ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for World Giraffe Day: The Dabous Giraffes
June 21st is World Giraffe Day! These two life-size giraffe petroglyphs are the largest known animal carvings in the world.
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ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY: Owl Supernatural Decapitator!
Here’s another piece from the Ancient Americas gallery at the Reading Public Museum…“Owl Supernatural Decapitor” needs to be someone’s new goth metal band name In Moche art, birds of prey are sometimes depicted as Supernatural Decapitators who sever the heads of sacrificial victims. This Decapitator Owl has a face with…
ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for World Turtle Day #1: a sea turtle and a land tortoise on a pair of ancient Aeginan coins
Coins of Aegina depicted images of sea turtles on their coins when the island of Aegina was the supreme sea power among the Greek city-states. The sea turtle, seen here on the front (obverse) of this coin, represented its naval strength and resiliency. After its defeat by Athens in 458…
ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY: an ivory hair comb from ancient Egypt decorated with rows of wildlife
Finely carved ivory combs and knife handles produced toward the end of Egypt’s prehistory demonstrate the high standards Egyptian artists had achieved, even before the Old Kingdom. This comb may have been part of the funeral equipment of an elite person who lived about 5,200 years ago. Parts of the…
ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY: It’s a duck, it’s a dolphin, it’s a…duckphin? (dolduck?)
“Dolphin on back of duck; one head serves for both.” So instead of two heads are better than one they decided to go with one head is better than two? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ “Orifice in tail of duck and round opening in head which allow passage of air through body and up…
