The [shield](https://goo.gl/mur2Uz) is part of a [suit of armour](https://goo.gl/HiWXTM) that was delivered to the [King](https://goo.gl/9fGJux) in 1562. The whole set was problably made in [Arboga](https://goo.gl/SgXxA1) and then sent to [Antwerp](https://goo.gl/nQdMm8) where it was decorated by the goldsmith Eliseus Libaerts, following drawings by the French artist [Etienne Delaune](https://goo.gl/QqLbuv). To create the relief decor the steel has been [chased](https://goo.gl/FzoAbd), [embossed](https://goo.gl/i8gDzz), [etched](https://goo.gl/mKJri6) and [gilded](https://goo.gl/XSUdps). The motif is inspired by tales from antiquity and depicts [amazons](https://goo.gl/nqvY1j) fighting male warriors. It is probably a battle scene from the [Trojan war](https://goo.gl/LXsTkq). According to the myth the amazons supported [King Priam of Troy](https://goo.gl/QBjvTe) in the war but also lost their queen [Penthesileia](https://goo.gl/YvCSFg) when she was killed by [Achilles](https://goo.gl/TVPqit).

The Parade Shield of King Erik XIV of Sweden

The ancient Lycians are among the most enigmatic people of antiquity because little historical record has been left behind them. But what has been discovered reveals a fascinating people culturally distinct from the rest of the ancient world at the time. Around twenty major sites remain today with the Lycians' unusual funerary architecture, including incredible rock-cut tombs carved into cliff faces dominating the breathtaking unspoiled land of Lycia. Dalyan, Turkey
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/ancient-lycians-and-their-spectacular-rock-cut-tombs-001756

Experimental, reconstructed from various 4K drone footage only

Lycian cliff tombs, Dalyan

A Mercator map of the starry heavens drawn by William Croswell,1810.
The 19th century western constellations are projected on the earth for navigation references.
By building your city under the projected trajectory of a star at a specific time. Now you can navigate, from land to sea, and from city to city.  By checking the map you can still see that some cities have been founded with this principle in mind. This was the antiquity GPS system. far more reliable than the modern one. This is why the medieval astrological projections are inverted. Because it is not to document the sky, but to document the "where about" on earth. By also knowing the cyclic derivation of a selected star (around 15 meters par year), you can also deduce the date of the city foundation as long as you have the correct data.

Mercator map of the starry heavens

The ages of love (A426), relief in marble, after the original model from 1824. Thorvaldsen Museum (Copenhagen, Denmark). Made with ReMake and ReCap from Autodesk.

In this relief we see a winged Psyche in the role of distributing small angelic figures known as cupids, symbolizing love. Psyches gives these cupids to women and men, young and old. There is the young woman kneeling in adorationof her cupid. There is the woman who embraces and kisses her cupid, and the woman who has lost interest in hers. There is the man who is too tired to take an interest in his cupid, and there is the old man who reaches out for his, but cannot catch it. The relief is based on a model from classical antiquity.

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The ages of love

Between 1881 and 1893 a substantial boat burial site from the late Germanic Iron Age was discovered in the cemetery at Vendel Church in Uppland, Sweden. The finds were so extraordinary that the location was used to name the period between 550 and 750 CE – Now known as the [Vendel Period](https://tinyurl.com/2422475d). 

While many of the burials at Vendel had already been plundered in antiquity, the graves of Vendel I, XII and XIV had remained undisturbed.
The helmets found in these graves were manufactured in Scandinavia and represent an exceptional evidence of the late Germanic Iron Age in Northern Europe, both in terms of their uniqueness, completeness and quality.

[More about the Vendel I Helmet in our Online Collections](https://tinyurl.com/n43vmcuy)

[The Vendel I Helmet at Dynamic Collections](https://tinyurl.com/3ffknh49)

Full dataset coming soon at Zenodo

The Vendel I Helmet

Between 1881 and 1893 a substantial boat burial site from the late Germanic Iron Age was discovered in the cemetery at Vendel Church in Uppland, Sweden. The finds were so extraordinary that the location was used to name the period between 550 and 750 CE – Now known as the [Vendel Period](https://tinyurl.com/2422475d). 

While many of the burials at Vendel had already been plundered in antiquity, the graves of Vendel I, XII and XIV had remained undisturbed.
The helmets found in these graves were manufactured in Scandinavia and represent an exceptional evidence of the late Germanic Iron Age in Northern Europe, both in terms of their uniqueness, completeness and quality.

[More about the Vendel XII Helmet in our Online Collections](https://tinyurl.com/mryd39xh)

[The Vendel XII Helmet at Dynamic Collections](https://tinyurl.com/4j2c5rp2)

[Full dataset at Zenodo](https://zenodo.org/records/19069186)

The Vendel XII Helmet

Between 1881 and 1893 a substantial boat burial site from the late Germanic Iron Age was discovered in the cemetery at Vendel Church in Uppland, Sweden. The finds were so extraordinary that the location was used to name the period between 550 and 750 CE – Now known as the [Vendel Period](https://tinyurl.com/2422475d). 

While many of the burials at Vendel had already been plundered in antiquity, the graves of Vendel I, XII and XIV had remained undisturbed.
The helmets found in these graves were manufactured in Scandinavia and represent an exceptional evidence of the late Germanic Iron Age in Northern Europe, both in terms of their uniqueness, completeness and quality.

[More about the Vendel XIV Helmet in our Online Collections](https://tinyurl.com/4mcp2ce3)

[The Vendel XIV Helmet at Dynamic Collections](https://tinyurl.com/3hj77wbn)

Full dataset coming soon at Zenodo

The Vendel XIV Helmet

Parian marble. This colossal right foot was once part of a statue of several times life-size, a scale that in antiquity was only used for images of gods and emperors. It wears a sandal of an elaborate Greek type first seen in the fourth century BC. It is therefore likely that the foot belonged to the statue of a senior Olympian god, probably represented seated as a standing figure would have been more than five metres tall.

Height: 48.26 centimetres
Length: 88.90 centimetres
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1784-0131-5

Colossal Foot

For production-ready use, we recommend downloading the source format.The converted file is intended for web viewing only. In the Original format, the following are fully preserved:✔ original scene hierarchy✔ complete materials without reduction✔ proper texture maps✔ correct object namesIf you plan to use this model in production, download the source file.Cold weapon coin ax for antiquity which is available to you in the form of a loop with a texture in the size of 2048 2048.

For production-ready use, we recommend downloading the original file.The Converted version is intended for web viewing only. In the original file, the following are fully preserved:✔ original scene hierarchy✔ unsimplified materials✔ proper texture maps✔ original object namesIf you plan to use this model in production, select the Original format.This sculpture portrays a vivid and grounded scene from ancient feast culture. Two young boys are shown preparing a boar over a large cauldron one bends low to balance the carcass while the other assists with steady hands. The physical strain articulated muscles and realistic postures give the piece a raw sense of labor and life highlighting the communal effort and ritual surrounding food preparation in antiquity.

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