1526
A large variety of ancient greek helmets,dating from the mycenaean period (about 1600 BC) to the hellenistic (about 323 BC).
1527
Octopus Frontlet,. Date: c. 300–600. Culture: Moche. Medium: Gold, chrysocolla, shells. Dimensions: H: 27.9 x W: 43.2 x D: 4.4 cm. Now on display at the Museo de la Nación, Lima, Peru.
1528
Moon Rising Behind Pines by Carl Gustav Carus (German, 1789 - 1869), N/D Oil on board, 10.2 x 8 cm.
1530
The World’s First Known Female Author, Enhedu’anna.
This clay tablet from Babylonia is inscribed in Sumerian cuneiform and dates to the 20th-17th centuries BC. It mentions King Sargon’s daughter Enhedu'anna as the author of a hymn to the goddess Inanna.
1531
Head of the God Horus as a Falcon. Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, ca. 2345-2181 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1532
Gold Wreath of olive leaves Greek Late Classical or Hellenistic Period 4th century B.C. Place of Origin: Asia Minor/Western Turkey (possibly), MFA.
1533
Roman Gold Ring with Vulcan Intaglio. Date: 2nd-3rd Century AD. Inset carnelian cloison with intaglio image of a standing robed armorer (Vulcan?) with a hammer, working on a Corinthian-type helmet. Private Collection.
1534
Mask for a Horse’s Head. Period: Early Iron Age. Culture: Pazyryk. Date: 5th-4th century B.C. Place of origin: Altai Territory, Pazyryk Boundary, the Valley of the River Bolshoy Ulagan. Medium: Felt and leather.
1535
Aztec Pantheon V3 - Illustrator: Gwendal Uguen. The gods of the Aztecs (1345-1521 AD) were many and varied and, as with many other ancient cultures, deities were closely associated with things and events important to the culture and the general welfare of the community.
1536
Cracks in the Pantheon dome. Restoration works, ca. 1925. Photographer (?)
1537
Ancient Greek Weapons and Carts, Chromolithograph, 1894.
1538
Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion by Peter Paul Rubens, 1639.
1539
Greek Electrum Griffin Protome Brooch, c. 625-600 BC. From the necropolis of Kameiros, Rhodes, Greece.
1540
Amethyst bottle, made in Egypt, c.2.675-2.130 BC - National Museum of Asian Art. This small container made of beautifully veined stone would have been a luxury item, most probably filled with an expensive, fragrant oil. The container would have had a stopper.
1541
The cave of Lascaux is a system of caves in Dordogne (France) where they have discovered significant samples of the cave and paleolithic art, dated 17,000 or 18,600 years ago (Magdalenian period) according to the analysis of a rod of reindeer antler.
1542
Shaman’s Amulet. Carved in the form of an embryonic anthro/zoomorphic figure. Place of origin: Tsimshian, Northern British Columbia, around 1840. Photo Credit: The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario.
1543
Vessel: fish with open mouth. Culture: Olmec. Date: 1150–550 B.C. Medium: Ceramic and slip. Now on display at the Dallas Museum of Art.
1544
Mask of the Red Queen. Date: AD. 672. Place of origin: Mexico, Chiapas. Culture: Maya. Medium: Jadeite, malachite, obsidian, limestone. Collection: Met Museum, NY.
1545
Tourist next to the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan. Photo by Edmund Melzl,1958.
1546
Relief depicting Emperor Trajan (53-117 AD) as a Pharaoh offering the barque. Temple of Hathor, Dendera.
1547
Ancient Roman garnet intaglio inscribed with the head of Sirius, the Dog Star. The gem dates to the 1st century BC. Around the body, a collar inscribed with artist's signature in Greek ["Gaios epoiei"]. Now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
1548
Artemis (1st century BC), amethyst gem, National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
1549
Anubis. Date: 664-30 B.C. Place of origin: Saqqara, Egypt Period: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 26th Dynasty or later Medium: Wood, pigment. Collection: Brooklyn Museum.
1550
Testone by Andrea Salvatori, 2016.
Medium: ceramic and porcelain. Dimensions: 60x70x80cm. Photographer: Luca Nostra via artribune com.
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