nectanebus and olympias of epirus (the conception of alexander the great and etc) created by michel le noir
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Woodcut illustration of the conception of Alexander from Alixandre le grant, printed in Paris by Michel Le Noir ca. 1507-1520.

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  • We see genuine pictures now and are incredibly sceptical CGI and photoshop. Many people in ancient times must have seen drawings and thought them actually real. In an age of illiteracy and superstition those who drew and painted were seen as immensely clever, they couldn't possibly make things up! It must have been a weird time to have lived.

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  • Reader1 said:
    I love how the queen looks both confused and disinterested at the same time.

    Lol, looks more like she’s saying “you sure about this?”

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  • rhyolite said:
    We see genuine pictures now and are incredibly sceptical CGI and photoshop. Many people in ancient times must have seen drawings and thought them actually real. In an age of illiteracy and superstition those who drew and painted were seen as immensely clever, they couldn't possibly make things up! It must have been a weird time to have lived.

    Not everyone believed the things they saw. Most people understood that art was speculative.

    You do a great disservice of believing our ancestors were utter morons.

    They really weren't all that different than from us in today's era. You ancient Greek skeptics existed. Atheism existed in the ancient world.

    It'd do you well to do some research before making statements on things you obviously know little about.

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