2051
King Pentheus of Thebes is torn apart by maenads, led by his mother Agave. Fresco from the north wall of the triclinium in the Casa dei Vettii, Pompeii.
2052
Terrace of the Lions Delos, Greece. The original row of 9 to 12 (although there may have been as many as 16) stone lions was built around 600 BC by the people of Naxos in honor of the god Apollo. Illustration: Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
2053
Stater of Aptera with head of Artemis. Culture: Greek. Period: Early Hellenistic Period. Date: ca. 280 B.C. Mint: Aptera, Crete. Medium: Silver.
2054
A medieval book mended with silk thread. Parchment was difficult to make and expensive to replace, and so medieval scribes would often find other ways to restore them and help ameliorate further damage.
2055
Winged Victory of Samothrace (Nike of Samothrace), sculpted from Thasian and Parian marble; c. 200–190 BC. Paris, 1950. Photographer: Dmitri Kessel
2056
Roman Silver Mouse with Nut, c. 1st-2nd century AD. An ancient and cute detailed model of a mouse squatting with a nut in its forepaws, tail raised and coiled.
2057
One of the amazing finds from Herculaneum- preserved food from 79 A.D. Pottery and carbonized food- bread, peas, figs, fava beans, wheat, and chickpeas. Image Copyright: Archivio dell'Arte / Luciano Pedicini.
2058
Colossus of Rhodes (Helios), engraving by Philips Galle, after, Maarten van Heemskerck, 1572.
2059
Perfume Bottle. Date: c. 580 BC. Culture: East Greek. Excavated/Findspot: Kamiros, Rhodes, Greece. Now on display at the British Museum.
2060
Headdress in the form of a fox’s head. Date: c.100 - 800 AD. Collection: Museo de Oro – Lima, Peru.
2061
Venus in a Shell by Carlo Finelli (1847)
2062
Stater: Pegasus (obverse). Date: Greece, Corinth, 4th century BC. Now on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Size: Diameter: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.) Medium: silver.
2063
Ancient Roman gold ring with the head of the Gorgon, dated to the 1st century AD or later. The term gorgoneion refers to the head and face of Medusa, which was used often as a decorative motif.
2064
Watercolour copy by Howard Carter (1874-1939) of a painted scene showing the Horus falcon from the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, 1895. Gouache on paper. Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
2065
Detail, Lion Hunt scenes from the new North Palace of King Ashurbanipal (667-627 B.C.) on the Citadel at Nineveh. Now on display at the British Museum, London. Photo Credit: Shutterstock / Stock Image.
2066
Wild Goat style pitcher. Culture: Greek. Orientalizing Period about 625–600 BC. Currently located: Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
2067
Gold ring with lapis lazuli inlays, Minoan, 1850-1550 BC.
2068
Detail, Salvator Mundi by Ambrosius Benson (Lombardy c. 1495-1550).
2069
Ba amulet from the tomb of Prince Hornakht, son of Osorkon II. The Ba amulet, found on the body of the prince assured the deceased of reunion with his soul. Medium: Gold, lapis lazuli. 3rd Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, ca. 874-850 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
2070
John William Waterhouse (1849 -1917): "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May". Gather ye rosebuds while ye may is the first line from the poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick. The poem is in the genre of carpe diem, Latin for "seize the day".
2071
Witchcraft: a witch and a devil making a nail with which to make a boy lame. Woodcut, 1720. Collection: Wellcome Collection.
2072
La Bocca della Verità, Rome (The Mouth of Truth, Rome), 1860s. Photographer: Carlo Baldessari, Simelli Sculpture Study.
2073
Diogenes throwing away his Cup by John Martin, 1833.
2074
Winged Isis pectoral. Culture: Nubian Period: Napatan Period, reign of Amaninatakelebte. Date: 538–519 B.C. Findspot: Sudan (Nubia), Nuri, Pyramid 10. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
2075
Gold helmet of King Meskalamdug, a Sumerian king of the First Dynasty of Ur. Date: c. 2600 BC. Discovered in the Royal Cemetery of Ur in modern-day Iraq; this helmet was anthropomorphized complete with ears, a headband/circlet and a hairstyle of ringlets with a bun in back.
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