How Ancient People Saw Themselves
The art of the ancient mirror
One of the things that’s hard for modern people to process is the sheer investment of time that everyday objects represented in the ancient world.
We live in a world where we can just pop down to the local superstore for anything from a shirt to a bicycle to a microwaveable meal. These sorts of things seem infinitely and instantly available. I can go fr…
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