801
Portable Anubis shrine found in the tomb of Tutankhamun (detail) ca. 1332 to 1323 B.C.
802
A Roman rock-crystal ring, bearing the portrait of an unknown woman, late 1st century or 2nd century AD.
803
Michelangelo, The Torment of Saint Anthony, 1487.
804
Detail, Master of the Rebel Angels - The Fall of the Rebel Angels. c. 1340 - 1345.
805
Dagger of Princess Ita. From the Tomb of Princess Ita next to the pyramid of king Amenemhat II at Dahshur. Date: Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat II, ca. 1914-1879 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
806
Giusto de’ Menabuoi (1330-1390): Cycle of the Apocalypse (fresco).
807
A congenial task (detail), by John William Godward, 1915. Medium: oil on canvas.
808
Vivid blue faience cat seated on a base and wearing a collar Sacred animal to the sun god Ra and Bastet. Date: Ancient Egypt - 26th Dynasty. Collection: Sadigh Gallery.
809
Decorated human skulls dated to 9,500 years ago. Neolithic site of Tell Aswad, near Damascus. Image via Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée.
810
The triumph of Shapur I over the Roman Emperor Valerian, Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran (©Bruno Barbey-Magnum Photos, 1976)
812
Armet with Mask Visor in the Form of a Rooster, ca. 1530. Medium: Steel. Place of origin: German, probably Augsburg. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 374.
814
A window in St. George’s Collegiate Church in Tübingen, Germany, depicts a medieval execution on the Catherine wheel. The window is said to have been installed by the Duke of Wuerttemberg as atonement after he mistakenly ordered such an execution of an innocent man.
815
Ivory plaque of lioness mauling an African. Culture: Phoenician. Date: 900-700 B.C. Place of origin: Iraq, Nimrud: North West Palace. Medium: Ivory, gold, cornelian, lapis lazuli. Now on display at the British Museum, UK.
816
"Testone" by Andrea Salvatori, 2016. Medium: Ceramic and Porcelain.
817
Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Illustration: English School (20th century).
818
Athena and Poseidon by the Ancient Greek Amasis Painter, circa 540 BC.
819
The Rosetta Stone and a reconstruction of how it would have originally looked. Illustration by Claire Thorne.
820
Theseus defeats the Centaur (1805-1819) is a neoclassical sculpture by Antonio Canova (1757-1822), on display on the Grand staircase at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
821
Francesco Rosselli - Map of Florence. N.d., 15th century.
822
Ring with unicorn, heart, lady, and clasped hands. Made in Germany or Italy, c.1550-1600. Source: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
823
Head of a man with tight, curly hair. Date: Ptolemaic Period - Egypt, 2nd century BC. On View: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn Museum.
824
Nephrite jade carving of a snail, by Carl Fabergé, late 19th to early 20th century. Collection: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
825
Statue of Diana the Huntress in a landscape by Charles Meynier (1768 – 1832).
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