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Comment by Rosmarie Heusser on July 19, 2024 at 8:53pm

Castellfollit de la Roca is a picturesque village in Catalonia, Spain, perched dramatically atop a 50-meter-high basalt cliff formed by ancient volcanic eruptions.

With origins dating back to the 10th century, this medieval village played a crucial role in regional conflicts due to its defensible position.

The charming streets and traditional stone houses, along with the 13th-century Church of Sant Salvador, reflect its rich history.

Castellfollit de la Roca attracts visitors from around the world with its stunning views and unique geological formation...

Comment by Eva Libre on July 18, 2024 at 9:44pm

Magnifique this design..

Comment by Rosmarie Heusser on July 18, 2024 at 8:38pm

A woman from the Musgum tribe, Cameroon.

The musgum, an ethnic group in far north province in cameroon, created their homes from compressed sun-dried mud. the tall conical dwellings, in the shape of a shell (artillery), featured geometric raised patterns.

A characteristic settlement form is the compound, a cluster of units linked by walls. The domed huts of the musgum people are built in shaped mud, a variant of cob. cob building is the most widely used technique in the world, since no tools are needed – hands, earth and water are enough.

Comment by Luna Arjuna on June 24, 2024 at 3:21pm

André Fernand Thesmar
'Enameled Bowl', (1892)
Musee D'Orsay, Paris

Comment by Nada Jung on June 22, 2024 at 11:01pm

A medieval pathway in Calvi dell'Umbria, Italy.

Comment by Nada Jung on June 12, 2024 at 3:52pm

The Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük (also Çatal Höyük) is a baked-clay, nude female form seated between feline-headed arm-rests. It is generally thought to depict a corpulent and fertile Mother goddess in the process of giving birth while seated on her throne, which has two hand rests in the form of feline (lioness, leopard, or panther) heads in a Mistress of Animals motif. The statuette, one of several iconographically similar ones found at the site, is similar to other corpulent prehistoric goddess figures, of which the most famous is the Venus of Willendorf.

It is a neolithic sculpture shaped by an unknown artist, and was completed in approximately 6000 BC. It was unearthed by archaeologist James Mellaart in 1961 at Çatalhöyük, Turkey. When it was found, its head and hand rest of the right side were missing. The current head and the hand rest are modern replacements. The sculpture is at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Turkey. Mellaart claimed that the figure represented a fertility goddess worshipped by the people of Çatalhöyük.

Comment by Nada Jung on June 10, 2024 at 2:07pm

"House of the Golden Bracelet"
Roman fresco (detail) from Pompeii, 1st century AD
Archaeological Museum of Naples

Comment by Nada Jung on June 10, 2024 at 2:05pm

Figurine of a Bird Goddess from the Predynastic Period in ancient Egypt, ca 3500-3400 BC. Clay, red pigment, 29.2 cm in height. Excavated at El Ma'mariya, Egypt.

Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Comment by Eva Libre on June 6, 2024 at 11:17am

Stained glass window in "Victoria" Turkish Baths.
Manchester, Hathersage Road in Chorlton in Medlock.

Architect: Henry Price
(1906)

Comment by Nada Jung on May 25, 2024 at 10:48pm

One Smyrna!

Terracotta figurine. From Smyrna in Asia Minor 175-150 BC.
The young woman charms the viewer with her hand casually resting on her hip, while her tunic has slipped, revealing her shoulder.

National Archaeological Museum of Athens

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