Kumbukumbu za ulimwengu (World Archives)

The tablet reads "Gaia, Hermes, Gods of the Underworld, receive Venusta, slave of Rufus." More information about curse tablets in this fascinating article (also the source of the photograph):

Ng'ombe wa shaba ilidaiwa kuwa kifaa cha kutesa na kunyonga kilivumbuliwa na Perillos wa Athens kati ya 570-554 KK. Fahali huyu alikuwa chombo cha mateso wakati wa utawala wa Phalaris, dhalimu wa Acragas, huko Sicily.

Picha na Mchoro kutoka Makumbusho ya Mateso huko Bruges, Ubelgiji.

Sehemu za chini za bikini za ngozi za Kirumi, zilizofungwa kila upande wa viuno na kamba za ngozi, AD 43-100. Ilipatikana wakati wa uchimbaji wa kisima cha #Roman katika Mtaa wa Malkia wa London mnamo 1953. Imehifadhiwa katika hali ya kujaa maji kwa karibu miaka 2,000. Makumbusho ya London.

Mchoro huu wa mstari wa sanamu ya shaba ya Kirumi unaonyesha mwanasarakasi wa kike aliyevaa kifupi sawa.

Poon Lim alikuwa baharia wa Kichina ambaye alinusurika kwa siku 133 peke yake kwenye raft baharini kwa kuvua samaki, kunywa damu ya ndege na kuua papa kwa jagi la maji.

Byzantine #mosaic of Virgin Mary holding baby Christ in her lap. There are "The Mother of God" monograms around them. 10th c. CE

South door in the vestibule of #HagiaSophia, Istanbul

To our right, Constantine the Great as a saint while crowned with the imperial stemma, carries the City that bares his name and offers it to the Virgin Mary.

The inscription reads - Constantine, the Great Emperor amongst the saints. (ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟC Ο ΕΝ ΑΓΙΟΙC ΜΕΓΑC ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥC ).

To our left, Justinian the First; also with a halo and the imperial stemma (crown). Justinian is holding the church of Hagia Sophia and offers it to the Virgin Mary.
The inscription reads - "Justinian Emperor of illustrious memory" ( ΙΟΥΣΤΙΝΙΑΝΟC Ο ΑΟΙΔΙΜOC ΒΑCIΛΕΥC)

The vestibule functioned originally as a passage for processions. Later it also functioned as the main entrance to the Patriarchal Palace and to the cathedral (?).
The regal image of the Mother of God enthroned, reigns over both emperor and the common man; all equal before Christ

The mosaic is thought to have been made to celebrate the victory over the Kievan Rus-Bulgarian alliance (battle of Arcadiopolis ~ Siege of Dorostolon (971 AD) by the Emperor John Tzimiskis I or the victory against the Bulgarian Empire in the battle of Kleidion (Basil II, 1014).

Detail from the "Ship procession" fresco of room 5 of the West House in Thera(Santorini).
Created almost 4,000 years ago, a masterpiece of the Aegean #BronzeAge.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens
#Archaeology

Tangu ugunduzi wake katika miaka ya 1970 picha hizi za fresco zimekuwa zikisababisha majadiliano kati ya wanaakiolojia kuhusu aina ya taswira. Kufunika pande 3 za chumba ni takriban 12m kwa urefu na 43 cm kwa upana.

Hapa: mji wenye ushawishi unaoonekana wa Minoan na vipengele vya sifa vya usanifu wa Akrotiri (katika kisiwa cha Thera), kama vile paa tambarare na ghorofa nyingi.
Inaweza kuwa kisiwa cha Santorini, Krete au sehemu nyingine?

Sehemu kubwa ikiwa ni msafara wa meli zinazosafiri kutoka bandari moja hadi nyingine. Meli hizo
zinawakilishwa katika safu mbili. Effigy
mnyama mwitu (simba au mtambaazi)
kwa wakali pengine kilitokana
nembo ya meli.

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Maelezo ya bandari ya pili. Kwa wanazuoni wengi huu ndio taswira ya Akrotiri huko Santorini ilhali ya kwanza inaweza kuwa sehemu ya kigeni au Krete.

[emoji3596]Watu walioarifiwa kuhusu kuwasili kwa meli, hutoka na kukusanyika
kwenye ukingo wa maji kukaribisha meli.

Kwa karibu

Mji wa Bronze Age wa Akrotiri uliharibiwa na volkano ya Santorini karibu Karne ya 16 KK lakini majivu ya volkeno yalisaidia kuhifadhi picha nyingi kwenye kuta.

Kutembea kupitia magofu yaliyohifadhiwa ya Akrotiri ni uzoefu wa ajabu