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Ancient Etruscan childbirth image is first for western art
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Posted on 10/19/2011 9:01:38 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon
Fascinating. I've seen similar images from Africa, India, and Australia but never something this old from the West. I wonder if it was thought to be too sacred or too animalistic to depict for western tastes.
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posted on
10/20/2011 12:23:27 AM PDT
by
texanred
To: decimon
If thats how Etruscan women looked then its no wonder they are no more. Snarky, snarky. And when may we see examples of your art? That comment is unworthy of you, decimon.
To: muir_redwoods
FTA: The fragment was excavated by William Nutt, who is a graduate student in anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington and who is legally blind.
Preserving the privacy....
To: decimon
Having stared at the image for a few minutes, I still fail to see a woman giving birth.
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posted on
10/20/2011 8:15:36 AM PDT
by
Dustbunny
("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
To: Dustbunny
Her body is facing us. She’s seated or squatting. Her right hand is between her legs. Her left arm is crooked vertically.
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posted on
10/20/2011 8:26:31 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Looks like a Christmas tree to me.
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posted on
10/20/2011 8:47:57 AM PDT
by
curmudgeonII
(Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit.)
To: decimon
Still queasy after all these years....
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posted on
10/20/2011 5:00:45 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
To: Dustbunny
If that’s a woman giving birth, then where, pray tell,is her bosom?
I don’t see it.
To: afraidfortherepublic
He rubbed his hands all over it.
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posted on
10/20/2011 6:22:20 PM PDT
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: SatinDoll
...and the Phoenicians founded Carthage.
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posted on
10/20/2011 6:23:52 PM PDT
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: 1010RD
I believe they also founded Cadiz, on the southwestern shore of Spain. But what really might be the case there, as maybe in the founding of Carthage, is there already existed a trading settlement of some sort, a village or small city, made up of local tribes.
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posted on
10/20/2011 7:32:51 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS U.S.A. PRESIDENT)
To: SatinDoll
You are correct about Cadiz. Scipio Africanus conquered it from Carthage IIRC. Plus, as you know, given geography building sites usually were continuously used because their utility was so great and building materials were present.
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posted on
10/21/2011 5:15:23 AM PDT
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: decimon; SunkenCiv
When I saw the headline I imagined a woman shaking a fist at her husband, screaming, “you bastard, you did this to me!”
To: colorado tanker
What did she expect to happen when her husband let her eat in the same room? Geez.
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10/24/2011 6:49:16 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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