6th century, China, Chinese, East Asia, fooleum, primary source
This endearing character leapt out of his glass case to grab my attention the day we spent 4-5 hours cramming in as much as we could of the Art Institute of Chicago on a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime visit. It was the custom in ancient China to bury clay figurines in...
3rd millennium BCE, Babylonian, lexicon, Mesopotamia, Middle East, primary source, research
‘The alan.zu/ aluzinnu could sing, play instruments and dance, and in fact from the earliest times (in Mari, Babylonia and in Bogazköy) he is connected with musicians, singers and acrobats who performed at festivals and (para?)religious...
