1676
Griffin. 6th century Byzantine mosaic, Great Palace Museum, Istanbul. Destroyed in Nika Riot in the 6th century, the Great Palace was rebuilt by Justinian I. The mosaics, decorating the floors of the museum today date back to that restoration time.
1677
Johann Melchior Dinglinger (German goldsmith, 1664 - 1731) - Sun mask with facial features of August II (the Strong) as Apollo, the Sun God, 1709. Rüstkammer, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany.
1678
Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis (c.1869-1871) by Frederic Leighton.
1679
The Roman world at the time of Trajan’s death in 117 AD stretched from the shores of the Caspian Sea in the east to Spain’s Atlantic coast in the west; from Britain in the north to Egypt in the South.
1680
Gobekli Tepe - Pillar with a reptile sculpture, Southeastern Anatolia Region, modern-day Urfa, Turkey. circa 9000 BC.
1681
Art nouveau ophelia ring, France, 1909. Medium: Gold. Credit & Collection: Les Enluminires, Paris.
1682
Ring with a small flying duck, Scythian, 4th century BC. Found: Chertomlyk Tumulus. The Dnieper region, near Nikopol, Ukraine. Collection: Hermitage Museum.
1683
Coin of the day: Didrachm circa 485 BC, Eagle standing, with closed wings. Rev. Crab seen from above; below, bird. Minted in Agrigentum, Sicily.
1684
Bull Jumping, fresco wall painting, Knossos, Crete. c. 1700 BC.-1500 BC.
1685
‘Οn the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis’, Athens,1903. Photographer: Fred Boissonnas.
1686
The lone figure of a soldier on the steps of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Greece, 1941.
1687
Egyptian revival Tutankhamun coral lapis turquoise gold bracelet made for the Tutankhamun exhibition in 1972. Credit & Collection: 1stDibs.
1688
Venus de Milo prepared for transport during the second world war. Venus de Milo prepared for transport during the second world war.
1689
Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector. by Alexander Rothaug Austrian, 1870 - 1946. Medium: oil/canvas.
1690
Anglo-Saxon Gold Ring of Aedelfled, 10th Century With owner’s inscription in Insular script ’+ÆDELFLED+MIE+Ah’ (for Æðelflæd me ah ‘Æ. owns me’).
1691
Hellenistic Greek gold earrings with pendants in the shape of Sphinxes, dated to the 3rd to 1st century BC. Private Collection (?)
1692
An ancient Syriac manuscript showing the Jericho labyrinth, Library of Beirut, Lebanon.
1693
Gold ring decorated with saints. Place of origin: Western Europe. Date: c. 15th century AD. Collection: Trinity Antiques.
1694
Danse Macabre, fresco by Simone II Baschenis (1495 - 1555). Chiesa di San Vigilio (Pinzolo), Italy. The Danse Macabre is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death.
1695
Burial with skeleton and gold treasure. Date: Chalcolithic, 4600-4200 BC. Varna Archaeological Museum, Bulgaria. Photo Credit: Zde via Wikimedia Commons.
1696
Wooden Anatomical Eve, "Anatomie des Vanités" Exhibition, 17th century, Brussels, Belgium.
1697
Aztec Stone Coiled Snake. Central Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1325 to 1475 AD. Snakes/serpents provide a fascinating element of Pre-Columbian iconography, as important symbols of power, rebirth, transition, and renewal. Private Collection.
1698
Nike, The Goddess of Victory, Ephesus, Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey (Photographer: Mithat Kara, bnmito on IG)
1699
Roman mosaic of spectators at a circus. From Gafsa, Tunisia, 5th century A.D. Photo Credit: Alamy Stock Photo.
1700
Stele of the Royal Scribe Ipi. Date: Second half of the 14th century B.C. Period: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. Medium: Limestone. Now on display at the Hermitage Museum.
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