This thesis investigates a somewhat obscure element of ancient Greek warfare---the battlefield trophy---in an attempt to understand the Greek notion of decisive victory during the Classical Period. This thesis closely examines the trophies and the type of warfare that produced them.; The battle...
Identification of the oldest Tamil symbols is significant and difficult. Magrnina [22] identify the ancient Tamil characters from the ninth to the twelfth century, using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) techniques. OCR converts pictures that contain text into a machine-readable form, comprised of...
One of the most well-known ancient Egyptian symbols was thehieroglyph. It is alanguage based on picturesinstead of an alphabet. Colorswere used as symbols. Green represented new life; Red represented life, victory, fire and rage; White represented purity and authority; Black represented death as...
God of Trade, Profit, Merchants and Travellers. His main festival, the Mercuralia, was celebrated on May 15 and on this day the merchants sprinkled their heads and their merchandise with water from his well near the Porta Capena. The symbols of Mercury are the caduceus (a staff with two ...
considered a magical symbol that can bring victory for those wearing it. The runes it is constructed of are symbols of victory and ice. This represents the hardening of the soul in preparation for battle. It is said that the dragon Fafnir wore the Helm of Awe into battle and felt ...
on the face of the moon.Special moon cakes were distributed(分配)to every family.In each cake was a secret message which contained the time for the attack.When the time came the invaders(侵略者)were surprised and easily defeated.Every year moon cakes are eaten in memory of this victory. ...
Honorific statue bases can also feature decorative elements such as relief sculptures or architectural embellishments. These decorative elements could include scenes related to the honored person, symbols of their achievements, or mythological motifs. These embellishments enhanced the beauty and significance...
palettes. Some burials included rectangular coffins and most contained only one body. They contained goods made of hard and soft stone. These included disc-shaped mace heads and human figurines of hunters or warriors with beards. Context suggests the Naqada people sawbeards as symbols of power....
The Double Crown was a combination of the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and the White Crown of Upper Egypt. Sometimes you may find two animal symbols attached to the front of this crown. These are a cobra representing the goddess Wadjet of Lower Egypt and a vulture representing the goddess Nek...
Unlike the Roman zodiac’s misplaced symbols, the Fertility Wheel reflects nature’s cycles, demonstrating how human survival depended on aligning with the rhythms of the earth . October: The Month of the Cow—Not the Scorpion October is more than just a transitional month—it’s the foundation...