Sylvia Rose
Limonite: Ancient Earth Pigments
Limonite is an iron earth mineraloid among the first colors of the Stone Age palette. Grinding limonite produces yellow ochre. Other...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 15 min read
Shamhat: Sacred Prostitute & the Wild Man
Sacred prostitute (harīmtu) Shamhat is a Mesopotamian legend. She's a central character in part of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Shamhat is...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 274 min read
Oldest Cult Megaliths - Gobekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe (Gobeki Tepe) is the oldest known group of cult buildings in the world, dating c. 9500 BCE. In central south Turkey near the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 246 min read
Prussian Blue - Delight of Artists & Poisoners
Prussian blue is a vibrant hue first created in 1706 by Swiss German paint manufacturer Johann Diesbach (1670 - 1748) in Berlin. A vivid...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 235 min read
Lead White & Minium Red: Colors to Die For
Since early antiquity, the iron ore cerussite has yielded brilliant white and red pigments used in art and even medicine. In ancient...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 144 min read
Steatite (Soapstone) - Ancient World
Steatite or soapstone is a metamorphic talc rock used in carving for thousands of years. A medium-grained rock, or schist, soapstone is a...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 127 min read
Scribes & Writing - Ancient Egypt
Scribes assume positions of importance and influence in the ancient world. Many speak several languages and are skilled in such diverse...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 174 min read
Yazilikaya: Sacred Site of the Hittites
Yazılıkaya comes from the Turkish for inscribed rock. The sacred site is beside the city of Hattusa, the Hittite Bronze Age capital until...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 9, 20235 min read
Great Women Artists - Käthe Kollwitz
One of the most gifted and prolific artists of Germany was Käthe Kollwitz (1867 - 1945). A doctor's wife among the less privileged of...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 23, 20231 min read
Beautiful Music Original Art
Who doesn't love music? This is Beautiful Music, bright and lively, one of my most popular original art designs on Zazzle, combining the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 10, 20233 min read
3 More Great German Artists
For lovers of art, history and trivia , we travel back to the Renaissance and High Middle Ages to meet three more amazing German artists...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 29, 20232 min read
Speyer, Lorelei & Murder on the Rhine
Enjoying a fabulous Rhine cruise here in Canada! The Rhine is one of most romantic rivers in the world, with gorgeous scenery, ancient...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 12, 20234 min read
Queen Eleanor & the Calamitous Crusade
The final novella of the Lora Ley - Winter Tales has a time travel twist and takes us to the Germania of 1148 AD. The Feast of Fools ...
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