EditorialSculptured rocks, at Mavalipuram, on the Coast of Coromandel. A group of monuments at Mahabalipuram; ratha temples in the form of processional chariots; mandapa, or rock sanctuaries modelled as rooms covered with bas-reliefs; rock reliefs in the open a...
EditorialA map of the kingdom of Aragon which includes administrative subdivisions by provinces, cities, towns, archbishoprics, bishoprics, monasteries, sanctuaries, rivers and mountain ranges. Nova et Accurata REGNI ARRAGONI? cum Confinibus Descriptio. [Zarag...
EditorialTerracotta shield, Cypro-Archaic II, ca. 600?480 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; wheel-made, diameter 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Vases, The shield is decorated with a scale pattern and has a painted projection in the center. During the Archaic period, clay models...
EditorialBronze tripod, Late Cypriot II or III, ca. 1450?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Bronze, H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm), Bronzes, This small vessel stand was cast from a mold. Most known examples of cast tripods come from tombs and sanctuaries.
EditorialLimestone figure of a " temple boy" from the sanctuary of Apollo at Idalion (Dhali), Cyprus; Hellenistic, 300 BCE. Statuettes of crouching children were reglarly dedicated in Cypriot sanctuaries from about 450 BCE into the Hellenistic period....
EditorialTemple of Apollo, Delphi, erected on the site of older sanctuaries, of which the last, from 6th BCE, was destroyed by an earthquake in 373 BCE. The present building dates from 369-329 BCE. 44 cloumns each 11 m high. The Pythia prophesied here. 24.6 x 60 m.
EditorialLower part of a marble seated statue of Hygieia, Imperial, 1st or 2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble, H. 50 in. (127.0 cm), Stone Sculpture, Copy or adaptation of a Greek work of the 3rd or 2nd century B.C. Hygieia, the personification of Health, was the ...