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Flooded ruins at Angkor. Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia.
Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century.
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Elephant, detail of the 6th century mosaic floor from the Palatium Magnum (Constantinople’s Great Palace), Istanbul.
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Glass eye in gold pendant, Egypt, c.1550-1070 BC. Private Collection.
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The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy by Frank Dicksee, 1902.
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Piotr Stachiewicz (Polish, 1858–1938) - Three Holy Kings.
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Hanging gardens of Babylon. Illustration by Richard Hook, English (b.1938).
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“Sfumato,” painted in 1972 by Salvador Dalí. Dalí developed a new technique here, where he embellished the image after first taking paper and scorching and smoking it with a candle.
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Statuette of Osiris as a Mummy with Erected Phallus. Ptolemaic Period, reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor, ca. 180-145 BC. Now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Inv. 10077.
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Sacra di San Michele X-XI century, Piedmont (northwestern Italy) It is situated on the south side of the Val di Susa. Umberto Eco’s “The Name of the Rose” was inspired by this monumental abbey.
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Julius Caesar reconstruction by Hidreley Diao.
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The Birth of Venus by John Bulloch Souter, 1890. Image: Christies.
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‘The Motherland’ - William Adolphe Bouguereau.
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Reconstruction model of ancient Jerusalem in the Museum of David.
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The first picture of Ötzi as he emerged from the melting ice, taken by the finders – the German couple Helmut and Erika Simon. (1991) - Photo Credit: Paul Hanny, Gamma-Rapho via Getty.
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The Temple of Edfu, Egypt. This Ptolemaic temple, built between 237 and 57 BC, is one of the best-preserved ancient monuments in Egypt. Preserved by desert sand, which filled the place after the pagan cult was banned.
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Temple of Nefertari at Abu Simbel , Egypt. Photographer: Kees Scherer , c. 1965-1968.
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Art Nouveau Bat Brooch ~ Gold, plique-à-jour enamel, diamond. Origin: European, c. 1905. #artnouveau
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Slavic Goddess Mara (Morena, Мара, Морена, Marzanna) - the Goddess of Winter, Death, and Rebirth. Art by Margo Kai .
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"Promise" by Victor Nizovtsev c.2010 (American artist, Russian born 1965]). Oil on canvas.
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Sumerian Amulet in the shape of a Frog, c. 3500 BC. Medium: Lapis lazuli. Photo Credit & Collection: e-Tiquities.
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A storage room with salvaged effigies and sculptures awaiting restoration after a flood in Florence, Italy, in 1966 (photo by Balthazar Korab, 1926-2013)
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A 9th century sculpture of a female torso carved in black chlorite. Geography: Rajasthan, India. Now on display at the Victoria and Albert museum in London.
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