Introducing Art of the Ancient Forum

Posted by Art of the Ancient Blog on February 20th, 2009 and filed under Ancient Art | No Comments »

Art of the Ancient is proud to introduce our newest web site, Art of the Ancient Forum. It is a forum on ancient history and art, Swords, guns, armor and much more!

We encourage you to REGISTER on our forums and participate in the community. By JOINING US today you can participate in our active and growing community. Registering on our forum gets you access to post new messages, use private messages and much much more!

Check it out! Joint in the fun. Help make it the best forum on the net.

Jewelry that you’ll be proud to own!

Posted by Art of the Ancient Blog on January 21st, 2009 and filed under Ancient Art, New Items | No Comments »

New at our Museum Store

Here at Art of the Ancient - Museum store we are proud to bring you BJS© Jewelry.
Every piece of jewelry is made in the USA, hand polished, hand finished, and inspected for the highest quality.
We how carry Egyptian, Celtic, Pirate, Medieval, Lord of the Rings Jewelry and More!
All at Prices that can’t be beat!

We made a deal with BJS Jeweler  and we now have this hand made jewelry just for you. So check it out at the links above.

Hindu Art - History of Ganesh

Posted by Art of the Ancient Blog on December 7th, 2008 and filed under Ancient Art | No Comments »

Ganesh, also called Ganapati, the elephant headed God of Wisdom and Success is the defender and remover of obstacles and has to be propritiated first before worshiping other Gods. He is one of the sons of Siva and Parvati.

He is known as “Sidhi Data” or bestower of success in the work. His elephant head is believed to be an emblem of wisdom. His head often has one full tusk, while the other is broken.

It is said that he lost it in a fight or that he used it to dictate the Maha-Bharata to the sage Vyasa.

His mount or standard is a rat, a symbol in Hindu fable of the sagasity & trickery of this world, much like the fox in the west.

So it is natural that the rat should first be conquered, then subdued and employed by the being who represents spiritual strength, whom he was bound to recognise as his superior, since his own cunning would tell him that Ganesh would prove a better guide than even his own perspicacity.
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A little history behind the Happy Buddha

Posted by Art of the Ancient Blog on November 11th, 2008 and filed under Ancient Art | No Comments »
Often called the Happy Buddha, he is really Hotei, a monk of the T’ang Dynasty. He was known for carrying a sack of candy which he handed out to children in the street.

 Many Chinese Buddhist believe he was an incarnation of the Buddha Maitreya. Gautama Buddha was born in 563 b.c. in northeast India. The Buddha was the son of the King of the Sakyas.

 Suddhodana, who ruled at Kapilavastu, on the border of Nepal. His mother was Queen Maya. He was named Siddhartha.

 He lived amidst the pleasures of palace life and at age 16 he was married to Princess Yasodhara. They had a son named Rahula.

After seeing a decrepid old man, an invalid, and an ascetic beggar, he learned of suffering and decided to embrace asceticism. Soon afterwards, at age 29, Siddhartha left the palace and his family and went to a hermitage where he became the monk Gautama, or, as he is still called, Sakyamuni (The ascetic of the Sakyas).

One day, meditating under a sacred figtree, he attained perfect illumination (Bodhi). He had become a Buddha. From there on he traveled and preached for 44 years what was to become one of the main religions of the world. He died at Kusinagara at age 80.

Check out this site if you would like to own some of this interesting art: Buddha Statues & Art

King Tut’s Mask

Posted by Art of the Ancient Blog on November 10th, 2008 and filed under Ancient Art | No Comments »

Egyptian Museum, Cairo Dynasty XVIII, 1347-1237 B.C.

This marvelous mask of excellent workmanship protected the head of the mummy of Tutankhamun. Further protection was assured by a magic formula engraved on the shoulders and the back of the mask.

The usual Nemes headdress knotted back at the nape of the neck, is a striped blue-green imitating lapis lazuli. The Uraeus and vulture head in gold inlaid with semi-precious stones and colored glass, ornaments the brow.

The mask’s eyes are made of obsidian and quartz with a touch of red at the corners: the cosmetic lines and the lids are of inlaid blue glass. The divine beard, plaited and turned up at the end, is of cloisonné work (colored glass held in a framework of gold.)

The wide necklace collar is formed of rows of lapis lazuli, quartz, amazonite and colored glass beads attached at each shoulder to a gold falcon’s head ornamented with obsidian. This mask presents us with a beautiful albeit idealized portrait of the young King

The love of Ancient Art

Posted by Art of the Ancient Blog on November 9th, 2008 and filed under Ancient Art | No Comments »

I’ve always had a Passion for ancient art.  It  amassed me that the ancients could have produced such works of art.

I always loved ancient art. So much so that I started selling ancient art reproduction in my museum store at www.art-of-the-ancient.com. We sell all kinds of ancient art, Egyptian, Buddha, Greek, roman art to name a few. We even sell medieval armor, swords, samurai swords, civil war reproductions, replica firearms and much more. 

So let devote this blog to ancient art.  Please joint us, lets talk about ancient art and the mysteries surrounding the Art of the Ancient.