Showing posts with label artefact. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artefact. Show all posts

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Hipster Indiana


Saturday, June 11, 2011

Making the Statue of Liberty

There is something incredibly appealing about seeing the various stages of construction of iconic builds, this is definitely up there! Check out this link to see the whole series of amazing images: LINK

Friday, June 3, 2011

(Funny) Pic of the day!




This is bloody hilarious! Here's a snippet about the piece:

In the Jack Reese Galleria of the great Hodges Library of the University of Tennessee the art and artifacts of the Centaur excavation at Volos has found a permanent home. This reconstruction of a Centaurian burial site was assembled by Professor William Willers of the University of Wisconsin in the mid-1980s before being moved to the University of Tennessee. This controversial reconstruction has -as intended-- provided the catalyst for countless discussions about (for example) biological possibilities, mythological realities, cultural transmission, psycho-dynamic representations, and occasionally the possibility of an elaborate hoax. As the embodiment of the ideal integration of physical, spiritual, and intellectual strengths, the Centaur is a prominent candidate for University mascot.

Read more here and a bit more here

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Religious Artefacts from Israel - 1,500 BC


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdQhVlK9zDvOfGPHAETGNckH3sfAD9G6LGM00

Gas line excavations have led to this wonderful discovery - a purposefully buried collection of objects ranging from ungent bottles to decorated pots