A little easier to see.
A little easier to see.
Actual size: 1.4 inches across! Look at that detail in that size. Wow. The sculptor really had mastered human anatomy. I didn’t think anybody had mastered the human body like that until Leonardo da Vinci 2,000 years later.
Looks almost like it was machine stamped or injection molded..........
Amazing...
this is like, ambrosia for the soul.
One think I noticed is, either the guy on the defensive has really really big teeth, or exaggerated mouth shapes were used as costuming in their battle helmets. And they’re fighting on top of at least one body, so it must have been one heck of a battle.
A large-scale sketch, with this article:
http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/unearthingamasterpiece.html
It looks like one of those strange hour-glass shaped shields they used with the end facing the viewer. Wonder how the heck they ever did this!
Awesome. Awesome.
Wow! That looks to be very unusual detail and artistic structure not seen in those ages.
OK, someone’s gotta say it: ALIENS!
See the enlarged picture at post #3. Imagine that detail carved in a stone that’s only 1.4 inches across. Amazing!