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Photograph of Stupa 3, Sanchi from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections taken by Deen Dayal in 1883. The Great Stupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India. It was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BC.
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Details, Portrait of a Young Woman (Simonetta Vespucci) by Sandro Botticelli, c.1480–1485.
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Motion by Bryan Randa (Art Glass Sculpture).
"..Skillfully crafted from glass using flameworking techniques, this remarkable sculpture captures an octopus's graceful movement and playful personality..." #glassart
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Hippopotamus with Lotus Flowers, Buds and Leaves. Date: XII. Dynasty, Egypt, ca.1950 B.C, The Met, NY. This pair of hippos was found in a shaft associated with the tomb chapel of the steward Senbi II at Meir, an Upper Egyptian site about thirty miles south of modern Asyut.
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Falling stars. Detail from the Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470. Collection: Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 47r.
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Diadem of Princess Khenmet. Date: c. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1991-1803 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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Garnet intaglio with Hermaphroditos. Culture: Greek. Date: ca. 2nd century BC. Collection: The Michael C. Carlos Museum.
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Flamethrowing Devil. Detail from the Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, Flanders ca. 1470-1480 AD. Collection: Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale, ms. 1139, fol. 134r.
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Mercury / Hermes (Detail). Wood engraving by Jonnard after William Blake Richmond, 1866. Collection & Credit: Wellcome Collection, London, UK.
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La Nature se devoilant devant La Science (Nature revealing herself before Science) by Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905). Medium: Gilt bronze, marble, and lapis lazuli. Executed c.1905. Private Collection.
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The Sun and the Moon. Detail from the 16th century copy of the Wonders of creation by Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd Ṭūsī. Collection: The Walters Art Museum.
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Asante sword ornament in the form of a spider, gold-copper-silver alloy. Culture: Asante people, Ghana. Date: late 19th century AD. Credit: Dallas Museum of Art, US.
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Terminal of a Grivna (Torque) Shaped like the Head of a Wolf-Dragon. Period: Era of the Huns. Date: Late 4th - early 5th century AD. Place of origin: Stavropol Territory, the Village of Tatarka. Medium: Gold and garnets. Collection: Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
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A Sami shaman with his drum. Illustration by O. H. Lode to Knud Leems book "Beskrivelse over Finnmarkens Lapper, deres Tungemaal, Levenmaade og forrige Afgudsdyrkelse" (Description of the sami people of Finnmark, their language, living and former religion) from 1767.
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A Priestess of Apollo by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1888.
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A farmer stands on the Nile floodplains near the pyramids of Giza (Cairo, 1936). Photograph via Rare Historical Photos.
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Selection of Egyptian Scarabs, First Intermediate Period (c. 2150 - 2007 BC) to Late Period (664 - 337BC). Photo & Work Credit: Bridgeman Images. Collection: National Museums Scotland.
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A jade burial suit made of rectangular pieces of jade sewn together with gold thread, Western Han Dynasty in China. Photo Credit: Martha Avery / Contributor Getty Images.
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Viking Bronze Enmeshed Dragon Brooch. Date: 10th Century AD. Credit & Collection: © TimeLine Auctions.
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Mongolian Shaman "Otshir-böö" wearing ritual clothes and drum., circa 1909. This photo was taken by ethnologist and archaeologist Sakari Pälsi during his expedition to Mongolia in 1909.
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Golden burial mask with ruby inlays. From the Boma Tomb in northern Xinjiang. Culture: Göktürk Khaganate (𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰰:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣). Date: 5th or 6th Century AD. Photographer: Cangminzho via Wikimedia Commons. Now on display at the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Museum.
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Marriage ring. Culture: Greek / Byzantine, c. 6th-7th century AD. Medium: Gold. Collection: Royal Ontario Museum, Canada.
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