1551
Before and after of a reconstruction to an owl-shaped protocorinthian aryballos, ca. 630 BC. Opening in the tail, hole in the basis to suspend by a lace. Now on display at the Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany.
1552
Snake. Culture: Greek. Period: Classical Period. Date: 400 B.C. Medium: Bronze.
1553
Circlet or Diadem of an unknown Egyptian queen or a princess, electrum. H. (of stag's head) 8.5 cm. From Salhiya in the Eastern Delta. (near Avaris) Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photographer: tutincommon (Mr. John Campana).
1554
A bee decorates the engraved bezel of this Greek gold ring. On either side of the insect, the Greek letters epsilon and phi signal an abbreviated form of the name of the ancient Greek city of Ephesos. Date: 3rd century B.C. Now on display at the Getty Museum.
1555
Small glass cathead amulet with a hole for wearability. Culture: Egypt, c. 500-300 BC. Collection & Credit: Sadigh Gallery.
1556
Snail Houses. Detail from Secrets de l’histoire naturelle. Cognac, c1480-1485. Artist Robinet Testard. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 22971, f. 60v.
1557
Mask - Guatemalan (Mayan style) Period: AD 250-850 (?). Medium: Jadeite. Geography: Guatemala (Place of Origin). Collection: The Walters Art Museum.
1558
Burgonet: A mermaidlike siren forming the helmet’s comb holds a grimacing head of Medusa by the hair. The sides of the helmet are covered with acanthus scrolls inhabited by putti,a motif derived from ancient Roman sculpture and wall paintings.Dated 1543.Collection: The Met.
1559
Cat with Kitten, Egyptian, 1069–664 BC, Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri. Medium: Faience and gold leaf.
1560
Model of a hedgehog from Tomb 416 at Abydos (Egyptian faience). New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550-1292 BC. Now in the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.
1561
Modern statue of King Leonidas of Sparta, located in the pass at Thermopylae, Greece. Photo: Stock Image/Pixabay.
1562
Detail, Man with pinks by Follower of Jan van Eyck (circa 1390 –1441). Now on display at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
1563
Ruins of the Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek byLouis Francois Cassas (French 1756-18279. Medium: watercolor.
1564
A statue relief of emperor Nero’s head on the gateway entrance to the park that contains the ruins of his golden palace at domus aurea in Rome.
1565
Purity by Barry X Ball @BarryXBall. Sculpture: Translucent Pink Iranian Onyx, stainless steel. Pedestal: Macedonian Marble, stainless steel, wood, acrylic lacquer, steel, nylon, plastic.
1566
Amulet Representing the Soul as a Human-Headed Falcon. Place of origin: Saqqara, Egypt Date: 664-332 B.C. Period: Late Period. Medium: Gold.
1567
Anatomical Manikin with removable organs. Photo: National Library of Medicine, Dream Anatomy. Date: c. 1500-1700.
1568
The Serenade ~ Leonard Raven-Hill (British, 1867–1942).
1569
The garden of Eden with the fall of man (detail) - Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1615.
1570
Rediscovery of Antinous, Delphi, 1893. ...A statue of Antinous was accordingly erected within the sanctuary of Delphi after his death in 130 AD. It is universally recognized as one of the most beautiful and impressive cult statues of all time.
1571
Coin from Eretria, Euboea, Greece, ca. 500 BC. The coin shows a bull scratching its head on one side, and an octopus on the other. Images of octopuses show up on many pieces of Greek art because of the culture’s depend.
1572
Shaman costume, Nanai (Goldi), C.1880s. Exhibit in the Asian collection of the American Museum of Natural History. Photo by Daderot via Wikimedia Commons.
1573
One of the great events of the year for a Greek was a visit to the theatre. Plays were only put on for ten days in the year. Each play was only performed once and naturally everyone wanted to see it, so the theatre had to be huge.
1574
Bronze male head wearing a broad-brimmed hat (kausia) Greek, 3rd century B.C. Found in the sea off Kalymnos, Greece in 1997.
1575
Last Supper in Pompeii: Skeleton Mosaic. This decorative mosaic which would have been set into the dining room floor in Pompeii shows a grinning skeleton holding two Askoi or wine jugs.
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