2376
A Silver Litra of Syracuse, Sicily, struck c. 466-460 BC
On the obverse is the head of the Nereid nymph Arethusa wearing her hair in a pearl band. The letters ΣVRA (SYRA, short for Syracuse) are to her right. On the reverse is an octopus.
2377
Detail of an ancient Roman statue of Bacchus, dated to the 1st to 2nd century AD. The statue is a marble copy of a Hellenistic original (323 BC - 30 AD). Currently located in the Vatican Museums/Musei Vaticani.
2378
General view of pyramids from the Giza Plateau (from left- the Pyramid of Mykerinos, Chephren and Cheops and three small pyramids known as Queens' Pyramids on front side) Photographer: Adobe Stock By WitR.
2379
The so-called Stone of the Pregnant Woman at the ancient quarry near Baalbek in Lebanon is one of the largest stone building blocks ever carved by human hands. It is 20.7 m.long, 4 m. wide, 4.32 m. high and weighs an estimated 1,000 tons. Photographer: (?) - c. 1920s.
2380
Column Iaat, Lebanon 18 m. tall Probably a funerary monument (?). Photo date unknown.
2381
The goddess Thetis, riding a hippocampus (seahorse), delivers newly forged arms to her son Achilles. Mosaic from the main andron of the House of the Mosaics, Eretria; Greece. ca. 400-350 BC. Photo: Stock Image / Alamy.
2382
Lion in the bas-relief on the Ishtar Gate at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. circa 575 BC. Photographer: Iliya Mitskavets / Stock Photo.
2383
Ohara Koson — Owl, early 1920s. Ohara Koson, Ohara Hōson, Ohara Shōson, (Kanazawa 1877 – Tokyo 1945) was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement.
2384
Early Bronze Age Stone Double-Headed Disc-Shaped Figurine and Child. Place of Origin: Central/Western Anatolia, modern-day Turkey. Medium: Stone. Date: c: 3000 BC to 2500 BC. Collection - Photo Credit: Private Collection & Barakat Gallery.
2385
Restored Roman legionary dagger discovered in 2019 in Haltern am See, Germany by a student. Date: c. 1st Century AD. Photo Credit: LWL-Römermuseum Haltern am See/Facebook.
2386
Ostracon depicting a boy being tried by mouse and cat. Culture: Egyptian, Dynasty 20 (ca. 1189 BC to 1077 BC). Now at the Oriental Institute, Chicago.
2387
An Interval at the Opera by Georges Jules Victor Clairin ca.1900 (French, 1843-1919).
2388
Portrait Vessel of a Ruler. Date: 100 B.C.-A.D. 500. Culture: Moche. Place of origin: North coast, Perú. Medium: Ceramic and pigment.
2389
A bear, surrounded by bees, trying to stick his paw into bee hives, set upon a table, in order to feed on honey Image taken from Flore de Virtu e de Costumi. Originally published/produced in N. Italy; first quarter 15th century. Source: Harley 3448, f.10v. Language: Italian.
2390
Hieronymus Bosch c. 1500 Garden of Earthly Delights (detail)
2391
Electrum stater from the Greek polis of Cyzicus, bearing the head of a Gorgon. Artist unknown; ca. 500-450 BC. Now in the British Museum. Photo credit: ArchaiOptix / Wikimedia Commons.
2392
Spider Necklace Beads. Date: A.D. 300–390. Geography: Peru. Culture: Moche. Medium: Gold. Dimensions: (3 × 5.2 × 4.5 × 8.3 cm). Credit Line: Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán, Lambayeque, Peru.
2393
Royal procession passing through the Ishtar Gate on New Year's Day in ancient Babylon. Illustration by Peter Jackson, British (1922–2003)
2394
Baboon with a wedjet eye. Ancient Egypt, 26th Dynasty (ca. 688–525 BC.)
Now on display at the Met, NY.
2395
A woodcut showing the aftermath of the 1509 earthquake of Constantinople.
Source: Ambraseys, N.N. and C.F. Finkel. 'The Marmara Sea Earthquake of 1509.' IN: Terra Nova, 2:2 (1990), pp. 167-174.
2396
Tile with rising griffin. Date: Second half of the 15th century. Origin: Kempten, Germany. Source: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photo by Andreas Paasch, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
2397
Nose Ornament. Date: A.D. 525–550. Geography: Peru. Culture: Moche. Medium: Gold. Dimensions: H. 1 15/16 in. (5 cm). Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
2398
Transfiguration by Sergey Petrovich Panasenko (1993)
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2399
Men walk along the Processional Road to Nebuchadnezzar’s Throne Hall. Location: Babylon, Iraq. Photographer: Underwood & Underwood /National Geographic Stock.
2400
Dance of the Sabbath. Illustration from History of Magic by Paul Christian, Paris, 1870. Fantasy scene of nocturnal circle dance at a (European) witches' sabbath paralleling dance at Huilliche Latua ceremony (note also goat-headed Devil presiding). © Cornell University.
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