Notices by Archaeo-Histories (archaeohistories@ohai.social)

Leshan Giant Buddha, is the biggest stone Buddha statue in the world at 233ft (71m) high. It is carved into a cliff face made of red sandstone in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China 🇨🇳

In 713 CE, a monk named Hai Tong decided to carve a Maitreya Buddha statue to watch over the river, a project that took 90 years, until 803 CE, to fully complete.

Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996, along with Mount Emei, site is considered of exceptional cultural significance.

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The 'Golden Throne' of Tutankhamun, a luxurious armchair is distinguished by complexity of its technique and details. It was discovered in 1922, by British Archaeologist Howard Carter, beneath a hippopotamus funerary bed in antechamber of Tomb of Tutankhamun (1341-1323 BC), New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty; Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt

Throne is made of wood, covered with gold and silver. It is ornamented with semi-precious stones and colored glass

Egyptian Museum, Cairo

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An ancient method that keeps Afghanistan’s grapes 'Fresh' all winter :

In Afghanistan, the grapes are stored for up to six months, kept fresh in airtight mud-straw containers. Afghans developed this method of food preservation, which uses mud-straw containers and is known as kangina, centuries ago in Afghanistan's rural north.

© Pride of Chitral

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Menga Dolmen, 5500 year old prehistoric monument in Antequera, Spain 🇪🇸

Built way back in Neolithic or early Bronze Age, around 3700-3200 BC, this place is one of Europe’s biggest megalithic burial sites. What’s really amazing about it is the long corridor that leads to the burial chamber, all made from these gigantic stone slabs that can weigh up to 180 tons each.

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Aztec beads (1400-1521 AD), found in southern Mexico 🇲🇽

These were cast individually by the lost-wax process, each with its own separate clay mold which was then broken to release the object. Associated to the sustenance provided by water and rain, frogs were also a potent fertility symbol, since they lay thousands of eggs and assume a squatting position similar to that of women in childbirth.

(H: 20cm)

MET Museum

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Gorgonzola, a veined protected designation of origin (PDO) Italian blue cheese, made from unskimmed cow's milk. It can be buttery or firm, crumbly and quite salty, with a "bite" from its blue veining.

Historically, Gorgonzola has been produced for centuries in Gorgonzola, Milan, acquiring its greenish-blue marbling in 11th Century AD. However, town's claim of geographical origin is disputed by other nearby localities. Gorgonzola was created in Middle Ages from 879-1007 AD.

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It's the untold prophecy 😀

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It is essential to dress well in challenging climate of Tibetan Plateau, but dressing well in Tibet is more than just staying warm. Over the centuries, traditional fashion in Tibet has evolved into practical and beautiful clothing. Understanding how people dress is an important part of learning about the way of life there.

🎥 : Tibetan officials wearing ancient Tibetan dresses known as ringyen for New Year celebrations, Lhasa, Tibet, 13th February 1937.

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This grandad found a 500 year-old, 17ft deep well under his living room in Plymouth, Devon, England. As well as, he also found a 16th Century BC, Bronze Age Sword and Coin from 1725 AD, inside the well ...

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In May 2023, Egyptian archaeological mission, headed by Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of Supreme Council of Antiquities, succeeded in uncovering for first time largest two embalming workshops in Saqqara, one tailor made for mummification of human and other is for animals, in addition to two tombs and a number of artifacts during mission's excavations for 6th year in a row at cemetery of sacred animals (Boubasiton) in Saqqara, Egypt.

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In ancient Roman world, a  tintinnabulum (tintinnum) was a wind chime or assemblage of bells. A tintinnabulum often took the form of a bronze ithyphallic figure or of a fascinum, a magico-religious phallus thought to ward off evil eye and bring good fortune and prosperity.

📷 : Roman Tintinnabulum in the shape of Phallus, symbol of power, luck and fertility, 1st Century AD, from Sesamón, Burgos - Spain.

(Archaeological Museum of Barcelona, Spain)

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This 14th Century AD, door at Exeter Cathedral, UK 🇬🇧, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap...

A cat was paid a penny each week, to keep down the rats and mice in the north tower, and a cat flap was cut into the door below the astronomical clock to allow the cat to carry out its duties.

Records of payments were entered in the Cathedral archives from 1305-1467 AD, the penny a week being enough to buy food to supplement a heavy diet of rodents.

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The oldest surviving deck of 52 playing cards (1475 AD), made in the Netherlands 🇳🇱

The concept of playing cards is thought to have originated in Asia, making its way to Europe by the late 14th Century AD, likely through trading routes.

In the Netherlands, cards became popular during 15th Century AD, as both a pastime and a means of socialization among nobility and the growing merchant class.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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Column of Marcus Aurelius, built between 180-193 AD, in Rome, Italy, commemorates emperor’s campaigns against Germanic tribes and Sarmatians during Marcomannic Wars.

Standing about 39m tall in Piazza Colonna, it features a spiral relief depicting vivid and dramatic scenes of battle, including a rare depiction of “Rain Miracle,” where a sudden storm is said to have saved Roman army. Modeled after Trajan’s Column, it was constructed from Proconnesian marble and remains in its original location.

Temple of Poseidon is one of the most important monuments from the Golden Age of Athens. It is perched on the edge of a cliff, located 70m above the sea, located at Cape Sounion 🇬🇷

Built in 5th Century BC, the temple is in the typical Greek hexastyle - featuring six doric columns on the front portico. 16 out of the original 38 columns are still standing today, and they were 20ft tall.

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The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Sinai, Egypt is the oldest active Eastern Orthodox monastery in the world, renowned for its extraordinary holdings of Byzantine art.

The location of the monastery is significant for Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The Monastery of Saint Catherine was founded between 548–565 CE, in the later years of the Byzantine emperor Justinian’s reign, part of a massive building program that he had initiated across the empire.

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The great bronze doors of St John Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano), the cathedral of Rome, once belonged to the ancient Curia Julia (Senate House), which still stands in the Forum.

The doors, which date back to the reign of the emperor Domitian (r. 81-96), were moved to the cathedral in 1660, at the bequest of Pope Alexander VII (r. 1655-67), who had them adorned with the heraldic eight-pointed stars of his own coat of arms.

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Beautiful Inca steps on the Inca road through the Andes Mountains, Peru 🇵🇪

📷© Jamie Roach

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Ancient Egyptian Erotic Figure (Colored Glass; Terracotta), 664-332 BC.

(2.7 x 4.5cm)

Mediterranean Archaeological Museum in Marseille

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