#Ancient
That Which Undeniably Is, be thou my way.
Or be thou the Highway. Same same.
#Personal #philosophy #leibniz #mst3k #roadhouse #dualism #ontology #ancient #wisdom
The Seikilos Epitaph contains the oldest complete song known to exist. The lyric is exquisite:
“As long as you live, shine
Let nothing grieve you beyond measure
For life is short and time will claim its toll”
"We have documented more than 200 relative values of gold and silver across almost 3000 years (2500 bce–400 ce) to establish value benchmarks for essentially pure metal. Our aim is to improve understanding of ancient economies by enabling regional and temporal comparisons of these relative values."
Ross, J., & Bettenay, L. (2023). Gold and Silver: Relative Values in the Ancient Past. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 1-18. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774323000355 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Ancient #Gold #Silver #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Economy #History #Antiquity #Antiquidons @econhist @archaeodons @antiquidons
The Virgin Hodegetria by Yov Kondzelevych (1667-1740).
Yov Kondzelevych was a Ukrainian icon painter. In his works, Byzantine traditions were intertwined with new trends of the late 17th century, in the spirit of Ukrainian Baroque aesthetics. His icons fascinate with their tonal richness, harmony and brightness of colors, picturesque warmth of images.
Find it here:
https://ukrainian-artists.pixels.com/featured/the-virgin-hodegetria-yov-kondzelevych.html
#icon #Ukraine #Ukrainian #Virgin #ancient #arthistory #christian #BuyIntoArt
Did you know that the #Egyptian Cobra has a #divine & #royal #history?
The large, venomous #snake was represented in 2 different #Ancient Egyptian #goddesses.
Cobra-headed Meretseger protected the Valley of the Kings & Wadjet protected both #kings & childbirth.
In Lower Egypt, the cobra topped crowns.
In 2011, The Bronx #Zoo had to inform the public that an Egyptian Cobra escaped its enclosure.
It was found 5 days later hiding & named Mia - “missing in action”.
"Tyrian purple was paraded by the most privileged in society for millennia—a symbol of strength, sovereignty and money. . . . Pliny the Elder described it as having a 'shining appearance when held up to the light.'"
For the #BBC, Zaria Gorvett offers a fascinating look at an ancient purple dye that was worth more than gold: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231122-tyrian-purple-the-lost-ancient-pigment-that-was-more-valuable-than-gold
Crannag Loch Tatha
Crann - from the Scottish and Irish Gaelic for tree or pole. In modern Scottish, tree is craobh.
Photo taken before this crannag was destroyed by fire. A new one is being built on the opposite shore.
#Crannogs #ancient #Picts #Gaelic #Perthshire #history #Scotland #MastoDaoine #Gaeilge #ThickTrunkTuesday
The Dharmapala Yamantaka by Anonymous #Tibetan 17th-century artist.
Yamantaka, in northern Buddhism, is one of the eight fierce protective deities (dharmapalas). Worship of dharmapalas was initiated in the 8th century by the magician-saint Padmasambhava.
Read more:
https://stellar-art.pixels.com/featured/the-dharmapala-yamantaka-anonymous-tibetan-17th-century.html
Cyber Monday Sale: 25% OFF All Wall Art!
#Buddhism #Buddhist #art #Sale #Discount #WallArt #ancient #antique #CyberMonday
Is it easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to go to heaven? Or was the text originally about a rope?
No, no rope. In fact the Greek word supposedly meaning 'rope' appears to be completely made up. Here's a review of the evidence.
#ancient #ancientgreek #bible #camels https://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2023/11/camel.html
Some of the darkest #rituals preserved were performed in #ancient Coptic magic. But not only the magical papyri tell us about these rituals.
Here are two fragments of a human (?) skull inscribed with a magical figure and a text invoking, among others, Iao.
7th-8th century AD, #Egypt
University College London, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, LDUCE-UC32763
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#Archaeology #Magic #skull #artefact #egypt #coptic #egyptology #materialculture
Ancient 20-inch-long hand ax discovered in Saudi Arabia may be world's largest
#archaeology #history #ancient #saudiarabia #prehistoric #anthropology
Europe’s oldest functioning compass found in Estonia wreck
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68863
#archaeology #ancient #history #medieval #estonia #marinearchaeology
Just three miles down the road from where I live, the Grade I listed Saxon church of St Mary the Virgin, pictured here in the warm hues of a setting sun.
The church, situated overlooking the North Sea coast in Seaham, Co Durham, is one of the earliest Anglo Saxon churches in existence, dating back to 7th/8th century.
The Meaning in Magic - Ancient Magic Thought Lost in Modern Translation
🔥 Upcoming lecture 🔥
I introduce and discuss the rich original #ancient terminology hidden behind the modern terms "magic" and "magical" commonly used in the Betz translation of the Greek magical papyri.
Join my Thoth & Maat lecture series about "The Archaeology of Ancient Magic & Ritual Practice", introducing and discussing the #Egyptian and Greek #magical papyri and hundreds of ancient magical artefacts.
#DOTD age 38: Liu Boming #劉伯明 (1887–1923), first Chinese to obtain a doctorate in #philosophy, contributor to #CriticalReview #學衡 journal. Notable publication: Outline of Western #Ancient and #Medieval Philosophy 西洋 #古代 #中世 #哲學 史大綱. #ChinesePhilosophy #ModernChina
Sunken Sanctum Guardians of the Deep
Amidst the murky depths of the ocean, hidden from mortal eyes, lies an ancient temple guarded by majestic sea serpents The sounds of crashing waves are stilled in this subterranean world, replaced by whimsical harmonies that lead those who ...
See More Seeds: https://aidyslexic.raupulus.dev/collections/show/686
#StableDiffusion #ai #ArtificialIntelligence #sunken-temple #ocean #ancient #guardians #sea-serpents #whimsical-harmonies #epic-fantasy-scenes
Legendary Prophecies Alien Invasion
Prepare for an otherworldly battle as ancient prophecies come to life in the midst of an alien invasion Creatures beyond imagination clash in an epic struggle for Earth's fate
See More Seeds: https://aidyslexic.raupulus.dev/collections/show/683
#StableDiffusion #ai #ArtificialIntelligence #aliens #invasion #ancient #prophecy #clash #legendary #Earth #epic #creatures #battle
"The great majority were written in the empire’s main language – Hittite. But the Hittite government’s scribes wrote around 5 per cent of them fully or partly in the languages of the empire’s minority ethnic groups – peoples like the Luwians (south-eastern Anatolians), Palaians (from part of north-west Anatolian), Hattians (central Anatolians) and Hurrians (from Syria and northern Mesopotamia)." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/hittite-ancient-language-turkey-ankara-b2451364.html #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Ancient #Language #Languages @archaeodons @linguistics
#Sappho, the #Ancient #Greek #Poet.
#Sappho sang of #desire, #passion, and #love mostly directed towards #women. As new fragments of her work are found, a fuller picture of her is emerging, but she remains the most #mysterious of #ancient #poets.
#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Poetry #Representation #Culture
I found Klaus Cornell’s "Oratrio Spelaeologio"
at the cult record shop, "art into life" in the ceramic city Mashiko, Japan.
There's few information about this artist on line and I can't judge the era. It's like the ruins made by sound.
#artintolife で見つけた、Klaus Cornellという音楽家のアルバム、そのまんま未来縄文篇のサウンドに使いたいくらい何時代かわからなくてカッコいい。音で出来た遺跡のよう。
https://www.art-into-life.com/phone/product/13828
Ancient municipal archive building found in Doliche
Crypt Entrance, St. Michan’s Church • Dublin, Ireland
Hasselblad 500C/M • Kodak Tri-X 400 • 2023
#FilmPhotography #Kodak #TriX #Film #Camera #120film #Photography #BW #Dublin #Ireland #Hasselblad #500CM #Monochrome #Art #Crypt #Entrance #SaintMichan #Church #Ancient #Outdoors #October_26_2023
Fortified Bronze Age City Filled With Magnificent Ancient Treasures Solves A Mystery In China
https://www.ancientpages.com/2023/11/21/fortified-bronze-age-city-treasures/
Mystic Manor of Desert Entities
In this serene yet abandoned mansion, phantoms of Aztec deities resurrect Alongside them, an elusive sun serpent rides celestial dunes
See More Seeds: https://aidyslexic.raupulus.dev/collections/show/659
#StableDiffusion #ai #ArtificialIntelligence #ghosts #cursed #Aztec #spirits #ancient #resurrections #deserts #obscurities
#Sapphic: What is the #history of the #word, and how is it linked to #ancient #Greece?
#Sapphic is an #umbrellaterm describing #women who love Women (#WLW)
#Women #Bisexuals #Lesbians #Queer #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SexualOrientation #Sexuality #Representation #Culture
Hoard of 100,000 centuries-old coins discovered in Japan
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/hoard-of-100000-centuries-old-coins-discovered-in-japan
Ebb's Nook is a small promontory, near the harbour at Beadnell on the Northumberland coast.
Nearby is the site of an ancient 12th century chapel and burial ground which featured as one of the locations visited by Channel Four TV's 'Time Team'.
Surrounding the ruins of the chapel are other earthworks, suggesting a probable earlier monastic site.
#England #Northumberland #coast #historic #ancient #seascape #photography
The 9th Linked Pasts symposium (#LP9, Dec. 4-15) brings together scholars, heritage professionals and other practitioners with an interest in #LinkedOpenData as applied to the study of the #ancient and #historical worlds. It will be fully virtual, to engage with international participants and different time zones, and reduce the need for financially and environmentally expensive travel. Activities proposed include working groups and workshops.
Information and programme:
https://linkedpasts.hcommons.org/2023/11/17/linked-pasts-9-programme/.
#Groundbreaking #research on #HaidaGwaii could lend more clarity to unanswered questions about how the #FirstPeople arrived in the #Americas after the last #IceAge.
By testing marine core samples off the coast of #MoresbyIsland, researchers from #SFU & #UVIC are attempting to understand the #ancient landscape of the #archipelago.
The #cooperation between the #university dresearchers, #ParksCanada & the #Haida #FirstNation was essential to the project, Rondeau said.
Last week I paid a visit to open-air museum Carnuntum in the city of Petronell. This was my second trip to Austria from Bratislava, but unlike the first one, by car. Anyway, the museum was amazing. I have never seen roman "ruins" restored to such level. The main part depicts an #ancient #roman city of #Carnuntum, including thermal spa, then we took a short stroll to amphitheater and on our way home, stopped in a indoors museum, where delicate (including golden and silver) artifacts were presented. From frequently traveling between slovakia and czechia, I almost forgot that people do indeed speak different language beyond the border. I bought one brochure in slovak language for my dad and one in English for my friend.
Golden earring in the shape (maybe) of a mermaid, sea nymph or sphinx complete with Garnets.
Made in the #Hellenistic period 4th - 3rd century BC.
Private collection, UK, acquired 1950s; and thence by descent.
#Ancient #jewellery #art #artwork
@HawkeJon
Black Soup: the pig's blood delight from ancient Sparta. Turns out, not many other ancient (or modern) peoples agreed...🤢
Read this excerpt from the History Shapes Cookbook, out now:
https://www.historyshapes.com/black-soup/
The #DRM free #Ebook is pay-whatever-feels-good, and greatly supports the cartoon ❤️
https://buy.stripe.com/28o03534y39sfMQfYZ
#Histodons #History #Greece #Sparta #Spartan #Ancient #DidYouKnow #FoodHistory #DYK #TIL #TodayILearned #Comedy #Cartoons #MastoArt
#Stoicism on #Tiktok promises #happiness – but the #ancient #philosophers who came up with it had something very different in mind
2,800-year-old ivory carved with sphinx discovered in Turkey
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2800-year-old-ivory-carved-with-sphinx-discovered-in-turkey
Archaeologists Unearth a Secret Lost Language From 3,000 Years Ago
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-unearth-a-secret-lost-language-from-3000-years-ago
#archaeology #anthropology #ancient #turkiye #hittites #cuniform #language #linguistics
Update on my upcoming video:
"The London-Leiden Magical Papyrus - Exploring the most extensive #ancient Egyptian #magical papyrus known to us today"
I finished sound editing: 1:09 hrs
Now working on the video: I'm currently at min. 17:45 and image 156!
Love it :-)
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#archaeology #ancientmagic #egypt #papyrus #magic #egyptology #demotic #greek
From 11 Nov: Mummified baboons point to the direction of the fabled land of Punt - Enlarge / Drawing of a trade expedition to Punt during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut. Note... https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/mummified-baboons-point-to-the-direction-of-the-fabled-land-of-punt/ #ancient-dna #ancient-egypt #archeology #baboon #dna #egypt #egyptian-mummies #genetics #science
statue of Hera, early 1st century AD Roman copy of a Greek original from the early 4th century BC #statue #statues #arts #art #roman #rome #ancientrome #greek #greece #ancientgreece #ancient #culture #sculpture #sculptures #arthistory #history #inspiration #artmuseum #artmuseums #museum #museums
Face Of Neanderthal Who Lived 56,000 Years Ago Reconstructed
https://www.ancientpages.com/2023/11/10/face-of-neanderthal-reconstructed/
The pyramid of Gunung Padang in Indonesia began construction in the deep past, a new study claims, and was built by an unknown ancient people.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy35mx/a-prehistoric-pyramid-may-have-just-rewritten-human-history-scientists-claim?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#tech-science #pyramid #Ancient #History #archaeology #indonesia #gunungpadang #Abstract
“Joseph Campbell and his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces are the link between modern popular culture and the #ancient texts of India and Asia Minor.”
Our Landmarks of the World themed Quiz has just been posted on our website!
https://youknowwhatblog.com/quizzes/landmarks-of-the-world-quiz/
#egypt #abusimbel #hermitage #landmarks #monuments #sevenwonders #maps #map #venezuela #angelfalls #angelfallsvenezuela #world #historia #historic #historical #medieval #ancient #pubquiz #pubtrivia #quiz #trivia #triviaquestions #fact #facts #didyouknow #youknowwhat #blog #blogger #generalknowledge
And for all of us who were on the internet at the time, our ice floes will be ready for boarding shortly.
Did you know that an old #folk #tale has been around since the #Romans?
Androcles was a runaway #slave who helped a #lion with a thorn in its paw. The lion becomes friendly & shares its kill.
When Androcles is re-captured by #Ancient #Rome, he's condemned to #die. When he faces his fate, the lion sent to kill him turns out to be HIS lion.
#Emperor Caligula lets him & the lion go.
This story resurfaced in the #MiddleAges, the #Victorian Age & is still being used as recently as 2010.
Technical #terminology in #ancient magic:
(A) God's arrival
pH-nTr : peh netjer
An ancient #Egyptian technical term for a #divination ritual during which a higher power appears in person
In PDM XIV, the invocation during a pH-nTr ritual references the #mountain at which the Ten Commandments were given to #Moses by God.
For more on the pH-nTr see the recent online paper (free access) by Mark Roblee (2020):
https://dlib.nyu.edu/awdl/isaw/isaw-papers/18-6/
"#Agriculture has been the single biggest driver for #wilderness destruction." (As noted in a previous #video, in the #US home #lawns consume more acreage than agriculture, thus are more #ecologically damaging.)
As also previously noted, #ancient #technologies, like #aquaponics, updated and adapted for our times (e.g. including #solar, for power), can be part of a successful Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategy.
The #Penn #Museum to hold #lecture on #LGBTQ #people in #ancient #cultures.
Delfi eventually approached several #academic #experts in #history and #archeology. The response was immediately #positive and #enthusiastic. This was the #genesis of the #panellecture titled “#TheyWereRoommates,” which will be hosted by #Penn #Museum on Oct. 22.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Representation #Culture
https://epgn.com/2023/10/18/penn-museum-to-hold-lecture-on-lgbtq-people-in-ancient-cultures/
"Collectively, these migrations are known as the “supercontinent cycle” and diamonds are one of the few minerals strong enough to survive and record these ancient cycles of creation and destruction." https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2023/2023-10/ancient-diamonds-shine-light-on-the-evolution-of-earth.html #Diamonds #Ancient #Earth #Science #Geoscience @science
View on Monemvasia, Peleponessos, Greece
YOU CAN FIND IT HERE:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-view-on-monemvasia-peleponessos-greece-patricia-hofmeester.html
By https://buff.ly/3i3uCm2 #WallArt #homedecor #fineart #AYearForArt #LoveArt #photography @PatriciaPhotos #monemvasia #greece #town #peleponessos #village #ancient
A 21-year old computer science student used AI to decipher text from an ancient Roman scroll that was carbonized in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E.
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Ancient #History #Histodon #Roman #Archaeology
Our History-themed Quiz has just been posted on our website!
https://youknowwhatblog.com/quizzes/10-history-trivia-questions/
#history #ancienthistory #historyporn #painting #sevenwonders #maps #map #world #historia #historic #historical #medieval #ancient #pubquiz #pubtrivia #quiz #trivia #triviaquestions #fact #facts #didyouknow #youknowwhat #blog #blogger #generalknowledge
Kairos n. Ancient Greek meaning ‘sacred time’ or ‘creative time’.
When you walk with ‘Kairos’ you learn how to tip yourself out of chronological time and are able to decommodify your footsteps to walk in sacred time and to the rhythm of your creative mind.
#Ancient #words #English #language #Greek #books #creativetoots #ContentCatnip
https://contentcatnip.com/2023/10/08/ancient-word-of-the-day-kairos/
Attention: This post is mildly #political . (Apologies)
Did you know that Burrup Peninsula features the largest collection of #ancient #rock #art in the world? It's also under threat.
Would be useful if an #indigenous representative could talk about it to the #AusGov .
Luckily for those of you with an Australian passport, that can be easily done tomorrow WHILE eating a #democracysausage !
As an #immigrant, I can't vote.
But if I could, my vote would rhyme with 'finesse'.
#referendum 🇦🇺
"He demonstrates how imperial Christianity inflected the production of truth far beyond the domain of theology — and how intellectual tools forged in the fires of doctrinal controversy shed their theological baggage and came to undergird the great intellectual productions of the Theodosian Age, and their material expressions."
Letteney, M. (2023). The Christianization of Knowledge in Late Antiquity: Intellectual and Material Transformations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009363341 #OpenAccess #OA #Ancient #History #Histodon #Histodons #Religion #Christianity #Church #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @histodon @histodons @bookstodon (65)
🎵 Everything old [can be] new again 🎵
Rethinking Everything, Everywhere, All at Once can lead to amazing #ClimateChange mitigation solutions based on #ancient #technologies, we don't always have to create entirely new components.
Cost-effective, scalable, and #environmentally friendly storage of #energy generated by #rewnewables remains a problem with which current #batteries still struggle, and l this kinda low-tech alternative may be an answer.
More than 90 percent of pre-Columbian earthworks in the Amazon remain undiscovered, researchers estimate.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zp93/thousands-of-ancient-structures-are-still-hidden-deep-in-the-amazon-study-says?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#tech-science #amazon #Ancient #Structures #History #archaeology #Abstract
Here's another ancient kingdom you might not be so familiar with (or I wasn't previously) - the Borsporan Kingdom. Where is it, and who is on this 20 Æ circa 324-325 AD? Find out at https://coinofnote.com/bosporan-kingdom-20-ae-324-325-ad/
#SaturdayNightCoinShow #History #AncientCoins #Ancient #Crimea #Coins #Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Rome
Did you know that the Romans' favourite #snack went #extinct?
Besides honey & grape juice, meals in #Ancient #Rome were flavoured with imported dates from Judea (#Israel).
Date palm fronds were symbolic of #success - lawyers pinned them to their doors & generals wore special "toga palmata".
Judean dates were also shelf-stable & delicious.
Sadly, by the 19th c., they had vanished.
Except for a few 2000-year-old seeds.
They were successfully germinated in 2020.
statue of the goddess Sakhmet, Egyptian, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. #archaeology #ancient #egypt #egyptian #culture #history #spiritual #spirituality #artist #artists #design #designs #designers #designing #arts #art #artlover #artlovers #artmuseum #artmuseums #arthistory #inspiration #motivation
In Nagoya's groovy heart, an ancient eatery lingers, its purple awning muttering tales of yesteryear 🍜🌆. 名古屋の心深く、古びた飲食店が静かに存在し、紫の日よけが昔の物語を囁いている🍜🌆. #streetphotography #streetphotographyjapan #griiix #ricoh_gr #aichi #nagoya #japan #ancient #eatery #purple #awning #tales #yesteryears #deep #heart #embrace #whispering.
St David's cathedral
YOU CAN FIND IT HERE:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/st-davids-cathedral-patricia-hofmeester.html
By https://buff.ly/3i3uCm2 #WallArt #homedecor #fineart #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #LoveArt #BuyArtNotCandy #photography @PatriciaPhotos
#Wales #cathedral #medieval #Pembrokeshire #StDavids #ancient #christianity
#Dhun is an old practice, ignored by #capitalism, that has allowed people to thrive in the #desert for millennia.
By restoring, expanding, and improving upon #ancient practices, we can build greater #ClimateChange resilience.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once actions, ftw!
Medieval St Michael church Kirkby Malham
YOU CAN FIND IT HERE:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/medieval-st-michael-church-kirkby-malham-patricia-hofmeester.html
By https://buff.ly/3i3uCm2 #WallArt #homedecor #fineart #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #LoveArt #BuyArtNotCandy #photography @PatriciaPhotos #church #medieval #England #KirkbyMalham #ancient #interior
#geography #history #ancient #Europe
Did a Tsunami Swallow Part of Europe? https://youtu.be/H5XVxKNzhjQ?si=6oAhn5ut-Y-8gfHB via @youtube
"Sistine Chapel of the Ancients." Deep within the dense Amazon rainforest in modern-day Colombia, archaeologists recently discovered an 8-mile-long "canvas" filled with ice age drawings of giant sloths, mastodons and other extinct beasts, dating back to between 11,800 years and 12,600 ago.
More images/info: https://bit.ly/3QJaSU8
If you had to be dumped into an ancient civilization with nothing, which would you choose?
#CriticalQuestions #Quiz #PubQuiz #Civilication #Ancient #History #StayHome #StaySafe #StayHomeStaySafe
The Impact Of Vegetation On Meandering Rivers
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-021-00249-6 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #hydrology #river #meanders #anthropocene #vegetation #processmodeling #model #modeling #plants #trees #carboncycle #Palaeozoic #evolution #fluvial #fluvialgeomorphology #geomorphology #channel #channelisation #rivergeomorphology #impact #humanimpact #climatechange #climate #carbondioxide #anthropogenic #changes #biodiversity #aridification #dynamics #geology #soilscience #riverbanks #erosion #sedimentation #floodplain #urbanisation #deforestation #pollution #ancient #landscape #watershed #biogeochemistry #morphometry #geomorphometry
Epidaurus theatre, 4th century BC, in Greece
YOU CAN FIND IT HERE:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/epidaurus-theatre-4th-century-bc-in-greece-patricia-hofmeester.html
By https://buff.ly/3i3uCm2 #WallArt #homedecor #fineart #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #LoveArt #BuyArtNotCandy #photography @PatriciaPhotos #epidaurus #greece #theatre #ancient #greek #unique #history #historical #peloponnese
#Map: Assyrian Empire 824 B.C.E. to 671 B.C.E. #Maps #Cartography #Ancient #History #Histodon #Histodons
Attribution: Ningyou, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Assyria.png
#Ancient #Architecture Might Be Key to Creating Climate-Resilient Buildings
Vernacular architecture is a way to use a region's heritage and resources to build strong homes and cities.
by Angely Mercado
"The United States has braved a year of multiple billion dollar weather disasters over the past couple of years. In 2021 alone, there were record-breaking #heatwaves , a #winterstorm that shut down cities across #Texas, multiple #hurricanes, record-breaking #wildfires, #tornadoes and #hail storms. All of which damaged public and private property and harmed people across the country.
"Part of preparing for even more extreme weather to come as a result of the #ClimateCrisis, is investing in resilient #infrastructure–something the current administration has already proposed. While building infrastructure may sound like a feat fit for futuristic technology, around the world climate-proofing has been happening already for centuries in the form of vernacular architecture. This form of architecture is defined by the use of traditional materials native to that particular region.
"According to a report in Oxford Urbanists, there is a possibility of a resurgence of vernacular architecture. Otherwise known as traditional, cultural design methods unique to a particular region, vernacular architecture is an alternative to the 'international style' of Eurocentric homes that took off globally after the first world war. Throughout the 20th century, 'identical skyscrapers, airports, malls and gas stations became icons of modern cities,' the report points out. However, those structures are not always made with climate change in mind, and don’t rely on locally sourced materials or local #cultural knowledge. Those homes were not made for the entire world’s diverse array of weather events like hurricanes, wildfires and tornadoes. Drawing on vernacular architecture could be a way of making our cities more resilient to an ever-changing climate.
"A well-known example of cultural and regional identity through vernacular architecture is #Pueblo architecture. The permanent, attached homes modeled after the cliff dwellings built by the Ancestral Pueblo (#Anasazi) culture first appeared around the year 1150 AD continue to be used by Pueblo peoples today. A common revival of the style called Santa Fe style, a mix of Pueblo architecture and Spanish colonial architecture, can be found in southwestern states like #Arizona and #NewMexico. Pueblo inspired homes that used dried mud often constructed with locally sourced materials. The thick mud walls are great insulation for both extreme heat and are made to protect residents from especially hot days and from cool desert nights.
"Across similarly sweltering Southern US states, vernacular architecture in the form of shotgun houses feature high ceilings for heat to rise up to, doors that are aligned to improve circulation into the home without costly AC bills.
"In some of the most heat-impacted places on the planet, #vernacular architecture is already being used worldwide in response to climate issues. Architects and designers are not just turning to local materials, they’re turning to #historical design to work around energy needs. Traditional #Arabian techniques like #mashrabiya have been incorporated into iconic modern buildings in Abu Dhabi, a city in one of the most heat-threatened countries in the world. Architects in #Morocco, which is especially vulnerable to climate change, have incorporated vernacular design, like large north-facing windows and smaller south-facing windows to bring in natural light while maximizing air flow for natural cooling and ventilation in public buildings like schools.
"'We wanted to retrieve a sense of heritage, but in a modern way,' Moroccan architect Driss Kettani told CNN. 'We tried to use the same (energy-efficient) solutions found in the small earthen towns in the south of Morocco.'
"These techniques can be used anywhere, even areas of the world with less-obvious climate impacts. Chris Lawson, the managing director at UK-based design firm CK Architectural says that the firm has worked in the #Cotswolds area, which is filled with towns that can source their own building materials. Woods used in the homes can come from local #trees that are already adapted for the English weather, which makes them an ideal building material. Builders are able to excavate the local limestone they need to build homes, a climate-friendly alternative to materials that often have to be transported from elsewhere and weren’t built to withstand the local weather.
"'It was incredibly strong, easy to find, a solid insulator from the Great British weather, and environmentally friendly due to no transportation requirements too,' he explains. 'This can be done across the whole world too.'"
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Did you know that the Minotaur from #Greek #Mythology is connected to a real #palace?
Knossos was the main palace of the Minoans, a people located in #Crete, #Greece during the #BronzeAge.
The labyrinthine palace had many decorative double axes (”labryses”) on the walls.
The Labrys was likely used to sacrifice #bulls, which played a big part in Minoan #religion.
In turn, the Minoans were possibly influenced by the #Ancient #Egyptians & their #sun #god Ra, who rides a heavenly cow.
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High above Penzance in Cornwall, on the West Penwith moors, is a place where you literally touch the past.
I love places like this – Lanyon Quoit is a 'dolmen', a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb dating from the early Neolithic period (4000 to 3000 BC).
Even better if you arrive to find you're the only one around!
#Cornwall #England #historical #NationalTrust #ancient #megalithic #photography
New Blog Online: The Archaeology of Ancient Magic
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