1901
Ceremonial shield - This circular shield, also known as a roundel, is understood to have belonged to a member of the Ribeaupierre family, having been given to him as a gift by Duke Ludwig of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1554-1593).
1902
Roman gold ring with the head of the Gorgon, dated to the 1st century AD or later. Private Collection.
1903
Thot-Baboon. Place of origin: Egypt Date: 664-332 BC. Period: Late Period Medium: Egyptian faience with light green glaze. Now on display at the Walters Art Museum.
1904
A few figures from Greek Mythology by illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon: Atalanta, Zeus, Heracles and Cadmus. From the book, Classical Greece (1965).
1905
Relief showing four scribes writing on tablets. From the tomb of the general Horemheb, from Saqqara, 18th Dynasty. Medium: limestone. Now on display at the National Archaelogical Museum, Florence.
1906
Cherubs from the Casa dell'Efebo, Pompeii.
1907
Great Horned Owl and Fledgling at Dusk by Joseph Rusling Meeker (1827-1889).
1908
Medieval diagram shows the orbits of the Sun and Moon around the Earth, late 13th century, France, unknown illuminator. Collection & Credit: the Getty Museum.
1909
Rabbit riding a snail Armorial, Netherlands circa 1650. Collection: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Chig.G.IV.113, fol. 120v.
1910
"The Forum of Julius Caesar in Rome" by C.R Cockerell. (British 1788-1863). Medium: watercolor.
1911
Profile Warrior Ornament. Date: 390–450 AD. Geography: Peru. Culture: Moche. (Loma Negra). Medium: Silvered copper, shell. Collection: The Met.
1912
Aztec warriors, dressed as eagles and jaguars, brandish macuahuitls, a traditional Aztec weapon. The macuahuitl was a wooden club spiked with sharp pieces of obsidian, which could be sharpened to be more dangerous than metal. Florentine Codex, created in the 1500s.
1913
Post-Medieval Silver-Gilt Skull Ring,. Date: c. 16th Century AD. Collection: Timeline Auctions.
1914
Chalcedony bust of Emperor Trajan. Date: Roman, 2nd century AD. Collection & Credit: Phoenix Ancient Art.
1915
Night and Her Daughter Sleep by Mary L. Macomber (American, August 21, 1861 – February 4, 1916), 1902.
1916
Seahorse, made in Germany, c.1590-1600. Medium: Silver gilt, turban shell (Turbo marmoratus). Collection: © Los Angeles County Museum of Art .
1917
Fall of Icarus by Geoffrey Whitney, from Choice of Emblemes, c. 1586.
1918
Greek Gold Sphinx Earrings, 3rd-1st century BC. The sphinx was a female monster with the body of a lion, the breast and head of a woman, eagle’s wings and, according to some, a serpent-headed tail.
1919
This statuette dates to the middle age period of the Upper Paleolithic time, and the cultural lay it belongs to has a radiocarbon date of 23000 years ago. Made from a Mammoth tusk. it was found at the Khotylyovo-2 site in the Bryansk region.Photographer: Alexander Pakhunov.
1920
Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán. Photo by Edward Weston, 1923. Gelatin silver print 7 9/16 x 9 ½ in. San Francisco Museum of Modern art, gift of Brett Weston.
1921
Detail, The death of the ancient Greek robot Talos as depicted on a 5th century BC vase now displayed in Jatta Archaeological Museum, Italy. Photo Credit: Forzaruvo94/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0.
1922
Gold finger ring engraved with an image of Hermes. Period: Late Classical. Date: late 4th century B.C. Culture: Greek, South Italian, Tarentine Medium: Gold.
1923
When Justinian was crowned in 527, he named as co-regent his young wife Theodora. She was 15 years his junior and his opposite in nearly every way. She was social, witty, supremely self-confident, and never lost her head in a crisis. He adored her, and she was his most adviser.
1924
The Virgin of Consolation by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905). Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg.
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