Greek pottery

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Greek psykter depicting reveling satyrs

examples of ancient Greek pottery forms

geometric-style krater with funeral scenes

terra-cotta oinochoe

Proto-Corinthian aryballos

Exekias: Greek amphora depicting Achilles slaying Penthesilea

Greek kylix depicting the sack of Troy

Greek kylix depicting Dionysus in a sailboat

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The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

The Castillo, a Toltec-style pyramid, rises 79 feet (24 meters) above the plaza at Chichen Itza in Yucatan state, Mexico. The pyramid was built after invaders conquered the ancient Maya city in the tenth century.

What’s Inside the Pyramid at Chichén Itzá?

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Is Zero an Even or an Odd Number?

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

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The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

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Greek psykter depicting reveling satyrs

examples of ancient Greek pottery forms

geometric-style krater with funeral scenes

terra-cotta oinochoe

Proto-Corinthian aryballos

Exekias: Greek amphora depicting Achilles slaying Penthesilea

Greek kylix depicting the sack of Troy

Greek kylix depicting Dionysus in a sailboat

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amphora red-figure pottery krater lekythos alabastron black-figure pottery aryballos kylix hydria psykter Chinese pottery Japanese pottery whiteware kintsugi Korean pottery terra-cotta porcelain stoneware Dutch ware slipware

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Adolf Furtwängler

German archaeologist

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November 3, 2015. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority, after years of excavations the remains of, the Acra, used by the Greeks more than 2,000 years ago to control the Temple Mount. Jerusalem. Archeology.

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Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.

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