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Marble throne chairs at the ancient theater of Oropos (Amphiareion archaeological site), Attica, Greece.
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Green house, made from recycled church stained glass windows. Art by @heywoodcondie
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Akhenaten, Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty blue glass inlay, ca.1336-1353 BC.
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The Orkney Hood, found in a peat bog in 1867, is the only complete item of fabric clothing to have survived from early medieval Scotland c. 250-615 AD, now on display at the National Museum of Scotland. Image Credit: National Museum of Scotland.
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Sleeping Cat by Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (Japan, 1813-1892). Currently on public view: Pavilion for Japanese Art, floor 2, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, US.
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Ruin Landscape by Ferdinand Knab (1834–1902). Private collection.
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Portal of the Sun, Tiahuanaco, Bolivia circa 1877.
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A young woman playing a harp to a large crowd, Rock of Cashel, Ireland, ca. 1910 - photographer unknown.
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Colossi of Memnon, two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III; 14th century BC.
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Sculpture of a chicken-headed man. China, Tang dynasty, 7th-10th century AD. Photo Credit: © Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces.
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The Lady of Elche, Spain, c. 300 BC. The Lady of Elche is a limestone sculpture of the bust of a woman, dated to the 5th or 4th century BC, discovered on August 4, 1897 on an ancient Roman site, the Alcudia, 2 km south of Elche, near Alicante, Spain.
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Jacques-Louis David - The Intervention of the Sabine Women (Detail), 1799.
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Cat with a kitten, *gargoyle-chimère on the roof of the Château de Pierrefonds, France. Built ca.1393-1407.
*a grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building, typically acting as a spout to carry water clear of a wall.
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Clever design of book spine: The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, in Seven Volumes, 1946 by Edward Gibbon.
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Robe and Axe of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, who was the official executioner for the Papal States from 1796 to 1864. During his tenure, he executed 514 people.
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Art Nouveau Ring by Louis Zorra c. 1900 France
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Ancient Capitals by L. Sprague De Camp, 1966.
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The Oldest Mask in the World: Mask decorated with paint, Nahal Hemar Cave, Judean Desert, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, 9,000 years old. Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
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Heavenly Ambiance by DesignsbyAmerianna.
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Aerial view of the pyramid, Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico. Ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Calakmul surrounded by the jungle. Photo Credit: Alfredo Matus via Shutterstock.
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The Last Days of Pompeii, 1864, James Hamilton.
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Beaded and Embroidered Silk Evening Cape c. 1920s.
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Godesses of night in paintings: . Jules Louis Machard (French, 1839-1900), Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (French, 1774-1833), Carl Schweninger, Jr. (Austrian, 1854-1903).
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A phenomenal pair of gilded Gauntlets in gothic style for Emperor Maximilian I. Attributed to Lorenz Helmschmid, Augsburg, Germany. Date: ca. 1485. Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
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