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Incan skulls show evidence of practiced brain surgery. The Incan people practiced brain surgery, in which a piece was chipped out of the skull, part of the brain removed, and the hole covered by metal beaten flat. Photo Credit & Reblog: Thomas Quine via Flickr.
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Hathor by bettyjiang on artstation.
Hathor is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated, later, with Isis and, earlier, with Sekhmet but eventually was considered the primeval goddess from whom all others were derived.
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"Returning with the Captives" by Alexander Svedomsky oil on canvas.
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The comet Donati over Paris on 4th October 1858, from “Le ciel” by Amédée Guillemin, 1877.
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Youth riding a rabbit - Canosan terracotta group, Apulia, Italy; ca. early 3rd century BC.
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Stairs into the Royal Tombs of Ur. 1920’s. (Colorized Photograph).
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The Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük is a 8,000-year-old Neolithic baked-clay figurine unearthed at Çatalhöyük, a Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia which existed from approximately 7100 BC to 5700 BC. Photographer: Nevit Dilmen.
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Aztec rain god: Tláloc. Detail from the Codex Borbonicus, Teotihuacán. The Codex Borbonicus is an Aztec codex written by Aztec priests shortly before or after the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
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Aztec/Mixtec sacrificial knife depicting a crouching eagle warrior holding a flint blade, bound together with agave fiber and resin. c. 1400 - 1521.
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Childbirth pot. Date: c. between A.D. 1000 and 1130. Culture/Place: Mimbres. The Mimbres region includes southwestern New Mexico and adjacent areas in Arizona and northern Mexico. The name Mimbres is also the name of the river running through the center of the region.
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Egyptian Faience Hippo, Late Period, c. 6th-4th Century BC. Diamter: 7 in (18 cm) long. Private Collection.
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Oblivious Cat, 18″ x 24″, 2013 AD. Art by Bachor.
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Pirro Ligorio’s “Antiquae Urbis Romae Imago” (Image of the Ancient City of Rome), 1561.
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Eagle devouring the liver of Prometheus, chained to a rock by Zeus in punishment for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humanity. Illustration from Pohadky Staroveke (Ancient Myths), by Frantisek Ruth (Solc a Simecek, Prague, c1920).
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Minoan Snake Goddess figurine, 1600 BC. Heraklion Arch. Museum, Crete island, Greece.
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The rulers of Commagene, a kingdom founded north of Syria and the Euphrates, left behind several breathtakingly beautiful funerary sanctuaries. Mount Nemrut, the most impressive of all the tomb sites, is that of Antiochos I of Commagene (69-34 BC).
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Olmec Heads. For a period of some 250 or more years (1.200-900 B.C), the massive heads and other monuments were carved from basalt which was floated on huge rafts and then dragged from the Tuxtla Mountains.
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Iron and Wood Fox-form Food Chopper, America, 19th century, the curved blade with fox silhouette continues to the brass-riveted "tail" handle. Credit & Collecion: © Skinner Auctions, Boston & Marlborough, MA, USA.
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The Lappvattnet hat. Period/Date: Medieval, c. 1310-1440. The hat, which is made of sheep's wool, was preserved in a bog. Now on display at the Västerbottens museum in Sweden. Image Credit: Västerbottens Museum.
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Sculptors in Ancient Rome by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
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Byzantine Mosaic, Stanza di re Ruggiero II, XII d.C. Palazzo dei Normanni (in English, Palace of the Normans), Palermo.
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Snake Goddess from the palace at Knossos, c. 1600 B.C. Dimesions: 29.5 cm high. Collection: Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. Photo: Gravure Française / Alamy Stock Photo.
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A mosaic depicting Dionysus on a leopard, from the floor in the ‘House of Dionysus’ at Pella, late 4th century BC, Pella, Archaeological Museum.
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