Tag: Queue Sera Sera

gemma-antiqua:

Left: Roman carnelian scarab intaglio of Prometheus creating man, dated to 100 BCE. 

Right: Greek carnelian scaraboid intaglio of a snake, dated to 450-425 BCE. 

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Two Etruscan amulets, both dated to the 5th century BCE. The left is of an arrowhead capped with gold, and on the right is a shark tooth. Both are from the Thorvaldsens Museum. 

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Scythian gold torque in the form of dragons, dated to the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE. From the source:

Hundreds of tiny scales are individually soldered to the writhing forms of two confronted dragons on this magnificent gold torc. Thick curving horns sweep back over the long pointed ears of the rather wolf-like dragon heads. With muzzles drawn into ferocious snarls, these mighty beasts express the formidable strength of the Scythians, one of ancient Eurasia’s most powerful cultures.