726
Pazuzu Demon, Neo-Assyrian Bronze Figurine, c. 800-600 BC. Collection: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
728
The Young King of the Black Isles by Maxfield Parrish, 1906.
729
"Spring" by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, detail, 1894.
730
Colossus of Memnon at the Necropolis of Thebes, Egypt, 1965. Photographer: Eliot Elisofon via Smithsonian. As you can see, the Nile has flooded at the time of this image.
731
A man standing next to Stela K near the eastern border of the Great Plaza, Quirigua, Guatemala. 1894. Quiriguá is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the department of Izabal in south-eastern Guatemala.
732
Knife and fork, ca. 1650. Place of origin: Netherlands (made). Collection: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
733
Can you imagine a king's tomb under the parking lot where you park your car every day? One of the greatest discoveries of archaeology: Discovery of Richard III's tomb, Leicester, Great Britain, 2012.
734
Humanoid Khepri Scarab. Date/Period: Late Period, ca. 664-332 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin, Germany.
735
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, “A Favourite Custom” (1909).
736
A Gorgon (Late 18th century / Terracota), unknown Italian Sculptor.
737
Horses panel, Chauvet Cave, c. 30,000 – 28.,000 B.C Photographer: L. Guichard.
738
A Painting of a Hand, “Hastakara Yantra,", Tantric painting from Rajasthan, India, 19th century.
739
Antikythera Mechanism, c. 100-150 BC. The mechanism had several dials and clock dials, each with a different function for measuring the movements of the sun, moon, stars, and planets, but were all operated by a single main crank.
740
Fully articulated iron crab, Japanese, 18th century. Private Collection.
741
By the Waters of Babylon by Arthur Hacker (1858-1919).
742
Prehistoric owl figures in stone, bone, and clay
(Illionis, Missouri, Ohio, Mississippi, Costa rica
& France) - Credit: Peter A. Bostrom.
743
Glass pomegranate. Culture: Greek, Hellenistic period, c. 2nd c.BC. Collection: Phoenix Museum.
744
A visitor feeds two deer on a tideflat next to the Torri Gate at the Itsukushima Jinja Shrine on the coast of Japan, date unknown.
745
Peacock mosaic, House of Dionysos, Paphos, Cyprus. Date: Roman, 2nd or 3rd Century AD.
746
An antique fox shaped cleaver, c. 1800s. Place of origin: United States.
748
Tracery by Timothy Cleary, 2016. Medium: Bronze.
749
Memento mori ring, made in Flanders, Belgium, or France, c.1526-1575 . The book opens to reveal an inscription and a figure with a hourglass and skull. Collection: British Museum.
750
Empress Eirene Mosaic, Hagia Sophia, 13th century AD.
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