ROMAN MAGIC HAND. Amulets in ancient days were usually small charms fashioned sometimes into various shapes and suspended from a necklace.
A magic hand used as an amulet for averting the evil eye.
Tag: Ancient sculpture
The only of the Egyptian god Ammon extant, with the Ram’s head.
This figure of the Egyptian god Ammon, being a monument of considerable importance in the history of the art
The Colossi of Memnon. Colossal Statues in The Plain of Thebes.
Colossal Statues in The Plain of Thebes, during the Inundation of the Nile. Two ancient Egyptian colossal statues standing side by side from the 14th century BC.
Colossal figure at the temple of Singa-Sarie. Island of Java 1861.
The large figure is one of two figures evidently placed to guard each side of the approach to the beautiful temple of Singa-Sarie (lion flower) which is close at hand.
A colossal head of Minerva, a specimen of very early Greek work.
Ancient Greek sculpture. Head of Minerva. A description of the collection of ancient marbles in the British Museum
The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx at Gizeh, Egypt.
The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx at Gizeh, the most remarkable figure of its kind.
Roman clothes. The Togatus and the Roman ladies of the imperial period.
The citizens’ costume of the Romans. The Togatus. The Roman toga of the imperial period. The different types. The drapery. The stola, the pallium or the palla of the women.
Figures of Ecclesiastics of the cathedral of Chartres.
The Cathedral of Chartres, founded in the earliest times of Christianity in the west, is remarkable for the many misfortunes it has sustained.
Ancient Egyptian Art. Brockhaus encyclopedia. 14th Edition.
Wooden statue of a man (around 2600 BC). Sphinx of red granite (XIII dynasty). Family Group (XIX to XX. Dynasty. 1450-1150 BC).
The Sphinx, sister of Hydra, Chimera, Kerberos, and Orthos.
Ancient Greek mythology. The Sphinx was considered a demon of destruction and doom.
