251
Christian Dior models under the Caryatids of the Erechtheion temple on the north side of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Date: 1951.
252
Crazy Woman with Cats by Pablo Picasso, 1901.
253
The Olympian Gods and Goddesses (+ Hades), by Frédéric Vignaux (b.1972). Credit & Source: French Comic Series La Sagesse des Mythes.
254
Gold ear-ring, in the form of a plunging dolphin with a hook soldered to the tail; the eyes are represented by rosettes, and over the forehead is a palmette in corded wire. Culture: Western Greek, 3rd c.-2nd c. BC. Excavated/Findspot: Taranto. Collection: British Museum.
255
A Letter written to his sister Ludmila by Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1905.
256
Heads of animals. Decorative covers of ends of cantilevered beams of a ship. Medium: Brass. Date: Reign of Caligula (37-41 AD). Origin: From the bottom of Lake Nemi (1932). Collection: Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme. Photographer: © 2017- Ilya Shurygin.
257
A carving of a Nubian captive adorns the handle of a walking stick recovered from the tomb of King Tut, Egypt. Photographer: Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic.
258
Pottery bowl containing pink coloured paint (the plant dye madder mixed with gypsum), once belonging to a fresco painter. Date: 1st. c. AD, Roman Period. Excavated/Findspot: Hawara, Egypt. Collection: British Museum.
259
Roman terracotta New Year's lamp with tondo depicting a Victory holding an inscribed shield. Collection: The Met. The shield is inscribed ANNV / NOVM FAV/STVM FEL/ICEM MI/HI ("A happy and fruitful new year to me!")
260
Art Nouveau Bat Brooch. Medium: Gold, plique-à-jour enamel, diamond. Origin: European, c. 1905. Marks: Austrian import marks.
261
Ilustration for Dante’s ‘Inferno’, dated c.1460-70.
262
Persian talisman. A brass amulet to render its bearer more attractive and help her capture and subdue a lover. The lover is symbolized here as a beast of burden. Date: c. 1800s (?). Source & Credit: Alireza Doostdar, The New Inquiry.
263
Multiple carvings of polar bears swimming/stalking or “Lying Still-Hunting.” Such carvings were sometimes previously interpreted as “flying bears.” Culture: Dorset (lasting from 500 BC to1500 AD.) Collection & Credit : Canadian Museum of History & Matthew Betts.
264
Woodcut print of the twelve signs of the zodiac, German, 1st half 16th century. Private Collection.
265
Bowl of Stars by Tim Storrier (b.1949), 1994, Lithograph.
266
Gold Dagger and Sheath of Tutankhamun.
Tutankhamun’s mummy was provided with two daggers encased in gold sheaths, one with an meteorite iron blade and the other with a blade of hardened gold. It is the latter specimen which is shown here. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
267
The discovery of the bust of Nefertiti, 1912.
268
Moche necklace with gold beads in the shape of toads (1-800 AD). Collection: Museo Larco – Lima, Peru.
269
Musei Vaticani Under Construction, Rome, Italy. Photographer: Massimo Listri, 2005.
270
Headdress in the form of a fox’s head. Date: c.100 - 800 AD. Collection: Museo de Oro – Lima, Peru.
271
Statuette of Osiris as a Mummy with Erected Phallus. Ptolemaic Period, reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor, ca. 180-145 BC. Now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Inv. 10077.
272
Venus of Moravany. Date: c. 23,000 BC, upper Paleolithic period.The venus was discovered in the area of Moravany nad Váhom, a village near the spa resort Piestany in Slovakia. Photo: Don Hitchcock, 2008.
273
Otter statue. Date: c. 664-30 B.C. The pose of raised paws signifies the otter's adoration of the sun god when he rises in the morning. In myth otters were attached to the goddess of Lower Egypt Wadjet, whose cult was centered in Buto, in the northern Delta. Coll: The Met.
274
Orthodox Priest with little cat. Meteora Monasteries, Greece, 1954. Photographer: David Seymour.
275
The Cat Symphony by Moritz von Schwind,1868. Pencil, pen and brush on paper The drawing is a violin melody, on which cats are presented instead of notes. Collection: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Archaeology, Art, Museums, Vintage Maps, Old Photos and more. Shop account: @archaeostore Click our bio link for our designs, and more ⬇️⬇️