Ancient Birds Gallery
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Mosaic (made of polychrome marble tesserae) depicting an amphora with doves perched on the rim, flan
youcannottakeitwithyou:“The birds are bursting with envy, but the owl doesn’t care”Mosaic from Thysd
Late Cycladic/Minoan jug with a painting of a bird. Artist unknown; ca. 1600 BCE. Now in the Natio
Silver beaker with birds and animals. Thracian, c. 4th century B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. From
The ancient Egyptians sometimes usurped monuments from earlier periods, re-carving the heads of cert
ancient-magics:Victoria Crowned Pigeon by Tambako the Jaguar
Detail from a pilaster with tendrils and birds in the style of the Ara PacisRoman, Augustan Period,
lifelessordinary0:Temple of Horus, Egypt
Covered Ritual Wine Vessel (You) with Decoration of Confronting Birds, mid Western Zhou period, 10th
Fragment of a wall-painting depicting flowers and a heron, from a Roman villa near Mt. Vesuvius. No
ancientpeoples:[Spearing Fish] and [Marsh Scene with Cat and Birds], likely from the same compositio
A horseman, surrounded by birds and attended by a winged deity (perhaps Nike). Laconian black-figur
Gold ring with an incised red garnet gem showing birds. Discovered at Herculaneum, along the ancient
dwellerinthelibrary:“Another tradition describes the Sirens as fatal birds. They were in communicati
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Ancient Egyptian statuette of an ibis (cupreous metal with glass or stone inlay, on a wooden base).
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Ancient Greek golden ring in the shape of a dove. Artist unknown; ca. 360 BCE. Now in the Staatlic
Portion of a fresco from Pompeii depicting a garden with various birds (a dove and a peacock). Now
A girl holding a duck speaks to a boy holding a cat. Detail from side A of a Campanian red-figure k
Ancient Egyptian pectoral in the shape of a vulture. Artist unknown; probably 13th Dynasty (ca. 178
ancientart:Ancient Egyptian Taharqa presenting god Hemen with wine. Bronze (king), gold-plated greyw
everythingislost-blog: Eagles are not kindly birds. Some are cowardly and cruel. But the ancient ra
MIGHTY EAGLE MOUNTAINMighty Eagle Mountain is the highest peak on Bird Island. It is an ancient and
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