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Sun-Headed Deity of Tamgaly, Kazakhstan. Possibly depicting the sun god. The petroglyph dates to the early Iron Age. (ca. 1200-500 BC).
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“Queen of the Night Scene, for Mozart’s Magic Flute” by Simon Quaglio (1818). Collection: Morgan Library & Museum.
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Ottoman Calligrapher Tools, 19th Century. Private Collection: Sotheby's.
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Arachne (Greek: “Spider”), detail from the Ovide Moralisé, Paris ca. 1330. Collection: Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms 5069, fol. 78r.
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Prehistoric rock carving of a whole bunch of deer. Bayankhongor, Mongolia. Photo by L. Ebegzaya.
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Detail, Splendor Solis (Splendour of the Sun), an alchemical treatise by Salomon Trismosin, 1582.
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Ceremonial Ottoman Turkish dagger decorated with gilt silver, ebony, rubies, emeralds, and turquoise,. Date: late 16th century. Collection: The Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest.
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Climbing down Satan’s fur. Detail from Dante, Divina Commedia, Urbino and Ferrara, 1477-1478. Collection: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.lat.365, fol. 93v.
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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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Human-headed winged bull (lamassu). Collection: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, USA. It originally guarded the throne room of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721-705 BC). Photo Credit:Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
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Carving of a whale. Medium: Steatite, red cinnabar, shell. Date: 16th–17th century AD. Geography: United States, California. Culture: Chumash. Collection: The Met, NYC.
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Stage set for Mozart's Magic Flute (Die Sternenhalle der Königin der Nacht) by Karl Friedrich Schinkel (ca. 1815). Collection: Kupferstichkabinett Berlin .
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Disk with Owl. Place of origin: Peru. Culture: Moche. Date: c. 390–450 AD. Medium: Gilded copper, silvered copper, shell. Diam.: 26.7 cm. Collection: The Met, NYC.
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Post-Medieval Silver-Gilt Skull Ring,. Date: c. 16th Century AD. Collection: Timeline Auctions.
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Ludwig Becker, Sternschnuppe (Meteroid), 1860.
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Skull of a female attendant, with jewelry and headdress of gold and lapis lazuli. Found in royal cemetery of Ur.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1870. Gustave Doré (French, 1832 - 1883)
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Pendant in form of winged thunderbolt. Culture: Roman. Date: A.D. 1st-4th century AD. Medium: Gold. Collection: British Museum.
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Night and Her Daughter Sleep by Mary L. Macomber (American, August 21, 1861 – February 4, 1916), 1902.
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Artist’s Sketch of a Swallow, Thebes, Egypt, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Medium: Limestone. Dimensions: 6.6 x 10.6 cm. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
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Victorian 9 k gold Hidden Pop-Up Devil "Temperance" (abstinence from alcohol, or moderation and self-restraint, particularly in consumption) Capsule Charm. During the Victorian era, many jewelry elements were shrouded in symbolism and concealed meaning.
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The mummy of Ramesses the Great posed standing (a practice no longer deemed appropriate), late 19th century.
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Representation of a Skull. Medium: Carved obsidian, inlaid with shell and bone. Culture: Mixtec-Puebla. Region: Central plateau (?), Mexico. Date: A.D. 1200-1521. Collection: Museo Amparo.
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The Four Times of the Day Charles Le Brun, 1674.
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"Testone" by Andrea Salvatori, 2016. Medium: Ceramic and Porcelain.
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