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Two Satyrs, 1619 by Peter Paul Rubens. Medium: oil,wood.
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St. Catherine’s Monastery, almost 1,500 years old, stands at the base of Mount Sinai on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Built between 527 and 561 on the orders of Emperor Justinian.
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Entrance to the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 1906.
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Snail with Nautilus Shell by Jeremias Ritter, c. 1630 (German, died 1646. Medium: Nautilus shell, silver gilt. Collection: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut.
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Phidias in his workshop, carving the statue of Minerva for the Parthenon (1869), by Raffello Sorbi.
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An example of ancient Inca Stonework: Coricancha (The Golden Temple, from Quechua quri gold; kancha enclosure), Peru.
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Gold and stone inlaid "Ba" bird, Egypt, 3rd century BC. Collection: The Walters Art Museum.
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“Orpheus”, by Pierre Amédée Marcel-Beronneau (1869 - 1937).
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Asenath, Daughter of the Priest of On, 1921 by John Riley Wilmer (English, 1883–1941)
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Amethyst Intaglio of a Girl Riding a Sea Monster. Date: 1st Century BC-AD, Roman. This was possibly made by the master carver Dioscurides, who was the favorite gem carver of the Emperor Augustus.
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Hut made of mammoth bones attributed to Cro-Magnon. Mezhirich, Ukraine. Built aprox. 15 000 years ago.
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Prehistoric rock carving of a whole bunch of deer. Bayankhongor, Mongolia. Photo by L. Ebegzaya.
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Detail, The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
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Clay tablet with a drawing of a house plan. Date: Sumerian, c. 2000 BC. Now on display at the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
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Statue of Uta von Ballenstedt (1000-1046), Naumberg Cathedral, Naumburg, Germany. Uta von Ballenstedt was the wife of Margrave Eckard II of Meissen, member of the German dynasty known as the House of Ascania.
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A Deep Sea Idyll - Herbert James Draper.
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One of the great discoveries of archaeology: Shigir Idol, c.10.500 BC, the world's oldest wood sculpture.
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John William Waterhouse, “Cleopatra”, 1888.
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View of Pantheon at night in Rome, Italy.
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Gabriel Picart (Spanish painter, b. 1962): The Flight of Icarus.
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Ring. Date: ca. 1870. Medium: Gold band with green stone head set with diamond chips. Place of Origin: American (?). Diameter: 1.8 cm.
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Spiral finger ring. Period & Date: Hellenistic, C. 200 BC- 100 BC. Medium: Gold. Now on display at the Museum of Cycladic Art.
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