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‘Οn the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis’, Athens,1903. Photographer: Fred Boissonnas.
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Orpheus and Eurydice by Auguste Rodin (detail). Modeled probably before 1887 and carved 1893. Medium: Marble. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Landscape with the scene of an ancient festival by Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737—1807). Oil on canvas. 66 × 89.5 cm.
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Inscribed Roman Pugio Dagger, 1st Century AD. It was part part of the "military belt" that was worn at all times by the soldiers — a "status symbol" if you will to show they were soldiers. Private Collection.
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Amber, yellow-brown, carved and polished in the form of a skull, containing several small inclusions, from La Pimienta Mine, near Simojovel, Chiapas, Southern Mexico. Date: (?). Collection: National Museums Scotland, UK.
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Saul and the Witch of Endor (detail) by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1526.
559
Circlet or Diadem of an unknown Egyptian queen or a princess, electrum. H. (of stag's head) 8.5 cm. From Salhiya in the Eastern Delta. (near Avaris) Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photographer: tutincommon (Mr. John Campana).
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Archer Sculpture. Signed G Darny, 1930's.
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Moccasins. Place of origin: Lakota (Sioux), c.1880. Collection: Saint Louis Art Museum. These striking moccasins feature a great bird with spread wings, the sacred thunderbird of Lakota (Sioux) cosmology.
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Bison depicted at the Cave of Altamira in Cantabria, Spain, dated to the Upper Paleolithic period (circa 17000 – circa 12000 years ago).
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Mask depicting Yamantaka, painted resin and textile in form of blue bull’s head with two horns and five skull ornaments, part of a Cham Dance costume worn by Tibetan Buddhist monks. Place of origin: Tibet. Date: 19th century AD. Collection: National Museums Scotland, UK.
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Mosaic of the Three Graces dancing, from the Roman villa in Patras, Greece, c. 3rd century. Collection: Patras, New Archaeological Museum. Photographer: I. A. Shurygin .
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Detail from the Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, 1490-1510.
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The Three Graces Dancing with a Faun by Jules Scalbert (1851–1928).
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Winged Victory of Samothrace (Nike of Samothrace), sculpted from Thasian and Parian marble; c. 200–190 BC. Paris, 1950. Photographer: Dmitri Kessel
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French Kiss - Breviary, France, Middle 13th Century. Collection: Cambrai, Bibliothèque Municipale, ms. 102, fol. 195v.
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Vessel in the form of a hedgehog. Culture: Egypt, Late period, XXVI dynasty, 7th-6th centuries BC. Collection & Credit: Pushkin Museum.
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Woman with Shrimp by Ercole Barovier (Italian, 1889-1974) Date ca. 1930s. Medium: Blown and solid-worked glass. Dimensions: 34.3 x 12.1 x 19.1 cm. Manufacturer: Barovier & Toso. Collection: The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia.
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Protome on Pegasus. Culture: Thracian, c. 5th–4th century BC. Medium: Gold. Village of Vazovo, Razgrad, Bulgaria. Photo Credit: Institute of Balkan Studies with Center for Thracology, Bulgaria - CC BY.
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This skull, excavated from a tomb in Jericho in 1958, shows clear signs of the ancient surgical process of trephination. c. 2200–2000 BC. © Wellcome Collection
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