Cyriacus of Ancona
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Cyriacus of Ancona or Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli was a humanist and antiquarian who came from a prominent family of merchants in Ancona, a maritime republic on the Adriatic coast of the Italian Peninsula.
Portrait of Cyriacus, fresco, 1459
Portrait of Cyriacus, relief carving
The oldest surviving drawing of the Parthenon, an ancient copy of the original by Cyriacus of Ancona, is found in Manuscript Hamilton 254, a fifteenth-century volume preserved in the Berlin State Library
Parthenon. Its true nature was rediscovered by Cyriacus in 1436
Great Pyramid of Giza
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The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the Egyptian pyramids and the most famous landmark of the Giza pyramid complex in Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, a
The Great Pyramid, seen in 2023
Statue of pharaoh Khufu/Cheops, Cairo Museum.
Clay seal bearing the name of the Great Pyramid which includes Khufu's cartouche, c. 664 BC – c. 332 BC, Louvre museum
Khufu's cartouche found inscribed on a backing stone of the pyramid