BCE.‚ tombs known as "hero’s" receive hundreds‚ even thousands of small figurines‚ with rudimentary figuration‚ generally representing characters with the raised arms‚ i.e. gods in apotheosis. Metal figurines Figurines made of metal‚ primarily bronze‚ are an extremely common find at early Greek sanctuaries like Olympia‚ where thousands of such objects‚ mostly depicting animals‚ have been found. They are
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including two silver and four bronze‚ is the country’s best performance to date at the Olympic games. Sports writer V Krishnaswamy looks into the future for team India and how to build on this success. The world it seems has taken the escalator‚ but Indians are still using the staircase. From 1996 to 2004‚ it was one at a time‚ then it became three and now that has been doubled to six medals for India at the Olympic Games. The one gold and two silver swelled to two silver and four bronze and add to that a lot of nearmisses
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(Igbo: Iwaji) which are held for the harvesting of the yam. During the festival yam is eaten throughout the communities as celebration. Yam tubers are shown off by individuals as a sign of success and wealth. NRI KINGDOM Fig 1.9 Bronze from the ninth century town of Igbo Ukwu‚ now at the British Museum. The Nri people of Igbo land have a creation‚myth which is one of the many creation myths that exist in various parts of Igbo land. The Nri and Aguleri people are in the territory
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till date. In comparison with Greek poet Hesiod’s description of stages of humanity‚ the following differences are observed in Ovid’s outlook towards ages of mankind. • The Hesiod’s description of ages involves the basic four ages of Golden‚ Silver‚ Bronze and Iron Age‚ as described by Ovid. However‚ prior to Iron Age‚ the Hesiod’s work elicits an age referred as Heroic Age. This age is assumed to comprise of heroes and demigods like Achilles‚ who fought epic battles like Trojan war. • The Golden age
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snatched it up and returned it to Achilles‚ too swiftly for Prince Hector to see. And Hector spoke to Peleus’ peerless son: ….You’ll get no chance to pierce my back as I flee‚ so‚ if the gods allow you‚ drive it through my chest as I attack‚ dodge my bronze spear if you can. I pray it lodges deep in your flesh! If you were dead‚ war would be easy for us
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1.course introduction 2.The Chronology of Greek hx BC (before Christ) 3000 2000 1000 480_______/AD (year of our Lord latin)_________2013 1/1 7000-3000 Neolithic/New stone age-- 3000-2100 Early bronze age 2100-1600 Middle bronze age 1600-1200 late bronze age 1200-750/700 Dark age/Iron age (1200 about troy timeline) writing reemerges in the 700-800 getting out of the dark ages. 750/700-480 Archaiac period (ends with persion destruction of athens) 480-323 Classical period
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built in 1453‚ during the middle of the Italian Renaissance. This statue stands 11 feet tall and was the first example of such a monument since ancient times. There were other statues of such scale in the 14th century but none that had been created in bronze and all were placed over tombs rather than erected to be a standalone piece. Donatello portrays Gattamelata sitting atop his horse staring off in the distance‚ his face focused as if the threat of battle is immanent. He has a command baton in one
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Indus Valley Civilization The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilization (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) in the northwestern region‚ of the Indian subcontinent‚ consisting mainly of what is now Pakistan‚ and parts of India‚ Afghanistan and Iran. Flourishing around the Indus River basin‚ the civilization extended east into the Ghaggar-Hakra River valley and the upper reaches of Ganges-Yamuna Doab; it extended west to the Makran coast of Balochistan‚ north to northeastern
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of Rome‚ the name of city taken from his name which is Rome. In the 450 B.C. it was the first time that Romanian people write their own first law code on the 12 bronze tablets‚ and also known as the Twelve Tables‚ which is displayed in the Roman forum. Legal procedure‚ civil rights and property right all inscribed on the 12 bronze tablets. The real political power began in the Rome by around 300 B.C. the most of political people were from wealthy families. In the early republic the Roman government
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on the Acropolis of Athens‚ Acropolis meaning “The Sacred Rock‚ the high city” (Ancient Greece). Bronze akroteria (added decoration) on the corners and central ridge of the temple roof represented Nike‚ and the temple itself was surrounded by a balustrade decorated with a frieze. Early in the Temple’s (Athena Nike) history‚ it was a place of worship for deities associated with wars‚ perhaps Bronze Age “Nike” gods or goddesses‚ which with time fused with the cult of Athena Nike of later centuries
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