Funerary stele, made of limestone, of the freedman and sevir Q. Valerius Restitutus. Still alive, he erected the funeral monument for himself, for his wife and for Lucius Metellus Niceros. The structure has two columns on the sides with corinthian capitals, a pediment with Gorgon’s face, and perhaps two corner acroteria in the shape of lions. There is a bass-relief in the lower part with an artisan, maybe an aurifex brattiarius, a jewellery maker, or a lanius, butcher. The second hypothesis is supported by the discovery of a boundary stone with the figure of a bull on the pediment and an inscription which indicates the same dimensions of the funerary area (20 x 20 roman feet).
The text reads:
V(ivus) f(ecit) / Q(uintus) Valerius / Q(uinti) l(ibertus) Restitutus / VIvir sibi et / Gaviae Cogitatae / uxori et / L(ucio) Metello Niceroti / q(uo)q(uo)v(ersus) p(edes) XX
Limestone statue of a bearded man wearing a wreath and carrying votive offerings. Artist unknown; ca. 475-450 BCE. From Cyprus; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Die Rote von Mauern is a venus statuette in limestone, 27 000 years old, covered with red ochre when found at the Weinberghöhlen caves near Mauern, Bavaria. Lothar Zotz, on 24th August 1948, found the 72 mm tall limestone venus figure on the outer slope between cavities two and three of the Weinberghöhlen.
Since it’s spring already- we can start the countdown to summer right? Can’t wait for adventures at Zakrzowek! This abandoned limestone quarry, now a local swimming spot, is full of history, from the sunken cars and bodies that live in its waters to the stories of its time as a Nazi Labour Camp counting Pope John Paul II as its employee….. http://emilysguidetokrakow.com/2015/07/07/zakrzowek-enter-if-you-dare-but-really-its-fine/
Eisriesenwelt, in Werfen, Austria is the largest ice cave in the world, over 40 kilometres long. The cave was not explored until 1879 because the locals saw it as an entrance to hell.
You don’t have to tell your story if you don’t want to. But if the words feel like poison inside you, spit them out. You deserve to feel at ease within your body.
Painted limestone relief depicting the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III (r. 1458-1425 BCE). From the foundations of the temple of Ramesses IV at Thebes; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Detail of a wall carving from the Mastaba of Akhethotep, who was senior court official during the rules of Djedkare Isesi and Unas. Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, ca. 2494-2345 BC. Saqqara Necropolis.
