1351
The Rape of Ganymede by Briton Riviere (British 1840-1920). Medium: oil/canvas.
1352
Spherical Astrolabe, Museum of the History of Science, 1480. This astrolabe is made of brass with the inscriptions, hour-lines, meridians and circles of altitude in silver; the rotating star map is made of brass, laminated with silver on the ecliptic and equatorial circles.
1353
Apollo - Repost: Greek Gods via aboookthing Tumblr blog.
1354
Queen Puabi's headdress is a 2600-2450 BC Mesopotamian crown consisting of ornate gold leaf wreaths, strands of lapis lazuli and carnelian beads, with a gold comb, and delicate hair ribbons.
1355
Amulets and superstitions: Amuletic figures of Egyptian gods and goddesses, 1930.
1356
Statue of Queen Arsinoe II identified with the Goddess Isis (black granite). Ptolemaic Period, ca. 305-30 BC. Collection & Credit: Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin.
1357
Interior of Hagia Sophia. The Hagia Sophia was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years, until the completion of the cathedral of Seville in Spain in 1511.
1358
Amethyst figure of the goddess Twaeret. Date: Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1500 - 1391 BC. Collection: Phoenix Ancient Art.
1359
The Colossi of Memnon by Carl Werner, 1808 - 1894.
1360
Ouroboros* drawing from a late medieval Byzantine Greek alchemical manuscript. Date 1478.
*The ouroboros or uroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail.
1361
The Kings and Queens of England - Poster with the English monarchs from the time of Egbert, first king to rule all of Britania through until the modern day as depicted on their own coins. Credit: Dirty Old Coins, LLC.
1362
Minoan Amethyst Seal, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University.
1363
The Temple of Mars was a temple dedicated to the Roman god Mars, situated atop the akropolis of Cyrene (modern-day Libya). Reconstruction made by Ubisoft for the game Assassin’s Creed.
1364
View of the Cheops pyramid. Photographer: Maison Bonfils (Beirut, Lebanon), ca. 1867-1899.
1366
Hippopotamus with Lotus Flowers, Buds and Leaves. Date: XII. Dynasty, Egypt, ca.1950 B.C, The Met, NY. This pair of hippos was found in a shaft associated with the tomb chapel of the steward Senbi II at Meir, an Upper Egyptian site about thirty miles south of modern Asyut.
1367
Corinthian Capital by Giocondo Albertolli (Italian 1742-1839). Medium: pen and brown ink,brush and gray wash on laid paper.
1368
Acropolis , Greece, c. 1964-1966. Photographer: Kees Scherer.
1369
Overview of the hierarchy in the Holy Roman Empire by Antonie Wierix ( 1565 - 1604).
1370
A devotional statue (a married couple ?) dating to 2600 BC. Found place: Nippur in Iraq. Dimensions: 3.5 inches. Medium: Gypsum (alabaster), resin, shell rock inlays. Now on display at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
1371
Snail and strawberries. Detail from the book of hours, Bruges. ca. 1510-1525. Rouen, bibliothèque municipale, ms. 3028, fol. 58v.
1372
The World according to Ancient Rome. Work & Credit: Yanko Tsvetkov's Atlas of Prejudice.
1373
Snailchicken. Detail from the Book of Hours, Bruges. Date: ca. 1500. Collection: Baltimore, Walters Art Museum.
1374
Detail of a miniature of an owl being mobbed by other birds. From a bestiary, England, 2nd quarter of the 13th century, Harley MS 4751, f.
1375
Ring with a hidden compartment containing entwined locks of hair from king Carl XIV Johan of Sweden and count Magnus Brahe. Made from gold and platinum in 1845. Collection: Nordiska Museet.
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