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Old Man & Two Hoplites, Attic Black-Figure Amphora
A detail of an Attic black-figure amphora showing two hoplites and an old man seated. 6th century BCE. From a tomb in Cerveteri. (Archaeological Museum, Milan, Italy)
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Black-Figure Vase with Amazons
This black-figure vessel portrays Amazon warriors and Greeks battling each other. Attributed to the Group of Rhodes, c. 540 BCE. Black-figure pottery. 12.9 x 25.4 cm (5 1/16 x 10 in). (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Bucchero
Bucchero wares are a shiny dark grey to black pottery produced by the Etruscans of central Italy from the 7th to 4th century BCE. Used for everyday purposes and as funerary and votive objects, bucchero incorporates many forms from simple...
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Battle of Moscow in 1941-2 - The USSR's First Victory
The Battle of Moscow (Oct 41 to Jan 42) was Germany's first major land defeat in the Second World War (1939-45). Although Axis panzer divisions reached within 20 miles (32 km) of the Soviet capital...
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Attic Black-figure Plate, Vulci
An Attic black-figure plate from the Etruscan city of Vulci, central Italy. The figure is an archer blowing the trumpet typically used in battles. 520-500 BCE. (British Museum, London)
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LaunchPad: Ancient Greek Vase Production and the Black-Figure Technique
Used for the storage and shipment of grains, wine, and other goods, as well as in the all-male Greek drinking party, known as the symposium, ancient Greek vases were decorated with a...
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Black-figure Kantharos
A black-figure kantharos (drinking cup) depicting Hercules and centaurs. From Boeotia, c. 550 BCE. (Antikensammlungen, Munich).
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Helen of Troy
Helen of Troy (sometimes called Helen of Sparta) is a figure from Greek mythology whose elopement with (or abduction by) the Trojan prince Paris sparked off the Trojan War. Helen was the wife of Menelaus, the king of Sparta, and...
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Nazca Civilization
The Nazca civilization flourished on the southern coast of Peru between 200 BCE and 600 CE. They settled in the Nazca and other surrounding valleys with their principal religious and urban sites being Cahuachi and Ventilla...
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Example of Salado Culture Pottery
The Salado culture is a term used by historians and archaeologists to describe a pre-Columbian Southwestern culture that flourished from c. 1200-1450 CE in the Tonto Basin of what is now the southern parts of the...