Made around the same time as Giza's pyramids, an almost 5000 year old hedgehog and his bowl.
Early Cycladic, 2800-2300 BCE, National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
From the ruins of Pompeii, a touching wall painting showing Terentius Neo and his wife. 55-79 AD.
A lovely young couple, I very much hope they escaped the eruption!
Terentius, a baker, holds a scroll. His wife holds a wax writing tablet, and raises a stylus pen thoughtfully to her lips.
The intellectual pose and use of writing implements in this fresco, identify them as equals and members of the literate middle class.
Read more: https://t.co/h73YffKzdm
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. My photo 2023.
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@earpergirl67@UncleBeard1978 Pillars of the Earth has this going on in the background but it's not the focus of the novel. I don't know much either tbh!
A 3,000-year-old ceramic pig unearthed from the Lianhe Ruins, in the Sichuan province in China looks just like the pigs from Angry Birds.
On display in the Sanxingdui Museum.