476
"Devil says goodnight"- detail from Jean Mansel, La fleur des histoires, Flanders ca. 1480. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 64, fol. 297r.
477
Torso of the goddess Venus Anadyomene (“Venus Rising From the Sea”). Faience, Egyptian blue, 12 cms. Graeco-Roman Period, ca. 30 BC - 300 AD. Now in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon.
478
René Magritte, The Art of Conversation,1963.
479
Scops Owl, Cherry Blossom, and Moon, Ohara Koson, 1926.
480
A silver diobol - it is a cute little Greek ancient coin, it was minted in the city of Fokaja (Phokaia), Jonia, the coin was minted in 521-478 BC.
481
Guards protecting the city of Ur from treasure seekers and brick thieves, National Geographic, December 1966. Photographer: Dean Conger.
482
A cat makes its way through the corridor of the Girdle Wall of the Temple of Horus at Behdet. (Photographer: Nina Berry)
483
A goddess holding an Ankh (”key of life”), detail of a wall relief from the Double Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, Kom Ombo.
485
An Egyptian rock crystal scarab. Late Period, circa 664-332 BC.
486
Colossal statue of Ramesses II - One of four giant statues of Ramesses II at his Great Temple at Abu Simbel, 13th century BC, Lower Nubia.
487
Detail view, Byzantine mosaic from Great Palace Mosaic Museum, modern-day Istanbul, Turkey. 6th c. AD.
488
Demons detail from Crucifixion, by Josse Lieferinxe c.1500.
489
Suzanne by René Lalique. Date:1925, France. Medium: Glass. Collection:The Corning Museum of Glass.
490
Art nouveau bat brooch by Meyle & Mayer (Co.) c.1900/1910
491
Fossilized olive leaves, 50.000 BC. Museum of Prehistoric Thera island, Cyclades, Greece.
492
The Venus Figurines of the European Paleolithic Era.
493
Sandro Botticelli, La Primavera, detail - c.1478-82.
494
A group of four Ottoman calligrapher’s scissors (29 cm, 28.3 cm, 24.8 cm and 18.8 cm), Turkey, 19th century. Private Collection.
495
Men with fireworks, ca. 1730-40, Rajasthan, Mughal India. Artist Unknown
496
The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse, 1888.
497
Sumerian Ceremonial Gold Dagger With Scabbard, Handle Made Of Lapis Lazuli. From The Royal Tombs of Ur. (Modern Reproduction in the British Museum).
498
Mosaic from the impluvium of the House of Gometric Mosaics, Pompeii Roman, 1st century AD. Photo: Stock Image / Alamy.
499
Gold Snake Armlet. Egypt-Roman Period, 1st cent. A.D. Private Collection (?)
500
Louvre, Paris, 1975. Photographer: Henri Cartier-Bresson.
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