Showing posts with label ancient Persian horse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ancient Persian horse. Show all posts

Friday, March 20, 2026

Nawroz - Nowruz e Shoma Pirooz - Spring has come

 Salvete Omnes,



Spring has some - the ancient Spring Equinox festival in the Northern Hemisphere when the actual year starts after the colds of winter. 



In the ancient tradition it was one of  the most important holidays - Nowruz in the Zoroastrian religious tradition and later cultures. 



Persepolis relieves to commemorate the festival and happy Spring and New Year (in old Slavic pagan tradition that was also the day of the new year).






And Buzkashu in Mazar e Sharif, Afghanistan in 2011






. enjoy 

Valete 

Monday, April 8, 2024

Alexander sarcophagus in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums - short side & the battle of Issus

 Salvete Omnes,



the short sides of the sarcophagus contain two battle scenes - here I will share with you the photos form Wiki Commons of the battle of Issus (eg prof. Nicolas Sekunda's The Persian Army - book published by Osprey Military Publishing)















beautiful sculptures to study, copy and interpret - link to Wiki in my previous post
enjoy

Valete

Saturday, April 30, 2022

Achaemenid horsemen from Troad - Can Sarcophagus


 Salvete Omnes,

Brave Ukrainians are defending themselves from the Russian invasion, Gods speed - but there must be peace again, the war must stop and Ukraine returned to status quo ante, with reparations and compensation from the Russian government. 

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let us canter across the Mediterranean Sea to Anatolia, or Asian part of  Republic of Turkey, where in Troad, near Canakkale, there is a grouping of ancient Persian tombs including surviving sarcophagi from the Achaemenid Imperial era. One of such tombs is  the 'Can Sarcophagus.' It was discovered circa 1998, and is dated the beginning of the IV century B.C. There was a 22-27 years old male buried in the tumulus( based on the osteological analysis). The subject matter is hunt and war - all on horseback, perhaps the most favorite activity of the Achaemenid Empire warrior.

 






On Academia there are certainly good articles to familiarize oneself with the topic - these Persian horsemen and their adversaries and prey. 
eg the discovery,  on the Mysians, or even on the Persian (Achaemenid) armor.  So enjoy the reading while some of the images are attache to the post to whet your appetite for reading more about it.


 



Valete

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Some Sketches

Salve,
 just some sketches I have been working on in my 'digital studio':

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