The fall of Seleucids and the Raise of Parthia - Nikolaus Overtoom's dissertation

 Salvete Omnes,

I enjoy reading, studying and drawing about the ancient Parthia and their history in the context of the  equestrian history of Eurasia - so a short entry today

  - the entire dissertation of dr Nikolaus Overtoom is available on the LSU website - Challenging Roman Domination: The End of Hellenistic Rule and the Rise of the Parthian State from the Third to the First Centuries BCE (2016)

You could also listen to several Parthian history presentations by dr Overtoom on Yt eg the Lecture on   Parthia,.  On the Parthian Empire.

enjoy 

Enjoy

Farewell Old Year 2024

 Salvete Omnes,

and the last hours  of the old 2024 - Adios  Old Year.

and I will share some drawings of mine with you - I have been posting much of my art. 

These drawings I draw and painted on paper, with pen, ballpen, watercolor and gouache, mixing techniques.  

.. I like to think we once had shamans who had been eating Amanita Muscaria (muchomor czerwony in Polish) and then dreaming about the world within and without.

Cheers

Valete

Camels from Persepolis

 Salvete Omnes,

on the theme of camels in historic iconography - another does of the Iranian-Persian camel iconography - this time from the ancient Persian Achaemenid Empire -  from their imperial palace complex at Persepolis, one of the official capitals of the empire.

 

Persepolis - the powerful Apadana imagery provides us with the examples of camels - both dromedary and bactrian - led by various delegations.

Here, the delegations from Parthia, Aria, Arachosia, Arabia and Bactria lead camels in tribute to their King of Kings.

.

.

enjoy

Valete