Showing posts with label greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label greece. Show all posts

Monday, December 14, 2009

Constantinople
















A sample of the many illustrations by W. H. Bartlett in 'The Beauties of the Bosphorus' by Miss Pardoe (1838). Link…

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Flavius Vegetius
















Military machinery and siege engines. Link…

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Figures of Greece






Pencil drawings by Miltis Paraskevaidis. Link…

Bonus: Some creepy as hell mystery images from the same library.





Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Age Discrimination at the Olympics


It's a bit rough… not allowed to take part in the pankration event because of your small size or lack of beard development. Well, not until 200BC anyway. Link…

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Hellenica



All things Greek, including information about Aitna tetradrachm, the world's most valuable coin. Link…

Thursday, February 08, 2007

AERIA - Antikensammlung ERlangen Internet Archive

Sphinx
Kids in the street
Vesuvius
The University of Erlangen/Nuremberg has, as well as castings and ceramics, an interesting collection of old photographs that include: travels in Egypt 1892, Athens from 1860, people and street scenes, a whole lot of ruins, old pictures of Rome, Naples and Vesuvius amongst others. You can view the photographs by theme or photographer. Link…