1826
Winged Scarab Amulet. Date: 664 B.C.–332 B.C. Medium: Faience. Collection: The Art Institute of Chicago.
1827
Mosaic from Sousse (ancient Hadrumetum)- fishing scenes. II century AD. Archaeological Museum, Sousse, Tunisia.
1828
Stairs into the Royal Tombs of Ur. 1920's, Iraq.
1829
Wall painting of a female head mask. Pompeii ~ 1st century AD.
1830
Asenath, Daughter of the Priest of On, 1921 by John Riley Wilmer (English, 1883–1941)
1831
Classical Grecian by chirinstock: Delphi, Greece.
1832
Black cat fan from Germany. Date: circa 1920s.
1833
Detail of The Delphic Sibyl, 1509, by Michelangelo (1475-1564)
1834
Squirrel. Detail from the Book of Treasures, by Brunetto Latini, Rouen ca. 1450-1480. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 160, fol. 82r.
1835
Pair of Earrings with Tortoises. Geography: Pakistan, Taxila region (?). Date: c 1st-2nd AD. Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
1836
English Valentine (puzzle) Card 1790, Watercolour, pen and ink. The Postal Museum UK.
1837
Fountain Nymph by Alexander Munro, 1863.
1838
Medieval Silver Hands Ring, 13th-16th century. A round-section penannular hoop with bulbs and opposed hands to the finials. Private Collection.
1840
Figurine of the Goddess Bastet as a Cat.
Cats were the sacred animals to the goddess Bastet or Bast. Medium: Bronze, inlaid gold. Third Intermediate Period to Late Period, 21st Dynasty-26th Dynasty, ca. 1081-525 BC. Credit & Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
1841
Bronze Statue of Poseidon, Greek God of the Sea. Photographer: Gjon Mili (1904-1984) via Chron.
1842
Detail, Mariamne Leaving the Judgement Seat of Herod by John William Waterhouse, 1887.
1843
Cameo, Theseus looks at the slayed minotaur, 1st c. BC. Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.
1844
Head showing life and death. Culture: Mayan, Pre-Columbian. Collection: National Gallery of Victoria Vera Cruz. Date: c. 300-600 BC.
1845
Alabaster relief of an Eagle-Headed Winged Figure from the Northwest Palace of king Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud (883-859 BC). Now on display at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Babylon Chronicle.
1846
"The Posers", Naples 1952. Foto del Giorno.
1847
The Kiss (detail) by Auguste Rodin, c.1901-04. Medium: Marble Collection: Musée Rodin, Paris.
1848
A young Roman lady’s comb -taken with her to the grave. This comb is made of antler, and dated to the late 4th or early 5th century AD. This artefact is courtesy of & can be viewed at the City Museum, Venta Gallery, Winchester, England.
1849
Frieze of the Small Horses, Axial Gallery, Lascaux cave. c. 15.500 BC. Lascaux is often called the Sistine Chapel of Prehistory because of its richness of pictures. There are more than 600 paintings –mostly of animals -on the cave's interior walls in impressive compositions.
1850
Seal in the form of a frog Egyptian New Kingdom (?) 1539–1075 BC. Medium: Faience. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US.
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