1426
Portrait of Osiris, Lord of eternity, King of the gods. Part of the Book of the Dead of the scribe Nebqed (papyrus). Reign of Amenhotep III. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1391-1353 BC. Now in the Louvre.
1427
Stage set for Mozart's Magic Flute (Die Sternenhalle der Königin der Nacht) by Karl Friedrich Schinkel (ca. 1815). Collection: Kupferstichkabinett Berlin .
1428
The war god Huitzilopochtli’s weapon, the Xiuhcoatl (fire serpent). Culture: Aztec, c. 1300-1521AD. Collection: British Museum. Photographer: Charles Tilford / via Flickr.
1429
Winged Lion. Culture: Iberian. Place of origin: Tartessos, Spain. Date: 500–400 B.C. Medium: Bronze. Collection: Getty Museum.
1430
Embroidered textile feline with long tail, multi-colored. Date: ca. 200 B.C.–A.D. 400 Period: Early Intermediate. Culture: Nasca. Medium: Camelid fiber. Now on display at the Princeton University Art Museum.
1431
French archeologist Joseph Hackin exploring The Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
1432
Carving of a whale. Medium: Steatite, red cinnabar, shell. Date: 16th–17th century AD. Geography: United States, California. Culture: Chumash. Collection: The Met, NYC.
1433
Roman carnelian intaglio of a bee, dating to the 1st to 3rd centuries AD. Place of origin: Syria.Collection: Yale University Art Gallery.
1434
Statue: Goat Head. Culture: Sumerian. Place of origin: Near Eastern, Iraq. Period: Pre-Sargonic. Materials: Copper, Mollusk, Shell and Stone. Now on display at the Penn Museum.
1435
‘Medea Restoring Aeson’s Youth’ by Charles-Alexandre Crauk, 1865.
1436
Stater of Metapontion with ear of barley and grasshopper, Greece 500–473 B.C Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
1437
A group of schoolchildren stand in front of the Erechtheion, Athens, Greece. Date: 1968. Photo Credit: Rolls Press / Popperfoto.
1438
John William Waterhouse, Miranda, 1916.
1439
Gold earrings, dated to the 11th century AD. Culture: Persian. Collection: Khalili Collections.
1440
Detail, The Apparition by James Tissot, 1885.
1441
Le soleil de Rome / The sun of Rome (1865) by Pelle Swedlund (Swedish).
1442
Etruscan Gold Centaur Earrings, c. Late 4th - Early 3rd Century BC.
1443
Head of a goddess or princess, from Alexandria (blue chalcedony, height: 6.8 cm) Ptolemaic Period. ca. 120-80 BC. Now at the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva.
1444
Scythian gold comb with the image of a battle scene, from the Solokha kurgan, 430-390 BC. From the tumulus of Solokha in Ukraine.
1445
Dolphin, Greece, 300 BC-AD 100. Medium: Bronze, Length: 13 5/16 in. (33.8 cm). Los Angeles Country Museum of Art.
1446
Wooden cosmetic spoon in shape of a mouse. Egyptian used spoons to mix their eye make up on. Date: Egyptian, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, 1525 - 1295 BC. Now on display at the Metropolitan Museum, NYC.
1447
Greek Terracotta Pig Rattle, 6th-3rd Century BC, possibly from Cyprus. A child’s toy in the shape of a pig, probably mold made and with a pebble sealed within.
1448
Silver serpent fibula. Date: 9th century AD. Culture: Viking. Collection: Artemis Gallery.
1449
Gold earring or hair ring, Southern Italy (at the time Greek), 4th century AD. Private Collection.
1450
Detail, The Vintage Festival by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1871.
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