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Burials of nomads from the 13th century and earlier in Cueva de Candelaria
Cueva de la Candelaria is part of a cave complex that the nomads of this region used for burial. It was already written about a great deal in the 18th century, so the historiography is rather interesting. The caves were first investigated systematically by Mexican scholars in 1953-54. Cueva
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A nomad's headdress of status, probably 13th century
A nomad's headdress of status, probably 13th century. Well preserved, though the red colour has been lost. From the famous Cueva de la Candelaria in northern Mexico. I hope to visit it next year
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The Etruscan god of the rising sun Cavé on a bronze chariot plaque
The Etruscan god of the rising sun, Cavé, depicted on a bronze plaque from a chariot. One of the most powerful gods of the Etruscan pantheon, he was offered 80 sacrifices a year. Identified with April.
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Roman Socks for Wearing with Sandals
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The Chersonesos mint proved to be a residential house, half of which was backfilled
An interesting observation about archaeologists: all of them adore discovering monuments of the utmost importance, unique, rare, the most significant, and so on. So it was with the already described baptistery of Prince Vladimir. You find the skeleton of a church: yes, this is where the prince was baptised. You
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Remains of five-apse church in Chersonesos uncovered during construction of outposts in the 1940s
Remains of five-apse church in Chersonesos uncovered during construction of outposts in the 1940s. Apses are semicircular projections that house altars or church appurtenances
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Nicholas II leaving a crypt at Chersonesos in a photograph banned by the censor
Nicholas II emerges from an adjoining wall crypt at Chersonesos. The original photograph is in Chersonesos; on the reverse side the censor has written "Not for publication". Because the Emperor had adopted an awkward posture
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An elderly woman picked up a potsherd from the ground, wet it with saliva and threw it away
Saw an old woman pick up a potsherd from the ground, lick it on both sides, look at it and throw it away. An antiquarian or a soil scientist?
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The Church with the Ark in Chersonesos, built in the 6th century on an amphitheatre site
The church is called the Basilica with the Ark at Chersonesos. It was built in the 6th century on top of an earlier amphitheatre, the tiers of which came to light beneath the floor of the church. There is even something allegorical in it: a temple raised on the site
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Baptistery of a church with fish reliefs and the reliquary bearing Justinian I's seal
The interior baptistery of the church, with the early Christian symbol of fishes. A silver reliquary bearing the seal of the Emperor Justinian I was discovered here; it is now on display in the Hermitage
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The Maya built pyramids over caves and underground lakes as gateways to the other world
Interestingly, a stepped altar of six to eight tiers was built beside the cave, and it survived until the later period of Chersonesos. A similar deification of caves is characteristic of the Maya, who raised pyramids over caves and subterranean lakes and regarded them as a link with the other