976
Jason and the Golden Fleece - Greek Bronze Box Mirror, c. Second Half of the 4th Century BC. Private Collection (?)
977
Necklace with vulture pendant, found in Tutankhamun’s mummy suspended from his neck, representation of the vulture-goddess of Upper Egypt, Nekhbet; hieroglyphic sign for ‘eternity’ (shen) in the talons, gold encrusted with lapis lazuli and carnelian. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
978
Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, near Rome, Italy. Covering a location of 120 hectares, it was the biggest of all the roman imperial villa complexes. The building work took more than 10 years to finish.
979
Apollo on a swan, red figured bell krater. Date: 400 BC - 380 BC. Collection: British Museum.
980
Details, The Vision of Tondal the Knight by Hieronymus Bosch.
981
Oedipus was the first to answer the riddle correctly and, having heard Oedipus' answer, the Sphinx was astounded and killed herself.
982
The riddle she asked is a famous one; which is the creature that has one voice, but has four feet in the morning, two feet in the afternoon, and three feet at night? Anyone who struggled to answer was eaten by the Sphinx.
983
The story of Oedipus is perhaps the best known of all the Greek legends. According to the Greek Mythology, Sphinx dwelt outside the city of Thebes, and asked a riddle to all travellers, in order to let them pass.
984
Oedipus and the Sphinx of Thebes, Red Figure Kylix, c. 470 BC, from Vulci, attributed to the Oedipus Painter. Collection: Vatican Museums, Vatican.
986
Fishing, detail from the The Pilgrimage of Human Life by Guillaume de Deguileville c. 1490. Collection: Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève Ms. fr. 182, fol. 162v.
987
Spider Necklace Beads. Date: A.D. 300–390. Geography: Peru. Culture: Moche. Medium: Gold. Dimensions: (3 × 5.2 × 4.5 × 8.3 cm). Credit Line: Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán, Lambayeque, Peru.
988
Fallen Angels. Detail from the Speculum historiale by Vincent of Beauvais, Bruges ca. 1455. Collection: BnF, Français 308, fol. 13r.
991
Helmet in the shape of a sea conch. Culture: Japan. Date: 17th century. Collection: The Met.
992
Statue of Apollo (Kouros). Date: c. 1st century BC or AD. Materials: Bronze, copper, bone, dark stone, glass. Dimensions: 128 cm x 33 cm x 38 cm. Found in Pompei, Italy.
993
Anthropomorphic Figure of a Polar Bear with its Cub. Medium: Carved Walrus Ivory. Culture: Native Alaskan. Date: c. 1800 to 1900. Place of origin: Bering Sea. Photo Credit: Private Collection - 1stdibs Inc.
994
Breastplate in the Shape of a Shirt. Date: c. 900 AD. Geography: Peru Culture: Lambayeque (Sicán) Medium: Gold Dimensions: 60 × 60 cm . Credit Line: Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú, Lima, Peru.
995
Myrtle wreath. Medium: Gold. Date: 330-250 BC. Place of origin: Peloponnese, Greece. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
996
Silver Bracelets of Queen Hetepheres I. Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, ca. 2575-2550 BC. From the Tomb of Hetepheres I, near the Great Pyramid of Giza. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
997
Under a sacred sycamore the sun god Ra, in the form of a cat, slays the snake Apep , god of the underworld and symbol of the forces of chaos and evil. Detail of a wall painting from the tomb of Inherkhau . New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, ca. 1080 BC. Deir el-Medina, West Thebes.
998
Nose Ornament. Date: A.D. 525–550. Geography: Peru. Culture: Moche. Medium: Gold. Dimensions: H. 1 15/16 in. (5 cm). Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
999
A Roman military diploma, ca. 80 AD. Collection: Museum Carnuntum, Austria. Photographer: Matthias Kabel via Wikimedia C. This document, made of bronze, verified that soldiers had served in the Roman military and had received citizenship in the Roman empire as compensation.
1000
Serpent Labret with Articulated Tongue. Date: 13th-16th century AD. Culture: Aztec. Place of origin: Mexico, Central Mexico. Collection: The Met, NYC.
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