture, Ancient Ruins

Ancient Greek Architecture

Roman Architecture

Historical Architecture

Beautiful Architecture

The Temple of Hera I. Paestum, Italy. 530 B.C.

Paestum, Tomba del Tuffatore - Tomb of the Diver Tempera, Spiritus, Party Scene, Mystery Of History, Historical Artifacts, Roman Art, Green Art

Mystery Of History

Historical Artifacts

Paestum, Tomba del Tuffatore - Tomb of the Diver

Medusa Antefix (roof ornament) depicting Medusa Greek South Italy late 6th century BCE terracotta Medusa Greek Mythology, Santa Barbara Museum, Ancient Beauty

Medusa Greek Mythology

Santa Barbara Museum

Medusa Antefix (roof ornament) depicting Medusa Greek South Italy late 6th century BCE terracotta

Terracotta antefix depicting satyr, from Gela, Sicily, Italy History Images, Ancient Egypt, Der Plan, Getty Museum, Mother Goddess

Terracotta antefix depicting satyr, from Gela, Sicily, Italy

Appliqué of a Satyr, 200–100 B.C., Sikeliote (Sicilian Greek). Ancient Greek Sculpture, Greek History, Greek Artifacts, Ancient Artifacts

Ancient Greek Sculpture

Greek Artifacts

Ancient Artifacts

Appliqué of a Satyr, 200–100 B.C., Sikeliote (Sicilian Greek).

Fragmentary Antefix (roof ornament) with Medusa, Terracotta, Etruscan, made in Campania, South Italy, 550-500 BC, Getty Villa, Malibu Medusa Gorgon, Getty Villa, Mesoamerican, Pompeii, Green Man, Mythical Creatures, Terracotta, Mythology

Mythical Creatures

Fragmentary Antefix (roof ornament) with Medusa, Terracotta, Etruscan, made in Campania, South Italy, 550-500 BC, Getty Villa, Malibu

5th C. BCE Etruscan tomb fresco with funeral dance. Museo di Capodimonte. Fresco, Dance Definition, Arrow Of Time, Roman Names, Art Ancien, Minoan

Dance Definition

5th C. BCE Etruscan tomb fresco with funeral dance. Museo di Capodimonte.

Another example of a Greek Fresco (Apulia - Magna Grecia) from a tomb, 5th century BC, a funeral dance. Minoan Art, Classical Greece, Clay Art Projects

Classical Greece

Clay Art Projects

Another example of a Greek Fresco (Apulia - Magna Grecia) from a tomb, 5th century BC, a funeral dance.

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daughters of Nereus riding a sea monster "the Old Man of the Sea" - ca.200-100 BC, Sicily Empire Romain, Art Premier, Futuristic Art, Statues, Greek Art, Arte Popular, Sea Monsters

daughters of Nereus riding a sea monster "the Old Man of the Sea" - ca.200-100 BC, Sicily

Ahmet Usta

Locri Pinax, Eros Hermes and Aphrodite. Reggio Calabria Museum, italy Aphrodite, Greek Pantheon, Reggio Calabria, Mycenaean

Reggio Calabria

Locri Pinax, Eros Hermes and Aphrodite. Reggio Calabria Museum, italy

Hand mirror with the head of Medusa Greek, South Italy, 500 - 480 B.C. Bronze Medusa Head

Hand mirror with the head of Medusa Greek, South Italy, 500 - 480 B.C. Bronze

Terracotta relief probably from a funnel vase, late 4th - early 3rd c. B.C., Early Hellenistic, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Canosan. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Roman Sculpture, Art Sculpture, Hellenistic Period, Greece Art

Roman Sculpture

Hellenistic Period

Terracotta relief probably from a funnel vase, late 4th - early 3rd c. B.C., Early Hellenistic, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Canosan. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Helmet South Italian Greek 300 - 200 BC RD Milns Antiquities Museum Roman Artifacts, Medieval, Elmo, Collections D'objets

Roman Artifacts

Collections D'objets

Helmet South Italian Greek 300 - 200 BC RD Milns Antiquities Museum

Valle dei Templi, Agrigento, Sicily - the best preserved Greek Temple Mayan Ruins, Places Around The World, Around The Worlds, Ancient Architecture, Gothic Architecture

Places Around The World

Around The Worlds

Ancient Architecture

Gothic Architecture

Valle dei Templi, Agrigento, Sicily - the best preserved Greek Temple

Aphrodite Rising from the Sea (Ludovisi Throne) Palazzo Altemps, Rome. Western Greek, from Magna Graecia, the piece is dated - from the Severe style it manifests, transitional between Archaic and Early Classical–; to the period about 460 BCE. Homo Faber, Arte Latina, Zeus And Hera

Aphrodite Rising from the Sea (Ludovisi Throne) Palazzo Altemps, Rome. Western Greek, from Magna Graecia, the piece is dated - from the Severe style it manifests, transitional between Archaic and Early Classical–; to the period about 460 BCE.

Igor Mitoraj Valle dei Templi Magna Graecia World Heritage Site Sicily Agrigento bu Stefano Costanzo Renaissance Time, Classical Antiquity, World Heritage Sites, Strand, Mount Rushmore, Travel Photography, City

Renaissance Time

Classical Antiquity

World Heritage Sites

Travel Photography

Igor Mitoraj Valle dei Templi Magna Graecia World Heritage Site Sicily Agrigento bu Stefano Costanzo

Parade helmet from Metapontum, in Magna Graecia, 6th cent. BCE. Hammered from a single piece of bronze with designs made by repoussé, punching, tracing, and engraving. The top is surmounted by a ram's head (partially restored). The cheekpieces are decorated with rams' heads. Over the forehead, a series of curls falls in a row to form the hairline. Below the curls is a repoussé line that forms the eyebrows and terminates in bearded snakes' heads with forked tongues. Ancient Armor, Medieval Armor, Greek Helmet, Dark Ages, Gods And Goddesses

Gods And Goddesses

Parade helmet from Metapontum, in Magna Graecia, 6th cent. BCE. Hammered from a single piece of bronze with designs made by repoussé, punching, tracing, and engraving. The top is surmounted by a ram's head (partially restored). The cheekpieces are decorated with rams' heads. Over the forehead, a series of curls falls in a row to form the hairline. Below the curls is a repoussé line that forms the eyebrows and terminates in bearded snakes' heads with forked tongues.

Jeh (J. E.) Bruce, SF/F author

Jeh (J. E.) Bruce, SF/F author