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Votive Relief Dedicated to Artemis Bendis
This is a marble votive relief dedicated to the goddess Artemis Bendis. The cult of the Thracian goddess Bendis (similar to the Greek Artemis) was introduced to Athens around 430 BCE along with other foreign cults. Here, the goddess is shown...
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Karnak
Karnak is the modern-day name for the ancient site of the Temple of Amun at Thebes, Egypt. The Egyptians called the site Nesut-Towi, "Throne of the Two Lands", Ipet-Iset, "The Finest of Seats" as well as Ipt-Swt, "Selected Spot" also given...
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Sailing on Lake Nasser towards Abu Simbel
In ancient times, the First Cataract at Aswan marked the southern frontier of Egypt. Beyond lay the land of Nubia, which stretched along the river Nile from the First Cataract southwards for about 250 kilometres (155 mi). This region, known...
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Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt
Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt, known as the "Diana of Versailles", as exhibited in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. 2nd century CE copied from a Greek original dating to 330 BCE.
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Zeus, Leto, Apollo & Artemis
A relief showing Zeus and Leto with their offspring Apollo and Artemis to the right. 420-410 BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Brauron, Greece)
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Artemis of Ephesus
Marble statue of the Ephesian Artemis, 125-175 CE. (Selcuk Museum, Selcuk, Turkey)
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Statue of Artemis from Mytilene
Artemis was the goddess of the moon, forest, and hunting. She stands on her left leg while her right arm rests on a pillar. The left hand rests on the waist and its palm is facing outward. Her head would have carried a diadem. She wears two...
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Artemis / Diana
Statue of Artemis (Greek) or Diana (Roman), known as Diane de Versailles, France. Roman copy, 1st or 2nd century CE, of lost Greek bronze attributed to Leochares, c. 325 BCE. Musee du Louvre, Paris.
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Head of Goddess Artemis
Marble head of Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt, forests and hills, and archery, from Pella, the Jordan Valley, modern-day Jordan Hashemite Kingdom, 1st century CE.
Jordan Archaeological Museum, Amman.
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Bronze Artemis
A bronze statue of Artemis attributed to the sculptor Euphranor, mid-4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, Athens).