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~ Cup with Cranes. Culture: Roman Place of origin: Alexandria, Egypt Date: ca. 25 - 1 B.C. Medium: Silver
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~ Marble statue of the emperor Septimius Severus. Date: A.D. 193-200 Place of origin: Alexandria Period/culture: Roman Medium: marble
Source: britishmuseum.org
Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Egypt with head of Ptolemy I Soter (obverse) and eagle (reverse), struck under Kleopatra VII Philopator
Greek (struck at Alexandria, Egypt), Late Hellenistic Period, 51 B.C.
silver
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Source: mfa.org
There you stood with your indefinable charm.
Because we know
so little about you from history,
I could picture you more freely in my mind.
I pictured you good-looking and sensitive.
My art gives your face
a dreamy, appealing beauty.
And so completely did I imagine you
that late last night,
as my lamp went out--I let it go out on purpose--
I thought that you came into my room,
it seemed you stood there in front of me, stood as you would have
in conquered Alexandria,
place and weary, ideal in your grief,
still hoping they might take pity on you,
those bastards who whispered: 'Too many Caesars.'
C.P. Cavafy, “Kaisarion,” from Selected Poems (translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard)
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Cleopatra's Obelisk, Alexandria by Wilhelm Hammerschmidt
German, 1860-1869
albumen silver print
Getty Museum
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But when he heard the women wailing,
lamenting his sorry state--
madam with her oriental gestures
and her slaves with their barbarous Greek--
the pride in his soul rose up,
his Italian blood sickened with disgust,
and all he'd worshipped blindly until then--
his wild Alexandrian life--
now seemed dull and alien.
And he said: 'Stop wailing for me.
It's all wrong, that kind of thing.
You ought to be singing my praises
for having been a great ruler,
a man of wealth and glory.
And if I'm down now, I haven't fallen humbly,
but as a Roman conquered by a Roman.'
C.P. Cavafy, “Antony’s Ending,” from Selected Poems (translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard)
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Egyptian obelisk, “Cleopatra’s Needle,” in Alexandria, Egypt. Attributed to Francis Firth. British, c. 1870. Albumen silver print. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Magical Stela (Cippus of Horus) (with detail) Period: Late Period Dynasty: Dynasty 30 Reign: reign of Nectanebo II Date: 360–343 B.C. Geography: From Egypt, Alexandria Region, Alexandria; Made for Memphite Region, Heliopolis, Temple of the Mnevis bulls, (according to the inscription) Medium: Meta-Greywacke
The Met
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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Egypt with head of deified Alexander the Great, struck under Ptolemy I, minted in Alexandria, Egypt, 315-300 B.C.
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Alexandria, Egypt, Kom el-Dikka, open-air museum, obelisk of Seti I, detail (by groenling)
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Apotheosis of Homer. From a temple in honor of Homer at Alexandria, Egypt, later 3rd Century BC. Now in the British Museum.
Photo Credit: Clio Ancient Art and Antiquities
Portrait statuette of Socrates
Greek, c. 200 B.C.-100 A.D.
Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt
The British Museum
Source: britishmuseum.org
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Sparkly things from ancient times.
Pairs of Disk Earrings, 525-500 B.C., Etruscan. J. Paul Getty Museum. Earrings, 220-100 B.C., Greek, Alexandria, Egypt. J. Paul Getty Museum.
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Gold Diadem from Alexandria, Ptolemaic Period in Ancient Egypt,c. 220-100 B.C.
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Marble Dog
Roman
1st Century BC- 4th Century AD
Found Alexandria, Egypt
This white marble dog with a brown patina has been carved in the round. There are drill holes and rough chiselling on the base. The figure is prone with his head turned back. There is a strut under the left foreleg.
Source: The Walters Art Museum
Alexander the Great Founding Alexandria by Placido Constanzi
Italy, 1736-1737
oil on canvas
Walters Art Musuem
Source: art.thewalters.org
Is it not true that we are dead, and living only in appearance,
We Hellenes, fallen on disaster,
Likening life to a dream, since we remain alive while
Our way of life is dead and gone?
Palladas, pagan poet, after the destruction of the Serapeon in Alexandria by Christians