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I am sure we all have some unforgetable images in our minds about archeologic pictures. These are some of my best ones that I wanted to share. I hope you enjoy and find inspirational for your works. Thank you, love, nia

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"Mourning Women Sarcophagus"

"The Sarcophagus of Mourning Women" stands in the Hall of Sidonian Sarcophagi in the Istanbul Museum of Archaeology. According to the Mendel Catalogue, it is Ionian in style, sculpted ca. 350 BC by a Sidonian who was influenced by Attic art. The artist, once thought to be of Lycian origin, was probably from an Aegean island or coastal town, as the sarcophagus is different from Lycian works in composition and spirit.

for more details and pictures,

http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/archaeolog...m_istanbul
By Dick Osseman

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Eternal embrace - Couple still hugging 5.000 years on

Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a couple buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, hugging each other.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL0683219820070207

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Luxor, Egypt - Temple Hieroglyphs 1999 - by photographer Cary Wolinsky
August 1999, National Geographic magazine

http://photography.nationalgeographic.co...image.html

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Anatolia as an open air museum, one of the archeological sites is the Commegene Kingdom at Mt. Nemrut (approx.2555 m) in southeastern Turkey. One of the most spectacular places in my country especially at sunset and sunrise. In 62 BC, during the king Antiochos-I time, the famous sanctuary was built by him for himself as a funerary monument. They are with a height of 50 m and 150 m diameter. There are colossal heads of Apollo, Zeus
and yes, the king Antiochos-I too.


This photo is taken from the miniature park in Istanbul, the original ones are in Adıyaman, at Mt. Nemrut

These are original at Mt.Nemrut

"Nothing can be created from nothing."
Lucretius (96 BC - 55 BC)

One day I wish to take my own photos there, and to watch the sunset and sunrise...
Thank you,
with my love,
nia