1026
Salinar Nose ornaments from the little-known Salinar culture, which flourished in the coastal river valleys of northern Peru from around 200 B.C.–300 A.D., are among the earliest body adornments discovered in the region. Collection: The Met, NYC.
1027
Cracks in the Pantheon dome. Restoration works, ca. 1925. Photographer (?)
1028
Gustave Courtois - Death of Orpheus (1875).
1029
Adam, Eve and the Serpent. Detail from the Commentary on the Apocalypse (The 'Silos Apocalypse') by Beatus of Liébana, c. 1091–1109, Spain. Collection: British Library.
1030
Panathenaic amphora, ca. 530 BC. This Panathenaic amphora would have been filled with oil from the sacred olive groves in Attica, and would have been awarded as a prize to some worthy victor in one of the Panathenaic games held in Athens every four years. Source: The Met.
1031
Roman copy of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, unearthed near the ruins of Sinuessa, modern-day municipality of Mondragone, Campania, Italy. Photo Credit: National Geographic, June 1981.
1032
Detail, Roman mosaic, Basilica of Aquileia - crypt of excavations. Udine, Italy.
1033
A Girl defending herself against Eros by William Adolphe Bouguereau, 1880.
1035
Bead Bracelet of Queen Ahhotep I. Material: Gold, Semi-precious stones. Second Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, ca. 1560-1530 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. It is decorated with hieroglyphs of polished gold set in lapis lazuli.
1036
Prometeus making man from clay by Constantin Hansen, c. 1845. Private collection.
1037
Dolphins and octopusses. Phiale with decoration in superposed colour, ca. 510–500 BC. From Eretria. Louvre Museum. PhotographerJastrow (2006) - Wikimedia Commons.
1038
Hedgehog figurine. Medium: Egyptian faience. Excavated from tomb 655 at Beni Hasan, Minya, Egypt. Date: Middle Kingdom, 12th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 1976-1793 BC. Now in the Fitzwilliam Museum.
1039
Nemrut Dagi (Mount Nemrut - Turkey) dates back to the 1st century BC and is one of the most iconic UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Mount Nemrut is full of huge statues that are around eight to nine meters in height constructed for Antiochus I of Commagene in 62 BC.
1040
Arachne, detail from the Ovide Moralisé, Paris ca. 1330. Collection: Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms 5069, fol. 78r. Arachne, (Greek: “Spider”) in Greek mythology, the daughter of Idmon of Colophon in Lydia, a dyer in purple.
1041
Vincent van Gogh’s Skulls, Winter 1887/88.
1042
Roman Forum, Rome, Italy. 19th century engraving.
1043
Evolution of Latin Alphabet.
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1044
A man carrying water vessels. Roman Mosaic from the entrance to the Caldarium in the House of Menander in Pompeii. Photo Credit: Stock Photo / Alamy.
1045
The golden diadem of the princess Meda, found in the tomb of Philip II of Macedon. Aigai, Macedonia, Greece. 4th century BC.
1046
Armour (Chihal'ta Hazar Masha). Place of origin: Northwestern India, Rajasthan Date: 18th - 19th centuries Medium: Fabric, steel, copper. Collection: Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
1047
The Imperial Crown. Place of origin: West Germany.Date: 2nd half of the 10th century; Crown cross addition of the early 11th century.Medium: Gold, enamel, gemstones, pearls. It is now kept in the Imperial Treasury at the Hofburg in Vienna, Austria.
1048
The Birth of Venus (details) by Sandro Botticelli (1483 - 1485). Collection: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.
1049
Mosaic representing fisherman (detail), Villa Nile (Lepcis Magna), Roman period (3rd c. AD), 380 x 118 cm. Now on display at the Tripoli National Museum, Libya.
1050
Danse Macabre, fresco by Simone II Baschenis (1495 - 1555). Chiesa di San Vigilio (Pinzolo), Italy. The Danse Macabre is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death.
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