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Jarlshof is the best known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles". It contains remains dating from 2500 BC up to the 17th century AD.
The Bronze Age settlers left evidence of several small oval houses with thick stone walls and various artefacts including a decorated bone object. The Iron Age ruins include several different types of structures, including a broch and a defensive wall around the site. The Pictish period provides various works of art including a painted pebble and a symbol stone. The Viking Age ruins make up the largest such site visible anywhere in Britain and include a longhouse; excavations provided numerous tools and a detailed insight into life in Shetland at this time. The most visible structures on the site are the walls of the Scottish period fortified manor house, which inspired the name "Jarlshof" that first appears in an 1821 novel by Walter Scott.

A jar containing 2,500-year-old eggs was discovered in a tomb in eastern China’s Jiangsu province.

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*Sacred Serpent*

Votive relief

Found in Asklepieion
Piraeus

The snake is the symbolic representation of Zeus Melichios, an alternate name for Hades.

"Meilichios", the "Easy-to-be-entreated", the gracious

The inscription refers to the dedicator Heracleides.

4th century B.C.

National Archaeological Museum Athens.

*সেন্ট মেনাসের অ্যাম্পুলা (ফ্লাস্ক)*

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এই ধরনের Ampullae তীর্থযাত্রীরা সেন্ট মেনাসের জন্য মহান তীর্থস্থান থেকে বাড়িতে জল বা তেল আনতে ব্যবহার করতেন, বলা হয় তৃতীয় শতাব্দীর শেষের দিকের মিশরীয় রোমান সৈনিক যিনি তার খ্রিস্টান বিশ্বাসের জন্য শহীদ হয়েছিলেন। তাকে দুটি উটের মাঝখানে দেখানো হয়েছে যারা তার লাশ দাফনের জন্য মিশরে ফিরিয়ে দিয়েছিল।

মাধ্যম: মাটির পাত্র; ঢালাই

মাত্রা: H. 3 1/4 ইঞ্চি (8.3 সেমি)
W. 3 ইঞ্চি (7.6 সেমি)

শ্রেণীবিভাগ: সিরামিক।

*Ampulla (Flask) of Saint Menas*

late 6th century–mid 8th century

Ampullae like this one were used by pilgrims to bring home water or oil from the great pilgrimage site for Saint Menas, said to be a late-third-century Egyptian Roman soldier who was martyred for his Christian faith. He is shown between the two camels who returned his body to Egypt for burial.

Medium: Earthenware; molded

Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
W. 3 in. (7.6 cm).

Classification: Ceramics.

The Mystery!

As far as history is concerned, 1000 Shiva lingas were installed by the ruler Sadashivaraya of the Vijayanagar Kingdom sometime between 1678 and 1718.

The place looks truly mysterious and gorgeous when you get to see so many lingas together playing hide and seek with the river waters.


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পেরুর রাজধানী লিমায় জাতির জাদুঘরে চাচাপোয়াস সংস্কৃতির একটি প্রদর্শনীর সময় একটি মমি প্রদর্শিত হয়.

এই ছবিটির অপূর্ণতা থাকতে পারে কারণ এটি হয় ঐতিহাসিক বা প্রতিবেদন।

পেরুর রাজধানী লিমায় জাতির জাদুঘরে চাচাপোয়াস সংস্কৃতির একটি প্রদর্শনীর সময় একটি মমি প্রদর্শিত হয়। জাতির জাদুঘরটি 11 জানুয়ারী প্রদর্শনীটি করেছে, যেখানে পেরুর উত্তরাঞ্চলের চাচাপোয়াসের আমাজন রেইনফরেস্ট অঞ্চলে 900 থেকে 1500 সালের মধ্যে পাওয়া প্রায় 12টি মমি দেখানো হয়েছে, যা চাচাপোয়া এবং ইনকাস সংস্কৃতি লিমা, পেরুর - 28.06.08.

A mummy is displayed during an exhibition of the Chachapoyas culture at the Museum of the Nation in Lima, capital of Peru.

This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.

A mummy is displayed during an exhibition of the Chachapoyas culture at the Museum of the Nation in Lima, capital of Peru. The Museum of the Nation held the exhibition on Jan. 11, showing around 12 mummies found in the Amazon rainforest region of Chachapoyas, northern Peru, dating back from 900 to 1500, from the Chachapoyas and the Incas cultures Lima, Peru - 28.06.08

A 3.300-year-old chariot bridge is still in use today. The Arkadiko Bridge was built between 1300 and 1190 BCE, making it one of the oldest still-used arch bridges still in existence. It was built on a road that linked Tiryns to Epidaurus, and was part of a larger military road system.
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A 5,000 year old Harappan stepwell found in Dholavira; Gujarat, India, in 2014.

Dholavira, one of the largest known cities of the Indus Valley civilization. Scientists from the Archaeological Survey of India and IIT-Gandhinagar say that the well is almost three times bigger than the Great Bath at Mohenjo Daro. They will use 3-D laser scanners, remote-sensing technology, and ground-penetrating radar to analyze Dholavira’s ancient water system.

“Various surveys have indicated other reservoirs and stepwells may be buried in Dholavira. We also suspect a huge lake and an ancient shoreline are buried in the archaeological site,” V.N. Prabhakar of IIT Gandhinagar

A 2000-year-old Roman silver dagger, that was discovered by an archeology intern in 2019 in Germany, before and after nine months of careful restoration work

An amazing picture of 280 million-year-old fossil found in Western Australia, Gascoyne region.❣️

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Amazing and Magnificent, Architecture
Hoysala Generation Sri Chenna Kesava
Temple of Lord Vishnu in Belur located
in Karnataka a remarkable architecture
Sculptures Iconography and History.

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Carving on the wall of a temple, Chennakesava Temple, Belur, Karnataka, India.
The old temples of Karnataka’s Hassan district are an architectural wonder, The temple was built in the early 12th century. there are many beautiful attraction which is all a historical temples and monuments built in the late 12th century , each stones and sculptures and carved at his best .

One of the finest architect Marvel's of Hoysala empire. Dated back to 12th century, this soap stone carvings are intricate with clear detailations. One can spend more than an hour here.

প্যানোরামিক ইমেজ দ্বারা একটি মন্দির শিল্প প্রিন্টের দেয়ালে খোদাই করা। আমাদের আর্ট প্রিন্টগুলি অ্যাসিড-মুক্ত কাগজে আর্কাইভাল কালি ব্যবহার করে উত্পাদিত হয় যাতে তারা বিবর্ণ বা রঙের ক্ষতি ছাড়াই আজীবন স্থায়ী হয়। সমস্ত আর্ট প্রিন্টে ইমেজের চারপাশে একটি 1" সাদা বর্ডার অন্তর্ভুক্ত থাকে যাতে ভবিষ্যতে ফ্রেমিং এবং ম্যাটিং করা যায়, যদি ইচ্ছা হয়।
নকশা বিবরণ- একটি মন্দিরের দেয়ালে খোদাই করা, চেন্নাকেসাভা মন্দির, বেলুর,
কর্ণাটক, ভারত।

কর্ণাটকের হাসান জেলার পুরানো মন্দিরগুলি একটি স্থাপত্য বিস্ময়, মন্দিরটি 12 শতকের গোড়ার দিকে নির্মিত হয়েছিল। এখানে অনেক সুন্দর আকর্ষণ রয়েছে যা 12 শতকের শেষের দিকে নির্মিত ঐতিহাসিক মন্দির এবং স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ, প্রতিটি পাথর এবং ভাস্কর্য এবং তার সেরা খোদাই করা। কম ভিড় সঙ্গে খুব ভাল রক্ষণাবেক্ষণ পরিবেশ।

হোয়সালা সাম্রাজ্যের অন্যতম সেরা স্থপতি মার্ভেলস। 12 শতকে ফিরে আসা, এই সাবান পাথরের খোদাইগুলি স্পষ্ট বিবরণ সহ জটিল। এখানে এক ঘণ্টার বেশি সময় কাটানো যায়।

“अवशेष”
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An architectural charm of the Chalukyan era , Durga temple is an unique temple built around 6th-7th century .

Unlike most of the temples built during this era ,

Durga temple has an unique “apsidal” design and houses carvings dedicated to Prabhu Vishnu , Shiva , Maa Durga , Yamuna and Ganga . Though it is called Durga Temple, it has nothing to do with goddess Durga . The name of the temple may have derived from the word ‘durga(दुर्ग)’ meaning fort .
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Aihole (Karnataka)

was a primitive Chalukyan art centre and is called as Cradle of Indian architecture due to its importance as a practical ground used for experimenting Indian art and architecture which houses around 120 small and big temples .

Golden Uraeus of Senusret II

This uraeus was discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1920 during his excavations around the Pyramid of Senusret II at Lahun. The rearing cobra, known as a uraeus, was a symbol of royalty, worn at the forehead.

The golden uraeus is of solid gold, 6.7 cm (2.6 in), black eyes of granite, a snake head of deep ultramarine lapis lazuli, the flared cobra hood of dark carnelian inlays, and inlays of amazonite. For mounting on the king’s crown, two loops in the rear-supporting tail of the cobra provide the attachment points.

Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Senusret II, ca. 1897-1878. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

Tomb robbers foiled Senusret II's attempts to arrive in the afterlife unscathed.
The Great Pyramids of Giza already lay empty.

They had been plundered during Egypt’s First Intermediate Period, just 300 years after they were sealed for eternity.

Another 300 years later, and 64 kilometres to the south-west, a grand mud-brick pyramid was being raised above the desert.

This was the tomb of the Middle Kingdom pharaoh, Senusret II. He chose to build his pyramid at Lahun on the eastern edge of the fertile Faiyum region.

Having seen the desecration of the tombs of his great predecessors, King Senusret II knew he had to outsmart the thieves. Instead of placing the entrance on the north side of the monument, like most of the pyramids that had come before, the opening to Senusret’s was through a shaft hidden in the pavement on the south side.

In 1889 the young British archaeologist Flinders Petrie spent months trying to find the entrance. When he eventually made his way in he discovered that the ancient grave robbers had also succeeded in finding and plundering the king’s burial place. Of the once rich tomb furnishings, only a red-granite sarcophagus, and an alabaster offering table remained.

But then in 1920 he went back to make a thorough clearance of the debris in the rooms and passages. Within just half an hour of starting, this wonderful treasure was uncovered – a royal uraeus.

This was the rearing cobra worn by royalty at the forehead and is likely from the brow of a crown or headdress of Senusret II.

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Rani ki Vav – an example of Flamboyant architecture and true woman power in Bharat
It is a fine example of our lost heritage, built by Rani Udayamati wife of Raja Bhimdev 1 between 1022 and 1063 AD.

The step well designed as an inverted Temple highlighting the sanctity of water, divided into 7 levels of stairs with sculptural panels. There are 212 pillars in the Stepwell and around 800 sculptures in the inner walls of the Vav.

Rani ki Vav is a stepwell situated in Patan, Gujarat.

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⭕ This statue is 40,000-year-old!⭕

This is the Lion Man of the Hohlenstein-Stadel, considered to be the oldest-known zoomorphic (animal-shaped) sculpture in the world.

The Lion Man has the head of a cave lion with a partly human body.

Sculpted with great originality, virtuosity and technical skill from mammoth ivory, this 40,000-year-old image is 31 centimetres tall.

Found in a cave in what is now southern Germany in 1939, the Lion Man is the oldest known evidence for religious beliefs and Stadel Cave suggests that believing and belonging have a deep history crucial to human societies and originating long before writing.

A "chain-link" column on the south portal of the western facade of the church of Saint-Lazare D'Avallon, in north-central France. c.1160.

A mystical Murti of Bhagwan Ganesh carved on a wall of ancient Bandhavgarh fort.

he oldest fort in India, the Bandhavgarh Fort unfolds the legendary of Bhagwan Shri Rama in Ramayana, when Shri Rama upon returning to his state back, after conquering the war from Ravana, stayed at this place and built this fort to gift his dear brother Lakshamana.

The name “Bandhavgarh” has been derived from there only which significantly is the combination of two words: ‘Bandhav’ means brother and ‘Garh’ is the fort.

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স্থান - মানভূম থেকে প্রাপ্ত দেবী দূর্গাৱ প্ৰস্তৱ মূর্তি, দ্বাদশ শতকের,পাল যুগ।

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From-Manbhum ,12th century, pala era.

English: Stone sculpture of Devi Durga found in Bengal. Durga Mahishasura-mardini, the slayer of the buffalo demon (Indian Museum-kolkata).

Just wish she was in her own space being worshipped by her devotees, within the temple that should have never been destroyed.

Old door of Westminster abbey. (chapter house)
It is probably the second oldest door in Britain. Tree ring dating shows the tree was cut down in 1080 making it close to 950 years old.

A dancer with a removable crocodile helmet from Mexico. Culture: Colima culture, 300 BC-300 AD. Now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.⁣
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Double Ushabti of Benermerut and His Mother, Ikhem

New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1478-1425 BC. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 44.4.73

A Nazca skull with long braids
Hair still attached to its own skull, measures 2800 mm (2.80m.) in length, possibly belonged to a priestess of approximately 50 years and whose age is 2,200 years (200 BC).⁣

The hair is made up of two bows wrapped in fine ropes made of the same hair, they are in a circular way around each portion of hair. Located in National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History (Archeology Museum UNT), Trujillo, Peru

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Martand Surya Mandir, Anantnag, Kashmir C. 1900-10

The Martand Sun Temple is a Hindu temple located near the city of Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The Martand Sun Temple was built by Lalitaditya Muktapida, the third maharaja of Kashmir under the Karkota dynasty, in the 8th century AD.

The temple was destroyed by the Shah Miri dynasty in the 15th century, on the orders of the erstwhile ruler of Kashmir, Sikandar Shah Miri(Butshikan). The dynasty was established by Shah Mir in 1339 CE, there are two theories regarding Shah Mir's origin. Historian A.Q. Rafiqi states that some Persian chronicles of Kashmir describe Shah Mir as a descendant of the rulers of Swat. He thinks it more likely that he was a descendant of Turkish or Persian immigrants to Swat. Most modern historians accept the Swati origins of Shah Mir. Swati are Afghans came to Dir Malakand region in time of Ghaznavi.

Under a sacred sycamore the sun god Re, in the form of a cat, slays the snake Apep (or Apophis), god of the underworld and symbol of the forces of chaos and evil.

Painting from the tomb of Inherkhau (TT359). Deir el-Medina, West Thebes.

Hochdorf Golden Shoe Ornaments.
530 BC.
Germany, Hallstatt Culture.

The Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave is a richly-furnished burial chamber, regarded as the "Tutankamon of the Celts". It was discovered in 1977 near Hochdorf an der Enz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany).

A man of 40 years old, 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) tall was laid out on a bronze couch. He had been buried with a gold-plated torc on his neck, a bracelet on his right arm, and most notably, thin embossed gold plaques were on his now-disintigrated shoes. At the foot of the couch was a large cauldron decorated with three lions around the brim. The east side of the tomb contained a four-wheeled wagon holding a set of bronze dishes - enough to serve nine people.