1026
"Aztec Sacrificial Stone". Photograph date: ca. 1885 -1895. Sculpture Date: ca. AD 1325-1521.Location: Mexico City. Photo: Collection of Cornell University Library.
1027
Armour of King James II (1686) by Richard Hoden. Place: England, London, Tower of London. Collection: Royal Armouries.
1028
The Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion, Athens. Photo by William J. Stillman (1828 - 1901).
1029
Whale effigy, ca. 1000/1700. Culture: Chumash (coast of California). Medium: soapstone and clam-shell beads. Now on display at the Portland Art Museum.
1030
Gilded Bronze Dragon with an iron core from Tang Dynasty, unearthed from Caochangpo in the southern suburb of Xian in 1975. Shaanxi History Museum. 7th-10th century China.
1032
Alphonse Osbert (French, 1857 – 1939) - The muse at sunrise, 1918. @Rataflax
1033
Clytemnestra by John Collier, 1914. Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Worcester City Museum and Art Gallery.
1034
The Ming Tombs in Nanjing, China, circa 1868. Photograph by John Thomson. Source: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
1035
The Temptation of Adam (detail) oil on canvas James Barry (1741–1806)
1036
Labyrinth of the Minotaur from the Lambert of Saint-Omer, Liber Floridus, Saint-Omer 1121. Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, Hs. 92, fol. 20r.
1037
John William Godward (1861-1922): “A Persian princess” 1898, Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 40.5 cm. (17.9 x 15.9 in.), Private collection.
1038
Tetradrachm depicting the Owl of Athena. The Goddess of Athens and her virtues were often represented with the Owl, for its ability to pierce through the gloam of night allows it the vision and perception to see well beyond those who are blinded by the darkness around them.
1039
Clay tablets (books) from Ashurbanipal’s Library (containing originally over 30,000 cuneiform tablets) at the exhibition in British Museum, Assyria 7th century BC.
1040
Ancient Sarmatian gilded silver roundel with griffins and precious stones inlays. 1st-2nd century AD. Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
1041
Mythical Beasts of the United States of America. Illustration Credit: NeilParkinsonMakes.
1042
"Mythology, idols etc" from the "A dictionary of the English language" by Webster, Noah, 1758-1843. Source: Internet Archive.
1043
Relief of a honey bee Detail of a wall painting from the Tomb of Seti I (KV17). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Seti I, ca. 1290-1279 BC. Valley of the Kings, West Thebes.
1044
Detail of an alabaster relief depicting a pail of holy water, carried by a winged genie. The relief is from the Northwest Palace of king Ashurnasirpal II in the Assyrian Imperial capital of Nimrud, and it is covered with Cuneiform writing. (Photo by Babylon Chronicle)
1045
Golden Uraeus of Senusret II. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Senusret II, ca. 1897-1878 BC. From the Pyramid of Senusret II at Lahun. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1046
The Second Delphic Festival, 1930. Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic.
1047
Le Chat Momifié - The Mummified Cat; found in the excavations of Saint-Germain-en-Laye ~ ca.1862 Photo by Charles Marvilles, Met Museum.
1048
Aqueduct in Ruins by Hubert Robert (1733-1808).
1049
Scythian Gold Stag, c. 4th-3rd Century BC. Private Collection.
1050
Elephant, detail of the 6th century mosaic floor from the Palatium Magnum (Constantinople’s Great Palace), Istanbul.
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