Around 2500 years ago these adorable terracotta dogs would have likely been someone’s treasured possessions. One a mother with her puppies, the other perhaps a successful retrieval of an errant pup.
500 BC-450 BC
Boeotia, Greece
📷July
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One of my most favourite #glass vessels: A marvellous #Roman vessel in the form of a #pig, made of blue glass. It was used to hold ointment or perfume.
Found in a burial in Cologne. Dating late 2nd/early 3rd c. AD
Photo: Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln
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In a new blog written by Katherine Kovacic, author of 'Australia’s Dogs', learn more about some of the paws-itively amazing photographs included and where her research started.
Read the blog: https://t.co/T1Cissfk2a
📷: https://t.co/dh1AdVNH5g
Marvellous Minoan cups created by Bronze Age potters about 3,800 years ago!
Known as Kamares Ware, the designs of these innovative luxury ceramics wouldn’t look out of place today! 🤩☕️
Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 📷 my own
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