EditorialConstruction of an altar, By order of Bagophanes with a commander's staff in the hand, two Persians erect an altar, boy with incense in a box, servant with a glut pan in his hand, Tab. XI, after p, Oberbeck, F. (Zeichn.); Amsler, S. (gest.), Hermann L?...
EditorialLex Coloniae Genitiuae Iuliae. Municipal Law of the ancient Urso (Osuna, Andalusia, Spain) promulgated in 44 BC. Published in bronze tablets between 20 and 24 AD. Fifth tablet. Chapters 123 to 134. It deals with accusations and judgment of disgraceful ...
EditorialThe Giant, Cerne Abbas. The Cerne Abbas Giant is a hill figure near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. Made by a turf-cut outline filled with chalk, it depicts a large, naked man, with a substantial erect penis, typically described as a gi...
EditorialCovered Ritual Wine Bucket, Western Zhou dynasty (1046?771 B.C.), 11th?10th century B.C., China, Bronze, H. (to top of lid): 11 7/16 in. (29.1 cm); H. (incl. erect handle): 12 11/16 in. (32.2 cm); W. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm), Metalwork.
EditorialCovered Ritual Wine Bucket, Western Zhou dynasty (1046?771 B.C.), 11th?10th century B.C., China, Bronze, H. (to top of lid): 11 7/16 in. (29.1 cm); H. (incl. erect handle): 12 11/16 in. (32.2 cm); W. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm), Metalwork.
EditorialMarble relief with Pan raised to an itifa_lico mule (erect phallus). Roman copy of a Hellenistic original. Secret Cabinet. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.
EditorialREMOVAL OF ANOTHER OBELISK FROM ALEXANDRIA, FOR TRANSPORT TO NEW YORK: 1. Obelisk erect, with lowering gear attached; 2. Lowering of Obelisk; 3. Obelisk horizontal, resting on stack of wood; 4. Launch of raft, with Obelisk; 5. Raft with Obelisk, off ha...
EditorialRelief depicting a pharaoh before MIN, god of fertility, represented with erect phallus. Chapel dedicated to Amun-Min. New Empire. Temple of Luxor. Egypt.