1001
Vase in the shape of a hedgehog, from Tomb D11 at Abydos. Date: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479-1425 BC. Collection: Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.
1002
Portrait Bust of a Woman (detail), Roman, Antonine Period, 140-150 AD. Collection: The Art Institute of Chicago. Erika Dufour Photography, 2012.
1003
Pottery Gnathian baby-feeder in the shape of a rat. On the top is a strainer; the spout is at the tail, and the handle on the right side. Culture: Western Greek, c. 300 BC. Place of origin: Capua, Sicily. Collection: British Museum.
1004
Faience chalice in the form of a lotus, Egypt, 945 - 715 BC. Height: 14.4cm. Collection: Louvre Museum.
1005
Portrait Bust of Marcus Aurelius, c. A.D. 170–180. Medium: Marble; 90.2 × 60.2 × 23 cm. Collection: Art Institute of Chicago.
1006
Bowl with Leg Shaped Handle. Date - Culture: c. 850 BC & Attica Greek, Greece. Now on display at the Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany. Photographer: Gary Todd via Wikimedia Commons.
1007
A small golden double head minoan axe. Votive jewel. Found in Archalokori cave, 1700 - 1450 BC. Now on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete, Greece. Photographer: Jebulon via Wikimedia Commons.
1008
Bat. Detail from the , ‘Livre des propriétés des choses’ (French translation of ‘De proprietatibus rerum’), Bartholomeus Anglicus Paris c. 1400. BnF, Français 16993, fol. 178v.
1009
Ruins at Mitla, Oaxaca, México, circa 1875. Photographer: Teobert Maler.
1010
Vyaghra Gumpha - Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves, India, c. 1st century BC. The word vyaghra means "tiger". The inscription found here tells that this cave belongs to the city judge Sabhuti. Photographer: Balajijagadesh via Wikimedia Commons.
1011
The Lyre from Ur. The Lyre of Ur or Harps of Ur are considered to be the world's second oldest surviving stringed instruments after the ones discovered in the Maykop culture.
1012
Watercolour copy by Howard Carter (1874-1939) of a painted scene showing the Horus falcon from the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, 1895. Gouache on paper. Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
1014
Great helmet / Topfhelm of Hans Rieter. Date: 14th century. Medium: Iron. Collection: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg. Such helmets were worn by mounted fighters in battle and tournaments in the Middle Ages.
1015
Detail, Love on the Look Out by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1890).
1016
Panel from a mosaic floor: edible fish from the Mediterranean area. It probably decorated a dining-room. Excavated/Findspot: Populonia, Livorno, Italy. C. 100 AD. Collection: British Museum.
1017
Toad-shaped perfume bottle. Place of origin: Rhodes (possibly), ca 650-525 BC. Photographer Marcus Cyron via Wikimedia Commons. Collection: Antikensammlung Berlin.
1018
The 5,400 year-old Mesopotamian 'Gebel el-Arak Knife', made with elephant ivory and flint. The engraving depicts their king as Master of Animals. Date: c. 3300 - 3200 BC. Now on display at the Sully wing, 1st floor, Louvre Museum.
1019
Jason and His Teacher by Maxfield Parrish (1870–1966). Medium: oil on canvas. Private collection.
1020
Right Eye from a Greek statue, c. 500–100 BC. Made of marble, obsidian, glass, and copper, 2,1 x 4,9 cm. Collection: The J. Paul Getty Museum.
1021
Tomb plaque marker on a tortoise base. Date: A.D. 219–316. Medium: Limestone. Collection: Dallas Museum of Art.
1022
Sinai: Monastery of St. Katherine, close view. Photographer: Matson Photo Service. Created / Published between 1950 and 1977. Built between 548 and 565, the monastery is one of the oldest working Christian monasteries in the world.
1023
Pendant in the shape of a ram-headed falcon (gold, lapis-lazuli, turquoise and carnelian), found on the mummy of an Apis bull in the Serapeum of Memphis at Saqqara. Date: Reign of Ramesses II. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1279-1213 BC. Now in the Louvre Museum.
1024
St. Matthew writing his Gospel. Detail, Gospels, Britanny, late 9th or early 10th century. Collection: Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. D. 2. 16, fol. 28v.
1025
Marcus Aurelius, fragment of a bronze portrait. Roman artwork, after 170 AD. Photographer: Marie-Lan Nguyen. Collection: Louvre Museum.
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