1252
A view of Mount Vesuvius erupting near Naples, Italy, print dated to 1663.
1253
A beautiful Mesolithic (12500-3900 BC) amber figure of a bear. It washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. , now on display at the National Museum of Denmark.
1254
Pair of earrings with female figure. Culture: Greek. Date: late 4th century B.C. Medium: Gold. Collection: Dallas Museum of Art.
1255
Wooden cosmetic spoon in shape of a mouse. Egyptian used spoons to mix their eye make up on. Period: Egyptian, New Kingdom, 18th dyasty, 1525 - 1295 BC. Now on display at the Metropolitan Museum.
1256
Roman trade routes and principal products in each region.
1257
In the 1600s BC, one of the largest volcanic eruptions that humanity has ever seen occurred on the Aegean Island of Thera (now Santorini). The volcanic ash preserved the remains of buildings, streets, frescoes, and many artifacts and works of art. Illustration: Roger Payne.
1258
Rock art of Tassili n'Ajjer Sahara Desert, Algeria, c. 7,000 BC. About 7,000 years ago, the climate changed again and the Sahara began to dry up.The animals either died out completely or moved elsewhere.
1259
Gauntlet of “Lion” armor of Henry II, king of France, 1550. The Royal Armouries in Leeds.
1260
Replica of Minoan clothing by Bernice Jones, Archaeology Magazine.
1261
Vue vers les pyramides de Giseh (View Towards the Pyramids of Giza), ca. 1880. The New York Public Library Digital Collections.
1262
Esther scroll in fish-like case. Place of origin: Eastern Europe, 19th century. Collection: The Jewish Museum, London.
1263
Detail, Pieta by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905).
1264
Sigiriya - ancient palace located on a massive column of rock nearly 200 metres (660 ft) high, Sri Lanka. Built by King Kasyapa (477 – 495 AD), later used as a Buddhist monastery until the 14th century.
1265
A man sits in front of the Great Sphinx, photograph by Donald Mcleish.
1266
1973 Greece 2 Drachmai Athene noctua, symbol of goddess Athena which was first depicted on an ancient Greek tetradrachm (5th century B.C.),
1267
Amalthea and Jupiter's goat - Pierre Julien, 1785. (Laiterie de La Reine, Château de Rambouillet, France)
1268
Sarcophagus Lid of Pakal the Great - Tomb of the Pakal the Great Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico c. 683 AD. The discovery of the tomb of the great Mayan ruler Pakal, deep inside the Temple of Inscriptions in Palenque, is one of archeology's greatest stories.
1269
The discovery of the bust of Nefertiti, 1912.
1270
Photo of the “Llullaillaco Maiden”, a 15-year-old girl sacrificed during the Inca Empire for both purposes of religious rite and social control. Read more: instagram.com/archaeologyart
1271
Syria by the Sea, by Frederic Edwin Church (1873).
1272
Detail, Statue of Apollo holding a kithara,.Roman copy of a Greek original 5th century BC, head reworked, from near Marino. (Now on display at the Braccio Nuovo, Chiaramonti Museum, Vatican.)
1273
Ornamental plate (lapis lazuli) with Winged Bull, Achaemenid Empire 500-400 BC. The name “lapis lazuli” means “blue stone.” The gorgeous blue color of lapis lazuli has attracted the attention of artists for thousands of years.
1274
Roman gold snake bracelet, dated to the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. Private Collection.
1275
The ceremonial dagger is Sumerian and from the Early Dynastic III period, c.2600-2500 BC, from Ur (grave PG 580)
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