Ploughing
Egyptian wig
Egyptian Wig
Assyrian inscription
Ouah-ab-ra
Mummy
The suite of Sargon 2
The suite of Sargon
Harps, pipe, and flute, from an ancient tomb near the Pyramids
Statue of Nebo
Anou or Dagon
The King Sargon and his Grand Vizier
Hoeing
Offerings to a god
twenty-one string harp
Inundation
Gods carried in procession 2
Assyrian Bas-relief
Layard's "Nineveh." Beards were curled and probably dyed and powdered, the powder, however, being gold. As a matter of fact, gold was employed in various ways as an enrichment to the hair.
Sarcophagus
Assurbanipal at the chase.
Bruce's Harpers
Ancient Egyptian Cithara
Gods carried in procession
Street Musicians
Feast of Assurbanipal 2
Genius in the attitude of adoration
Demons
Asiatic Cithara
Eagle-headed divinity
Bacchus
Bacchus was the Roman god of agriculture, wine and fertility, equivalent to the Greek god Dionysus.
Feast of Assurbanipal
Greek Figure
From Hope's "Costume of the Ancients." With the Greeks the tunic was the principal article of attire. It was worn next to the skin, and was of a light tissue. In the earlier time it was composed of wool, in later periods of flax, and in the latest periods it was either of flax mixed with silk or of pure silk. The illustration given will serve to show its construction. It was a simple square bag, open at the two ends, made sufficiently wide to admit of the folds being ample, and sufficiently long to allow of its being gathered up about the waist and breasts. It was kept in its place by various means, either by a simple girdle round the waist or by cords drawn crosswise between the breasts, over the shoulders, looped at the back, and again drawn round the waist, or by an arrangement of cords or ribbons drawn over each shoulder and attached to the girdle.
Greek Figure
Paris on Mount Ida
An illustration is given, from Hope's "Costume of the Ancients," of Paris on Mount Ida, in which he is figured as wearing a closely fitting garment which covers the whole body and limbs, being buttoned all the way up the legs and arms; a short tunic, also buttoned up the front, being worn over this dress
Priest
The illustration shows a priest wearing nothing but a loin cloth and a leopard skin.
Hunifer
Toga
From Hope's "Costume of the Ancients." The material of the toga was wool, in the earlier time and for the common people; afterwards silk and other materials were used, coloured or bordered according to the `rank` or station of the wearer.