1051
Shropshire bulla is a Late Bronze Age gold pendant found by a metal detectorist in 2018 in Shropshire, England. The pendant, decorated with intricately carved geometric designs, is now in the British Museum in London. Photograph: British Museum.
1052
Winged scarab Amulet of a winged scarab, made of Egyptian faience. Late Period, ca. 664-332 BC. Private Collection.
1053
The Fishermen Frescoes from Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera (modern-day Santorini). c. 17th century BC. Now on display at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. The males may actually be youths offering fishes as part of a religious ceremony rather than a fisherman.
1054
Detail, Salvator Mundi by Ambrosius Benson (Lombardy c. 1495-1550).
1055
Sumerian Amulet in the shape of a Frog, c. 3500 BC. Medium: Lapis lazuli. Photo Credit & Collection: e-Tiquities.
1056
Rhinoceros amulet. Date: c. 200 BC–200 AD - Ptolemaic or Roman Period. Geography: From Egypt. Medium: Carnelian Dimensions: L. 1.9 × W. 0.4 × H. 0.9 cm . On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134.
1057
Witchcraft: a witch and a devil making a nail with which to make a boy lame. Woodcut, 1720. Collection: Wellcome Collection.
1058
Four Seasons: Winter by William Holbrook Beard (1825-1900, American)
1059
Detail of the Theseus Mosaic from a Roman villa, Loigersfelder near Salzburg, Austria. Now on display at the Kunst Historisches Museum, Vienna.
1060
Sandro Botticelli, Primavera (detail), ca. 1482.
1061
Colossus of Rhodes (Helios), engraving by Philips Galle, after, Maarten van Heemskerck, 1572.
1062
Dragon Head. Culture: Japan, Heian period (794-1185), 12th century AD. Medium: Bronze 5 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. Gift of Leslie Prince Salzman. Collection: LACMA.
1063
Roman mosaic of spectators at a circus. From Gafsa, Tunisia, 5th century A.D. Photo Credit: Alamy Stock Photo.
1064
Globe from atop the Vatican Obelisk, thought in Medieval times to contain Julius Caesar’s ashes. Date: First half of the A.D. 1st century. Medium: Gilded bronze. Collection: Capitoline Museums. Photo: Sergey Sosnovskiy (CC BY-SA 4.0)
1065
Circe and the Swine by Albert Goodwin (1845-1932).
1066
Vessel Shaped like a Duck. Place of origin: Ancient Egypt. Period: Middle Kingdom Date: Between 2040 and 1783 (or 1640) B.C. Medium: Alabaster. Collection: Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
1067
Toad-Shaped Container Carrying Sun-God Mask on Back. Place of origin: Northern Guatemala or Southeastern Mexico. Culture: Maya. Date: A.D. 600 - 90.0 Medium: Slip-painted ceramic. Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1068
Ancient Greek Weapons and Carts, Chromolithograph, 1894.
1069
Aztec rain god: Tláloc. Detail from the Codex Borbonicus, Teotihuacán. The Codex Borbonicus is an Aztec codex written by Aztec priests shortly before or after the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
1070
Pandora’s Box by Charles Edward Perugini (19th Century)
1071
Detail from the book of Wonders of creation: Winged Fox. By Zakariya al-Qazwin, 1717 AD. Collection: Walters Art Museum.
1072
A Roman statue stands on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the southern city of Ashkelon, southwestern Israel. Photograph: Reuters/Stock Image.
1073
Snail Houses. Detail from the Secrets de l’histoire naturelle by Robinet Testard. Cognac, c. 1480-1485. Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 22971, f. 60v.
1074
Detail, Moonlight, Church’s Farm by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865.
1075
Cosmetic dish in the shape of a dog. Date: New Kingdom, Egypt, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 117, NYC.
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