Notices by Archaeo-Histories (archaeohistories@ohai.social), page 2

A Ptolemaic Era (1st Century BC) Limestone Eroticon :

This interesting object depicts, a squatting nude male holding, with both hands, his oversized phallus which extends over his right shoulder.

This 12cm high artefact; now housed in a Private Collection.

📷 : Christie's

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A painted limestone 'Beer Making Woman Sculpture' (2494-2345 BC; Old Kingdom; 5th Dynasty), found in Tomb of Meresankh III which is a short walk east of Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt.

This figurine is presented in act of making beer, kneading dough in a strainer over a large jar. Beer was brewed in a large jar using fermented barley bread sprayed with palm liquor. When fermented, beer was flowing through a hole near bottom of jar.

Egyptian Museum, Cairo

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First image shows an 'Ancient Greek Pelike' (4th Century BC), depicting a woman acrobat shooting an arrow with her feet. (MET Museum)

Second image shows an acrobatic archer at the 2016, World Nomad Games held in Kyrgyzstan.

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Prague Astronomical Clock; installed on south wall of Old Town Hall tower on Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic.

Created in 1410 CE, by watchmaker Mikulas of Kadane & designed by Jan Schindel, who was a professor of Philosophy, Mathematics and Astronomy at University of Prague.

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