776
Rebecca at the well by Francesco Hayez (Italian. 1791 - 1882).
777
Devil carrying a soul. missal, France ca. 1470-1475. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 425, fol. 67v.
778
Sphinx probably a table support. Period: Roma, c 120-140 AD. from Monte Cagnolo outside Lanuvium near Rome, Italy. Photo by mharrsch on Flickr.
779
The Venus of Willendorf dates to between 28.000-30.000 BC, making it one of the oldest and most famous surviving works of art. It was found in 1908 at a paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria near the town of Krems.
780
The Asclepeion in Kos, Greece . The Asclepeion is an ancient medical center placed 4 km to the southeast of Kos Town, beyond Platani village.
781
The Consummation of the Empire by Thomas Cole, 1836.
782
Rock crystal statuette of the goddess Bastet in her form of sacred cat. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (?)
783
John William Waterhouse, “Dolce Far Niente”, 1879
784
Frog Amulet. Date: c. 1540-1296 BC / Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18. Medium: carnelian. Now on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In Ancient Egypt the frog was a symbol of mortal life and fertility, Heqet being the goddess of child-birth.
785
Vatican Museums under construction, Rome, Italy, Photographer: Massimo Listri.
786
Theatre in ancient Greece. Illustration: Peter Jackson, British (1922–2003).
787
Bat from the Art of Falconry (De Arte Venandi Cum Avibus), a Latin ornithology book originally published in 1241 by Frederick II, the Holy Roman Emperor from 1196-1250.
789
A brick from the Ziggurat at Ur with a cuneiform inscription and the footprints of a dog who walked across the brick before it had hardened. Excavated by: Sir Leonard Woolley. Collection: British Museum.
790
Detail, Perseus and Andromedaby Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael, 1611.
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Death and the Maiden (detail) by Henri Lévy 1900.
792
Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 2600–2400 B.C. Medium: Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone. Now on display at the British Museum, UK.
793
Engraved gem (Gold, carnelian) with a youth and his dog inset into a hollow ring. Geography / Date: Italy 3rd–2nd century BC. Now on display at the Getty Museum.
794
Amber Boar Figurine, Roman, circa 1st-2nd century AD.
795
Blood-moon over the temple of Apollo in Corinth, Greece. Photograph: Valerie Gache/AFP/Getty Images.
796
A pair of earrings from a tomb in Tillya Tepe. Date: 1st century BC-1st century AD, gold and turquoise, part of the collection of the National Museum of Afghanistan. Photographer: Thierry Ollivier.
797
The floor of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence. Santa Maria del Fiore, designed by Arnolfo di Cambio, is the third largest church in the world and was the largest church in Europe when it was completed in the 15th century.
798
A Chancay textile doll from Peru, circa 1000 - 1300 AD.
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The Pantheon, Rome, ca 1880. Photographer: A. Olivieri .
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