The Lion of Knidos is the name for a colossal ancient Greek statue erected near the ancient port of Knidos, south-west Asia Minor (now near Datça in Turkey)...

Knidos or Cnidus (/ˈnaɪdəs/; Greek: Κνίδος, Ancient: [knídos], Modern: [ˈkniðos], Knídos) was a Greek city in ancient Caria and part of the Dorian Hexapolis...

Artemidorus of Knidos (Greek: Ἀρτεμίδωρος), 1st century BC, was a native of Knidos in southwest Anatolia. He is now best known as a minor character in...

(1788–1862), historian of York, owner of the York Herald Richard Popplewell Pullan (1825-1888), architect, discovered the Lion of Knidos. William Stubbs (1825–1901)...

architect and brother-in-law of William Burges. He is known for his work in archaeology including the discovery of the Lion of Knidos. Pullan was born at Knaresborough...

floor of the concourse: A stela of the Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II (9th century BC) A marble Lion of Knidos, Asia Minor (3rd century BC) Two heads of Pharaoh...

and at Cnidos, where Pullan, acting under his direction, found the Lion of Knidos now in the British Museum. In 1860, he was named consul at Rome, but...

written description and brief sketch of an Indian rhinoceros brought to Lisbon in 1515. Later that year, the King of Portugal, Manuel I, sent the animal...

(330–300 BC) Knidos in Asia Minor Demeter of Knidos, (350 BC) Lion of Knidos, (350–200 BC) Xanthos in Asia Minor Lion Tomb, (550–500 BC) Harpy Tomb, (480–470...

designated as papyrus British Museum 10057 and pBM 10058) is one of the best known examples of ancient Egyptian mathematics. It is named after Alexander Henry...

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Diadumenos is a 1st-century AD, slightly smaller than lifesize, Roman marble copy of Polyclitus's Diadumenos sculpture. Once in the Farnese collection, it is now...

in Turkey. The Lion of Knidos was found in 1858 by the architect Richard Popplewell Pullan near where he was helping Newton's Knidos excavations. Smith's...

Diadumenos Guilford Puteal Harpy Tomb Herculean Sarcophagus of Genzano Isis Tomb Jennings Dog Lion of Knidos Lycurgus Cup Macmillan aryballos Mâcon Treasure Mainz...

Museum, British Museum, ISBN 978-0-7141-2261-8, OCLC 144596317 The Lion of Knidos, British Museum, 2008 Jenkins, Ian; Hubbard, Dudley; Dodd, Stephen;...

Ancient Greek sculpture of the Lion of Knidos found by Richard Popplewell Pullan near modern-day Datça, Turkey. Stele of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu at Dayr al-Bahri...

it for support. The Aphrodite of Knidos was the first full-sized statue to depict Aphrodite completely naked and one of the first sculptures that was...

(1995). The Aphrodite of Knidos and her Successors: a Historical Review of the Female Nude in Greek Art. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-10585-X...

who in the summer of 397 BC would build a formidable navy, as part of a rearmament which would lead to his decisive victory at Knidos in 394 BC, re-establishing...

discovered many strigils, some of them iron, but most of them bronze. Archaeologists also uncovered a 2,200-year-old Hellenistic lion sculpture and a 1,500-year-old...

of Knidos, which would have been made by a sculptor in the immediate Praxitelean tradition, perhaps at the end of the century. It has become one of the...

Lost artworks are original pieces of art that credible sources indicate once existed but that cannot be accounted for in museums or private collections...

A Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD), tomb sculpture of a pixiu (or chimera) creature Aphrodite of Knidos, 2nd Century Roman, inspired by Praxiteles Saraswati...

person supposed to be able to foresee the future Artemidorus – sophist from Knidos Cinna – poet Cobbler Carpenter Poet (believed to be based on Marcus Favonios)...

private individuals paid for some of these newer towers. The northern walls had three gateways, known as the Lion Gate, the Kars Gate, and the Dvin Gate...

first to be considered artistically respectable. Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Knidos, which survives in copies, was often referenced to and praised by Pliny...

inhabited this coast for a long time building prominent cities, such as Knidos (at the end of the Datça Peninsula) and Bodrum (Halicarnassos), as well as many...

the south lay an outer city of about 1 km2 (250 acres), with elaborate gateways decorated with reliefs showing warriors, lions, and sphinxes. Four temples...

Knidos, Ephesos, Mytilene, and Sparta as well as at Eleusis, where they were known simply as God (Theos) and Goddess (Thea). In the ritual texts of the...