 | Item 72151
Egypt Old Postcard Papyrus Soul of ANI Hawk Tomb Mummy
Vintage Colour Undivided Back Postcard. Ancient Egyptian Ethnic Life. British Museum. Brit. Mus. Papyrus No. 10470. Scale 7/8 of original. / The soul of Ani, in the form of a human-headed hawk bird, visiting his mummy in the tomb. Published by R.B. Fleming 18 Bury St. WC1
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 | Item 72149
Egypt Old Postcard Papyrus ANI TUTU Play Draughts Hawks
Vintage Colour Undivided Back Postcard. Ancient Egyptian Ethnic Life. British Museum. Brit. Mus. Papyrus No. 10470. Scale 2/3 of original. / Ani seated with his wife TUTU in a bower in the Other World and playing draughts. Their souls in the form of human-headed hawks stand on the roof of their tomb close by. Published by R.B. Fleming 18 Bury St. WC1
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 | Item 72148
Egypt Old Postcard Papyrus HORUS Presents ANI to OSIRIS
Vintage Colour Undivided Back Postcard. Ancient Egyptian Ethnic Life. British Museum. Brit. Mus. Papyrus No. 10470. Scale 1/4 of original. / Horus, the son of ISIS, presenting Ani to Osiris, and declaring that Thoth, having weighed Ani's heart in the Balance, has found it to be righteous and true. Ani kneeling before Osiris and presenting offerings. Published by R.B. Fleming 18 Bury St. WC1
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 | Item 72147
Egypt Old Postcard Papyrus GREAT SCALES, Monster Amemit
Vintage Colour Undivided Back Postcard. Ancient Egyptian Ethnic Life. British Museum. Brit. Mus. Papyrus No. 10470. Scale 1/4 of original. / Anubis weighing the heart of the scribe Ani in the Great Scales against the feather symbolical of the Law. The ibis-headed Thoth is nothing the result, and reporting the same to the Great Gods. Behind him stands the monster Amemit which devoured souls that were condemned in the Great Judgement. Thoth - God, Osiris - King, Isis - Queen, Horus - Son, Set - Wicked Brother of King. Published by R.B. Fleming 18 Bury St. WC1
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 | Item 72145
Egypt Old Postcard Birds GEESE Inspection Scribe THEBES
Vintage Colour Postcard. Ancient Egyptian Ethnic Life. B. 50 British Museum no. 37.978. Inspection of the Geese Birds belonging to Amenemheb, a scribe and registrar of the crops at Thebes. About B.C. 1500. Published by Waterlow & Sons limited
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 | Item 72143
Egypt Old Postcard Rethen Syria Vessels of Gold THEBES
Vintage Colour Postcard. Ancient Egyptian Ethnic Life. B. 54 British Museum no. 37.991. Scene representing the presentation of tribute by Semitic envoys from Rethen or Northern Syria, consisting of Vessels of gold, silver and bronze, ivory, a leather quiver, etc. from the Tomb of Sebekhetep at THEBES, Egypt, about B.C. 1500. Published by Waterlow & Sons limited
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 | Item 70345
Egypt Old Postcard Birds Fowling Scene TOMB THEBES Wall
Vintage Egyptian Real Photo Picture Postcard, Birds. Fish, Hunting. Fowling Scene, from the Wall of a tomb at Thebes. About B.C. 1550 No. 37,977. British Museum. Published by Oxford University Press
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 | Item 68848
Hairy Porcupine Rodent - GUILL PIG Old Postcard Animals
Vintage B/W Postcard. Hairy Porcupine (Synetheres Laenatus) 1/4 natural size. British Museum (Natural History) London. Porcupines are rodents with sharp spines that defend them from predators. Porcupines are the 3rd largest rodent, after the capybara, and beaver. The name "porcupine" comes from Middle French porc d'épine "thorny pork", hence the nickname "quill pig".
Published by Oxford University Press
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 | Item 68832
MAENAD IN FRENZY - Woman Butcher & Knife Old Postcard
Vintage B/W Postcard. Nude, Naked Woman, Girl holding a knife and part of dead animal's body. Butcher. Carvings. MAENAD in FRENZY. British Museum. Fine Arts. Published by 219 XLVII 12
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 | Item 66696
KING of ASSYRIA - Cylinder of SENNACHERIB Old Postcard
Vintage B/W Postcard. Rembrandt Gravure, British Museum. London. Relief. ASSYRIAN ROOM. Cylinder of Sennacherib, King of Assyria. Published by XXXXIX 5
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 | Item 66695
Assyrian Room - THE FOURTH CREATION TABLET Old Postcard
Vintage B/W Postcard. Rembrandt Gravure, British Museum. London. Relief. ASSYRIAN ROOM. Portion of The Fourth Creation Tablet, Table - Case A. Published by XXXXIX 12
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 | Item 66694
Assyrian Room DELUGE TABLET Old Postcard British Museum
Vintage B/W Postcard. Rembrandt Gravure, British Museum. London. Relief. ASSYRIAN ROOM. The DELUGE TABLET, Table - Case A. Published by XXXXIX 10
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 | Item 66693
Assyrian Room Persia FIRST CREATION TABLET Old Postcard
Vintage B/W Postcard. Rembrandt Gravure, British Museum. London. Relief. ASSYRIAN ROOM. Portion of The First Creation Tablet. Table-Case A. Published by XXXXIX 11
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 | Item 66691
Assyrian Room SEAL - Cylinder Darius Great Old Postcard
Vintage B/W Postcard. British Museum. London. Relief. ASSYRIAN ROOM. Seal - Cylinder of Darius The Great Table - Case B. Lion, Bird, Palm Trees, Horse. Chariot. Persia. Darius the Great (c. 549 BC– 485 BC), Dãrayavahush "Upholder of good", was the son of Hystaspes, and king of Persia from 522 BC to 485 BC. Darius was the Latin spelling used by ancient Roman historians.
Published by XXXXIX 15
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 | Item 66690
Assyrian Room SLAUGHTER - TIAMAT by MARDUK Old Postcard
Vintage B/W Postcard. British Museum. London. Relief. Rembrandt Gravure. Slaughter of Tiamat by Marduk Table Case B. ASSYRIAN ROOM. Tiamat versus Marduk is a 32 century old Babylonian myth. Tiamat was one of the first entities of the cosmos. She would sabotage the work of the younger gods with magic and destructive rage. After many failed efforts, a hero emerged from the young gods, Marduk.
Published by XXXIX 14
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Nimrud Gallery FIGHT Between MARDUK TIAMAT Old Postcard
Vintage B/W Postcard. British Museum. London Nimrud Gallery. Relief. Rembrandt Gravure, The Fight between Marduk and Tiamat. Tiamat versus Marduk is a 32 century old Babylonian myth. Tiamat was one of the first entities of the cosmos. She would sabotage the work of the younger gods with magic and destructive rage. After many failed efforts, a hero emerged from the young gods, Marduk.
Published by XXXIX 13
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 | Item 49879
VOTIVE RELIEF OF ADA and IDRIEUS Old Postcard Br Museum
Early B/W Postcard. British Museum. Votive Relief of Ada and Idrieus. Published by TheFine Arts Puby Co. Ltd.
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 | Item 49852
Bust of Homer - Sculpture Old Postcard BRITISH MUSEUM
Vintage B/W Postcard. Bust of Homer. British Museum. First Graeco-Roman Room. Published by Phot. Oxford University Press
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 | Item 49805
DISCUS THROW Discobolos of Myron - Sports Old Postcard
Vintage B/W Postcard. British Museum - The Discobolos of Myron. Discus Throw. Published by XLVIII 2
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 | Item 49804
BRITISH MUSEUM Grave Mother & Baby Relief Old Postcard
Early B/W Postcard. Grave - Relief of Mother and Infant. British Museum.
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 | Item 42146
Elephants Old Artist Signed Postcard - Extinct Mammals
Vintage Alice B Woodyard Artist Signed Art Drawn B/W Postcard. Restorations of Extinct Mammals. Dinotherium Giganteum Height at shoulder 10-12 feet. British Museum (Natural History). Wild Elephant Animals. Published by Waterlow & Sons Limited. G 56
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Sivatherium Giganteum Old ART Postcard Extinct Mammals
Old ALICE B Woodward Artist Signed B/W Postcard. Restorations of Extinct Mammals. Sivatherium Giganteum. British Museum (Natural History). Deer. Animals. Published by Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited. G 59
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 | Item 42031
EXTINCT REPTILES Ichthyosaurus - Old Art Drawn Postcard
Vintage Artist Signed B/W Postcard. Restorations of Extinct Reptiles. Ichthyosaurus. Reached a length of 30 feet. British Museum (Natual History). Fish. Published by W. F. Sedgwick, Limited G 63
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Artist Signed Old Postcard EXTINCT REPTILE Plesiosaurus
Vintage ALICE B WOODWARD Artist Signed Art Drawn B/W Postcard. Restorations of extinct Reptiles. Plesiosaurus. Attained a length of 30 feet. British Museum (Natural History). Published by Produced by W. F. Sedgwick, Limited G 62
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 | Item 35023
IRAN Old Postcard FARHAD heard SHIRIN Death Persian MS
Early Artist Drawn Colour Postcard. Farhad swoons on hearing of the death of Shirin. Middle East Persian ART Drawing. From a Persian MS. British Museum. Published by Oxford University Press
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 | Item 18198
The ADORATION OF THE MAGI Breviary of Qu. 1923 Old Card
Coloured PPC, The Adoration of the Magi, Breviary of Qu. Isabella. Flemish, late 15th cent. British Museum. Add. MS. 18851, f. 41 Breviary of Qu. Isabella, Flemish late 15th cent. Published by Waterlow & Sons Ltd.
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 | Item 17388
Artist Drawn Old Postcard SANCTO LORENZO BEING MARTYRED
From "La Rapresentatione di Sancto Lorenzo quando fu martyrizato". British Museum. Artist Drawn Postcard, Sketch.
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 | Item 16219
Sketch Postcard - FORD MADOX BROWN Coat of Many Colours
Old PPC, Ford Madox Brown. The Coat of Many Colours. British Museum. Artist Signed Postcard. XIV. 10. Published by Phot. Oxford University Press.
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 | Item 11509
BRITISH MUSEUM - Grave-Relief Xanthippos Old Postcard
Early Picture Postcard of British Museum. Grave-Relief of Xanthippos. The Fine Arts Pubg Co. Ltd. Sculpture. London.
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