An ancient black art.

The Role of Myth in Art During the Millennia: A critique of Nature in Ancient Art, Marzieh Torajie

Black contributions to the early history of Western medicine: lack of recognition as a cause of black under-representation in US medical schools.

During several millenia, blacks in ancient Egypt made numerous contributions to medicine and were acknowledged as the inventors of the art of medicine. They produced the earliest physicians, medical knowledge, and medical literature. They contributed to the development of medicine in ancient Greece. Ancient writers, including Herodotus, Isocrates, and Diodorus, affirm this. Modern presentations...

The Manifestation of "Cow-fish" Myth in Iranian Art on the basis of Ancient Sources, with an Emphasis on Pictorial Rugs

This article seeks to analyze and explain one of the ancient and cosmological ideas of the people living on the plateau of Iran, called “cow-fish”. The authors of this essay have tried to study and explain the mythological and religious roots as well as the public beliefs concerning such a myth by using historical documents and the method of reflection, besides a comparative study of ancient na...

Comparison between Kharmohre in Persia and Corresponding works in Ancient Egypt

The importance of turquoise color in ancient ideologies encouraged craftsmen to build objects in that color. Turquoise stones have been admired by Persians and Egyptians since antiquity, bearing a symbolic meaning due to their color. Examination of a number of ancient Egyptian turquoise faience works reveals a remarkable similarity between their methods of production with those of the Persian K...

Investigating the Supplementary Restorations in Persepolis Stone Reliefs based on Achaemenids Worldview: A Comparative Study

Supplementary restoration which as an intervention measure aimed at compensating for the deficiency in historical and art works, like any other protective measure, requires recognizing and understanding the work. A major part of this understanding comes from our perception about the views and insights of the society that owned the concerned heritage with regards to the art as a tool to express ...

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Since ancient times, “Tree” has been the focus of attention as a symbol, in works of art. In Mesopotamia and later in Iran, this symbol was known as a holy tree or tree of life as early as 3500 BC, and was delineated in different shapes. After the advent of Islam, this symbol prevailed in works of art; However, no longer as a mythological holy tree but rather standing for heavenly b...