Ersi Lavaris

🎓 Archaeology of Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East — NKUA (PhD)
📌 full-time marshmallow | author (lit) | doom metal devotee | ½ Fin(n)ish(ed) at heart

[Ersi Lavaris @lavlav___]

Η Εποχή του Κυνηγιού, 2016· Πρότυπες Εκδόσεις Πηγή (Εκδόσεις Πηγή: https://t.co/OfzrF9kqqe, Goodreads: https://t.co/Qq9xsXxAwn).
Η Κόκκινη Βασίλισσα, 2017· Εκδόσεις Εντύποις (Εκδόσεις Εντύποις: https://t.co/tlSzS8m50J, Goodreads: https://t.co/3J7UQ2oylX).
#διαβάζω #λογοτεχνία 1/2

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Foxes Practicing the Difficult Art of How to Shape Shift into Humans by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1840′s)

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

Map of every battle since 2500 BC according to Wikipedia (10,624 battles)

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

the little bear is distracted by a balloon instead of crossing. mama bear comes back for him

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

A misty dawn in Venice
📷: @nicolomiana

[Musée du Louvre @MuseeLouvre]

[#UnJourUneOeuvre]

L'Adoration des bergers
Pierre-Jacques Cazes (1676 - 1754).

📍 Pour des raisons de conservation préventive, les œuvres du département des #ArtsGraphiques ne sont pas exposées en permanence.
Plus d'infos ici 👉 https://t.co/h5T9Tm1OeF

#ArtsGraphiques

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Installed in 1410, this 600-year-old clock in Prague is the world's oldest functional astronomical clock.

[George Harrison @GeorgeHarrison]

Here’s a surprising magical story about Now and Then.

@thebeatles | @johnlennon | @PaulMcCartney | @ringostarrmusic

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Hippopotamus, Egyptian 2040-1638 BC. “Hippos were fearsome beasts, and early kings are sometimes shown spearing roaring hippos in a scene that became a metaphor for imposing order on chaos… The hippopotamus was also a power for good. Tawaret, a hippo goddess, protected women in pregnancy and childbirth.” Collection: RISD Museum.

[Release Athens @ReleaseAthens]

Forever and… two.

#releaseathens23 #day2 #helloween #makingmemoriestogether

[Ersi Lavaris @lavlav___]

When #releaseathens23 turns into a winter music festival 🤘

[Ersi Lavaris @lavlav___]

when i'm feeling blue i just remind myself that my sweet lil' baby likes to tuck himself in when he naps on my bed 😳 #CatsofTwittter

[Nathan Francis @NathanFrancis__]

110th Anniversary #OTD in #Art #History 6 Dec 1912, the painted limestone bust of #Nefertiti, wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, was found in the workshop of Thutmose in Amarna, Egypt. It has been dated to 1345 BC. The #NefertitiBust is currently on display at the Neues Museum in Berlin.

[The Metropolitan Museum of Art @metmuseum]

#MetKids Fun Fact: Made of silver, this kneeling bull is small enough to be held in one hand. 🤲

Inside the bull are pebbles, which could mean it was shaken like a rattle during rituals or ceremonies.

Learn more: https://t.co/m7XaStfREb

[Musée du Louvre @MuseeLouvre]

#UnJourUneOeuvre/#WorkOfTheDay

🇫🇷 Étude d'un renard (1650 - 1675), par Pieter Boel (1622-1674).

🌎 Study of a fox (1650 - 1675), by Pieter Boel (1622-1674).

📍 Aile Richelieu, salle 802
👉 https://t.co/mzfRj9Vvlp

[Musée du Louvre @MuseeLouvre]

#UnJourUneOeuvre/#WorkOfTheDay

🇫🇷 Disparate de bestia (1815 - 1824), par Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828).

🌎Disparate de bestia (1815 - 1824), by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828).

📍 Département des #ArtsGraphiques.
👉 https://t.co/IvepV51ovq

[Musée du Louvre @MuseeLouvre]

#UnJourUneOeuvre/#WorkOfTheDay

🇫🇷 Figurine (-2000/-1600) découverte à Chypre

🌎 Figurine (-2000/-1600) discovered in Cyprus

📍 Aile Sully, salle 300
👉 https://t.co/ArLOSxF00S

[British Museum @britishmuseum]

Each is named after a quality required in guard dogs:

Loud is his bark! (black dog)
Biter of his foe! (blue dog)
Don't think, bite! (white dog)
Catcher of the enemy! (red dog)
Expeller of evil! (white dog with red spots)

See them in Room 55 🐶 https://t.co/QWvAAJcbRr

[British Museum @britishmuseum]

The ferocious five 🐕

These miniature clay mastiffs were buried to guard a property from devils and demons. This pack – once pigmented and decorated – was found beneath a palace doorway at Nineveh, northern Iraq https://t.co/QWvAAJcbRr

[Aesthetica @Anc_Aesthetics]

Tomb of Napoleon