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Sumerian Beer Production Tablet. Date: Uruk III, c. 31st Century BC. © The Schoyen Collection.
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The Queen Cat (Królewna kotka) by Konstanty Laszczka (1865–1956) - ca. 1928. Photographer & Credit: Przemyslaw Piatkowski, Fotopia & Virtual Museum of Konstanty Laszczka.
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Totentanz (Dance of Death), illustration by Michael Wolgemut from Liber Chronicarum, also known as the Nuremberg Chronicle. Date: c. 1493, by Hartmann Schedel
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Rings from Anglo-Saxon England. Date: c. 8th-10th century AD. Excavated/Findspot: Aberford, British Isles, UK. Inscription transliteration: + EA⃒ÐELSVIÐ⃒REGNA. Inscription translation: Queen Æthelswith. Materials: gold and niello. Collection: British Museum.
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Watchers in the Night - Thomas Blackshear.
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A way of flying by Francisco de Goya, 1864.
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Dagger of Princess Ita. From the Tomb of Princess Ita next to the pyramid of king Amenemhat II at Dahshur. Date: Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat II, ca. 1914-1879 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Excavations of the Assyrian capital of Dur-Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad - Iraq); atop the citadel were Sargon's palace, royal residences, temples, & a ziggurat. Date: 1930's. Credit: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
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Daughter of Amenophis IV/Akhenaten (1351-1334). This female head has an elongated skull, and is probably a child of Amenophis IV/Akhenaten.The eye is hollow for inlaying. The piece is broken across the neck, and is a forgery executed in the 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period style.
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Priest wearing the mask of Anubis; fresco, Temple of Isis, #Pompeii, Villa dei Misteri ~ II BC. Photo Credit: Planet Pompeii.
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Overview of the hierarchy in the Holy Roman Empire by Antonie Wierix ( 1565 - 1604).
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The Bewitched Man (The Devil's Lamp), detail, Francisco de Goya, 1798.
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The great flood in Florence. Photographed by David Lees, 1966.
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Amulet Representing the Soul as a Human-Headed Falcon. Place of origin: Saqqara, Egypt Date: 664-332 B.C. Period: Late Period. Medium: Gold.
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A group of four Ottoman calligrapher’s scissors (29 cm, 28.3 cm, 24.8 cm and 18.8 cm), Turkey, 19th century. Private Collection.
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Armorer: Filippo Negroli (Italian, Milan ca. 1510-1579). Culture: Italian, Milan.
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Burgonet: A mermaidlike siren forming the helmet’s comb holds a grimacing head of Medusa by the hair. The sides of the helmet are covered with acanthus scrolls inhabited by putti,a motif derived from ancient Roman sculpture and wall paintings.Dated 1543.Collection: The Met.
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Detail, Rigolette by Joseph-Désiré Court (1797-1865). Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen.
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Roman Gold Snake Ring with Herakles Knot, 1st Century AD. Private Collection.
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A personified comet in the Visoki Decani Monastery in Kosovo, from a painting of the crucifixion created in 1350.
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Roman Marble Head of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus (120–63 BC), as Heracles, Roman Imperial, 1st Century AD. Collection: Louvre.
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An ancient Syriac manuscript showing the Jericho labyrinth, Library of Beirut, Lebanon.
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The song of Sirin* Bird, Ivan Glazunov, 2006.
*Sirin - a female bird of paradise in medieval mythology, the image of which dates back to the ancient Greek sirens.
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Pazyryk Culture (Scythian) Pommel, 5th Century BC Wood and leather walking stick pommel in the form of a large griffin holding a deer in its beak. Collection: Hermitage Museum. Found in the Second Pazyryk mound, Big Ulagan, Pazyryk valley, Gorny Altai, Russia.
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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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