526
Scythian Gold Plaque in the Form of a Panther Curved Round. Date: 7-6th BC. Place of origin: South-Western Siberia, area between the Rivers Irtysh and Ob Russia. Collection: Hermitage Museum.
527
Lion in the bas-relief on the Ishtar Gate at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. circa 575 BC. Photographer: Iliya Mitskavets / Stock Photo.
528
The Minotaur. Tondo of an Attic black-figure kylix, attributed to the Painter of London E4; ca. 515 BC. The surrounding inscription reads ”The boy is handsome/beautiful”. Collection: National Archaeological Museum of Spain. Photo credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen/Wikimedia Commons.
529
Sailing ship gold earrings and gold pendants from the Greek island of Sifnos, 17th century. Collection: Athens, Benaki Museum.
530
The Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük, c. 6000 BC. It was unearthed by archaeologist James Mellaart in 1961 at Çatalhöyük, Turkey. Mellaart claimed that the figure represented a fertility goddess worshipped by the people of Çatalhöyük. Photo Credit: Nat. Geographic / Stock Photo.
531
A circle of demons and witches, from Nathaniel Crouch, The Kingdom of Darkness, 1688.
532
Stone Frog Weight. Culture: Babylonian, Mesopotamia, ca. 2000–1600 B.C. (Old Babylonian period) . Dimensions: 12.3 x 21.8 cm. Collection: Met Museum.
533
Fish plate. Date: Late Classical to Early Hellenistic Period about 340–320 B.C. Culture & Geography: Greek, South Italian. Collection: MFA, Boston.
534
Dance of Death (detail) by an unknown artist (?), c. 1700 AD.
535
In a Rose Garden, 1890, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch, 1836-1912).
537
Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock, Utah, USA. Photo by MaciejBledowski on Adobe Stock. The first carvings at the Newspaper Rock site were made around 2,000 years ago, left by people from the Anasazi, Fremont, Navajo, Anglo, and Pueblo cultures.
538
Mount Etna Volcano from the Ancient Greek theatre in Taormina. Sicily, Italy. Photographer: Adobe Stock / By IgorZh.
539
Columns of the ancient city of Pergamon, Milky way galaxy in the background - Bergama, Turkey. Photographer: Adobe Stock / muratart.
540
Olympian Gods and Heroes. Illustration by Masterlevsha on Adobe Stock.
541
Mosaic representing the labyrinth with the Minotaur in Conimbriga Roman ruins, Portugal. Photo by Matyas Rehak on Adobe Stock.
542
Passage flanked by two glowing walls full of Egyptian hieroglyphs, illuminated by a warm orange backlight from a door at the Edfu, Aswan temple, completed by Ramses II (-1200). Photo by Konstantin / Adobe Stock.
543
Parthenon by night. Photo & Illustration by scaliger on Adobe Stock.
544
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.
545
The Wrestlers (also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers) is a Roman marble sculpture after a lost Greek original of the 3rd century BC. Collection: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.
546
Hygieia, Goddess of Health (detail) by Theodor Galle, c. 1600. Hygieia, in Greek religion, goddess of health. The oldest traces of her cult are at Titane, west of Corinth, where she was worshipped together with Asclepius, the god of medicine.
547
The Ksour Essef cuirass is an ancient triple-disc cuirass found in a Punic tomb in 1909 not far from Ksour Essef, Tunisia. This piece of armour, generally dated to the 3rd century BC, is of Italiote origin and comes from Southern Italy. Collection: Musée national du Bardo.
548
Medusa head made of jade by Luis Alberto, L'Aquart.
549
Roman gold snake ring, 1st century AD. Solid-gold bracelets and rings in the form of snakes were among the most popular objects in Greek and Roman jewelry. The snakes symbolize fertility. Collection: Walters Art Museum.
550
Sumerian bull lyre, c. 2550–2400 BC. Medium: Wood, lapis lazuli, gold, silver, shell, bitumen, in modern wood support, 46 × 55". From the King’s Grave, Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq. Now on display at the British Museum, London, England.
Archaeology, Art, Museums, Vintage Maps, Old Photos and more. Shop account: @archaeostore Click our bio link for our designs, and more ⬇️⬇️