1151
Princess Nirgidma of Torhut (or Princess Nirdzhidma), Mongolia. Photograph: The National Geographic Magazine July - December 1932.
1152
“Principal types of pottery in Ancient Egypt.” The Encyclopaedia Britannica. v.9. 1922, Fig. 112.
1153
Anubis, Egyptian god of embalming and the dead, from a chest in the form of a shrine, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62). New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Tutankhamun, ca. 1332-1323 BC. Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1154
Tutankhamun’s Lotus Chalice. The handle is a lotus flower and bud supporting with god Heh, the symbol of eternal life. Found at the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62). Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1155
Detail, Rigolette by Joseph-Désiré Court (1797-1865). Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen.
1156
Ganymede Waters Zeus as an Eagle by Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1817. Located in the Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen.
1157
Ring of gold enamelled in pale blue, white and black and set with diamonds, decorated with skull and crossbones and nielloed inscription. Place of origin: Scotland (probably). Date: c. 17th century. Collection: National Museums Scotland, UK.
1158
Stela D (also known as Monument 4), dated AD 766, Quiriguá, Guatemala. Quiriguá is an ancient Maya archaeological site along the lower Montagua river in south-eastern Guatemala. Photographer: Alfred Maudslay, 1890.
1159
Battle of Salamis Monument in Modern Salamis, Greece. The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC. Photo Credit: nippletitlove - deviantart.
1160
Fayum Mummy Portraits of women from "Roman" Egypt, with ancient gold and pearl earrings similar to those they are shown wearing.
1161
Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, near Rome, Italy. Covering a location of 120 hectares, it was the biggest of all the roman imperial villa complexes. The building work took more than 10 years to finish.
1162
Byzantine gold and cloisonné ring, dated to the 10th century AD. Private Collection.
1163
Cube Statuary by Matthew Simmonds @mattsimm63. Medium: marble. Height 20cm Produced for the 19th edition of the Festival of Islamic Art, Sharjah National Art Museum, UAE, 2016.
1164
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1870. Gustave Doré (French, 1832 - 1883)
1165
A Victorian gem set and diamond brooch/pendant. Date: 1890s. Designed as a bat, the body composed of a pearl, the wings applied with brown plique-à-jour enamel and set with cushion-shaped diamonds. Credit: Sothebys.
1167
Mythological figure in feathered costume. Place of origin: La Tolita, Esmeraldas, Ecuador Date: 100 BC.-A.D. 100. Medium: Clay.
1168
‘Conception of Merlin’. Detail from Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris, Inc. 1286. Lancelot en prose. 15th century.
1169
Francesco Hayez (Italian, 1791-1881)- Il Consiglio alla Vendetta (Vengeance is Sworn), 1851 (detail) Oil on canvas.
1170
Happy Christmas (1891) by Danish artist Viggo Johansen.
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1171
Roman relief: Minerva. Date: c. 100 AD. Collection: Thorvaldsens Museum, Denmark.
1173
Octopus Mosaic, c. 4th century BC, Ancient Amvrakia in Arta, Epirus, Greece. Photo Credit: Ephorate of Antiquities of Arta.
1174
Interior of an Ancient Egyptian Palace, illustration from ‘Le Costume Historique’ (History of Costumes), Vol II, c.1888 by Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893).
1175
Details: Spirit of the Night, by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893).
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