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Comics and Drawings

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On this section of the website, you can find black and white archaeological drawings as well as puns, comics and other drawings inspired by ancient history.

Comics

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Busts and Statues

Fragmentary bust of Athena from the Vatican Museum
Head of Hyperides of Athens at the Glyptoteket
Bust of Pericles from the Altes Museum
Fragmentary head of Aphrodite in the Glyptoteket in Munich
Reconstruction of the Diadumenos by Polykleitos
Fragment of the head of a Greek warrior at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens
Greek philosopher statue
Wounded Amazon a statue by Polykleitos
Fragmentary head of the goddess Tyche in the Spartan Archaeological Museum
Colossal head of Sappho at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum
Fragmentary head of a Ptolemaic Queen (Arsinoe II) at the Glyptoteket
Head of Ptolemy III Euergetes at the Vatican Museums
Head of Alexander the Great at the Glyptoteket
Roman goddess with a mural crown at the Glyptoteket
Head of a Greek goddess at the Altes Museum
Torso of an old fisherman at the Altes Museum
Head of Alexander the Great at the Instanbul Archaeological Museum
Fragmentary head of a Greek goddess at the Munich Glyptoteket
Hellenistic ruler from Miletos
Doryphoros or spear-bearer by Polykleitos
Head of Pyrrhus of Epirus at the Glyptoteket
Fragment of the head of Ptolemy I Soter
Head of Medusa at the Roman-Germanic Musuem in Cologne.
Artemision Bronze from National Archaeological Museum in Athens
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A red figure skyphos or drinking cup dated around A red figure skyphos or drinking cup dated around 450-400 BC. It has two handles, one horizontal and one vertical. This particular style was often called a glaux, after the Greek name for owl, which was often seen as decoration on the vase! #history #archaeology #archaeological #ancienthistory #ancientgreece #ancient #greekvase #glaux #owl #athens #athena #athenian #hellenistichistory #ancientathens #greekpottery #redfigurepottery #skyphos #archaeology #historian #ancientcultures
A marble statue called the ‘Atalante Hermes', fo A marble statue called the ‘Atalante Hermes', found at Atalante, Phthiotis. This is a funerary statue of a youth depicted in the form of the god Hermes. He is shown nude with his chlamys over his shoulder and wound around his left arm. In his left hand he will have held the caduceus. It is a work of the 2nd century AD copying or repeating a statue type of the 4th century BC with Lysippean characteristics. #history #marble #hermes #greek #greekgod #ancienthistory #acientgreece #athens #atalante #historian #ancient #greekgod #greece #ancientcultures #ancientsocieties
The so-called mask of Agamemnon is a golden funera The so-called mask of Agamemnon is a golden funeral mask discovered at the ancient site of Mycenae by the famous German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann during his excavations of the site in 1876. Found in grave V of circle A, Schliemann believed he had found the body of the mythological Greek leader Agamemnon who commanded the Greeks during the Trojan War. While it obviously belonged to an important leader of the Mycenaean community - other bodies found in the royal burial shaft had weapons and other rich objects with them indicating they were warriors and people of notable importance. The mask is made from one sheet of gold, heated and hammed against wood with the details being added afterwards with a sharp tool. However, later research questioned Schliemann’s theory based on style and some have even argued the mask to be fake, added by Schliemann to make his dig even more impressive. Consensus today is however that is a genuine Mycenaean mask but dated to about 300 years before the Trojan War was thought to have taken place. #trojanwar #athens #archaeology #ancientgreece #schliemann #greek #hellenistichistory #ancienthistory #archaeological #archaeologist #archaeologicalmuseumathens #history #mycenae #agamemnon #maskofagamemnon #trojanwar #troy #heinrichschliemann #ancient #masks #funerarymasks
A bronze sstatue of the empress Julia Aquilia Seve A bronze sstatue of the empress Julia Aquilia Severa, dated to 221-222 AD, found at Sparta. The statue is made of a large number of separately cast parts. The woman wears a chiton and a himation and will have had a crown on her head. Originally, the coiffure which is characteristic of the Severan dynasty combined with the extensive damage attributed to damnatio memoriae, suggested that the figure depicted was to be identified with one of the leading female figures of the Severan dynasty who suffered this fate - Julia Mamaea, mother and co-empress of the emperor Alexander Severus, Plautilla, wife of the emperor Caracalla, or Annia Faustina, third wife of Elegabalus. But it is now thought to be Julia Aquilia was the second and then the fourth and last wife of the emperor Elegabalus (AD 218-222). Her portrait is to be found on coins issued during her two brief marriages to the emperor. There is no evidence that Julia Aquilia Severa suffered damnatio memoriae. The poor condition of the statue is the result of the collapse of the building in which it was erected, caused by a fire, as it is clear from the excavation record. #rome #roman #romahistory #athens #romanathens #athenian #bronze #sparta #romanemperor #romanempress #severan #severans #history #archaeology #archaeological #ancient #damnatiomemoriae #bronze
A statue of a young Herakles, dated to the second A statue of a young Herakles, dated to the second century AD, found on the Southern slope of the Akropolis. He is already wearing his lion skin cloak and would’ve held a club in his missing hands. #history #hellenistichistory #archaeology #archaeological #hercules #herakles #babyherakles #heracles #historian #ancient #ancienthistory #ancientgreece #greekmythology #athens #acropolis #ancientathens #greekstatue #marble #ancientsocieties #ancientcultures
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