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French archeologist Joseph Hackin exploring The Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
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Guennol Lioness A Magnesite or Crystalline Limestone Figure of a Lioness. Elam circa 3000-2800 B.C. Height 3 1/4 in. 8.26 cm. Private Collection..
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The Shigir Idol (Yekaterinbug, Russia) is the world's oldest known wood carving, about 11,600 BC.
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Greco-Egyptian Glass Phallic Amulet, Ptolemaic, c. 305-30 BC. In Greek mythology Priapus is a god of fertility whose symbol was an exaggerated phallus.
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Rock crystal statuette of the goddess Bastet in her form of sacred cat. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Fresco of a heron and snake from the House of the Epigrams, Pompeii, c. 45 - 79 AD. Photographer: Stefano Bolognini via Wikimedia Commons.
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Kevin Bubriski, Ritual Masked Dancers (Selenium-toned gelatin silver print), Limitang Village, Humla, Nepal, 1985.
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An obsidian mirror found at Catalhoyuk, 8.000 year old Neolithic settlement in the center of Anatolia. Photo Credit: Teegee / Blogspot.
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Bust of a woman, possibly the younger Antonia. Long identified as the nymph Clytie. Date: c.40-50 AD. Findspot: Naples. Medium: marble. Collection: The British Museum.
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Jephthah's Vow: The Marty by Edwin Long (1829–1891). Collection: Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum.
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Stairs into the Royal Tombs of Ur. 1920's, Iraq.
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Head showing life and death. Culture: Mayan, Pre-Columbian. Collection: National Gallery of Victoria Vera Cruz. Date: c. 300-600 BC.
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Beautifully decorated woolly mammoth tusk tip from the last glacial at Dolní Věstonice, Czech Republic (25,000-30,000 years ago)
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Detail, Tomb of the Diver, Italy c. 470 BC. This is the fresco that gave the tomb its name: “a young man diving into the curving waves in the waters.”
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Small sculptures, hedgehog, head of a cat and head of a baboon, from late 18th Dynasty to Late Period. Now in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.
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Mask from Nahal Hemar, Nahal Hemar Cave, Judean Desert. Date: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period - c. 8800–6500 BC. Medium: limestone, asphalt, and pigments - From the exhibition “Face to Face: The Oldest Masks in the World”. Collection: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
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9,000 year-old-flutes found in China, made of bones. They are still playable.
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Ceramic vessels, Cahokia, 11th-13th centuries. Photographer: Linda Alexander via Der Spiegel. The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (c. 1050–1350 AD) directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis, Missouri.
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One of only two authentic old Jolly Rogers known in the world. The red background meant that she ship flying the flag would take no prisoners if their opponents put up a fight. The 18th century pirate flag is now on display at the National Museum of the Royal Navy.
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Mosaics with Athletes. Collection: Vatican, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum. Date: First half of the 4th cent. AD.
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Then & Now: Curates street, Ephesus, 2nd Century A.D. / Illustration Credit: Akg-Images.
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The Venus Figurines of the European Paleolithic Era.
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The Queen's Bath, Palace of Knossos, Crete, Greece, 16th Century BC.
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Terracotta relief plaque with Perseus holding Medusa’s severed head. From her neck springs a naked child, Chrysaor, 490-470 BC. Photo Credit: Peter-flickr. Collection: British Museum.
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Europa and the Bull by Albert W. Wein, 1915-1991. Medium: bronze, 17x10x9 cm. Collection: Private Collection (1stDibs)
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