1076
The Stag Hunt mosaic ( c. 300 BC) is a mosaic from a wealthy home of the late 4th century BC, the so-called "House of the Abduction of Helen", in Pella. It bears the signature of the Ancient Greek artist Gnosis, of whom very little is known. Photo Credit: Stock Photo.
1077
Detail, The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
1078
The Lady of Elche is a limestone bust of a woman, dated to the 5th or 4th century BC. The bust was discovered on August 4, 1897, near Elche, Spain, where there is a small mountain that the Arabs called Alcudia (mound), which was almost surrounded by a river in ancient times.
1079
Oracle of Delphi: Oracle of Delphi: King Aigeus in front of the Pythia. Vase, c. 440–430 BC. Collection: Antikensammlung Berlin, Altes Museum, Berlin.
1080
Eclipse of the moon by Gossouin of Metz, 1245 AD. Collection: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
1081
Corinthian Capital by Giocondo Albertolli (Italian 1742-1839). Medium: pen and brown ink,brush and gray wash on laid paper.
1084
Aulos player. Date: 5th century B.C. Provenaance: Tarquinia, Tomb of the Leopards. Photo: Les grands siècles de la peinture: La peinture étrusque, p. 69. © 1985. Editions d’Art Albert Skira S. A., Genève.
1085
Detail of a miniature of Mars and Venus being discovered in bed by Vulcan, from the ‘Roman de la Rose’, France (Paris?), c. 1380, Egerton MS 881, f. 126r.
1086
Snake Goddess from the palace at Knossos, c. 1600 B.C. Dimesions: 29.5 cm high. Collection: Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. Photo: Gravure Française / Alamy Stock Photo.
1087
The war god Huitzilopochtli’s weapon, the Xiuhcoatl (fire serpent). Culture: Aztec, c. 1300-1521AD. Collection: British Museum. Photographer: Charles Tilford / via Flickr.
1088
Hugo Simberg, The Garden of Death, 1896.
1089
Pendant, eagle with lion’s head. Medium: gold, lapis lazuli, copper. Dimensions: 12.8 cm high, 11.9 cm wide. Excavated at the Palace of Mari, Eastern Syria.Date: Early Dynastic Period IIIb, ca. 2500 B.C. Collection: National Museum of Syria, Damascus.
1090
Hattusa. This ancient site once served as the capital of the Great Hittite Empire, one of the superpowers of the ancient world. Near Bogazkale, Corum, Turkey.
1091
Detail, Portrait of Elisabetta Gonzaga by Raffaello Sanzio - 1503.
1092
Aztec Pantheon V3 - Illustrator: Gwendal Uguen. The gods of the Aztecs (1345-1521 AD) were many and varied and, as with many other ancient cultures, deities were closely associated with things and events important to the culture and the general welfare of the community.
1093
David Roberts "The Gateway to the Great Temple at Baalbec", 1841.
1095
Detail, Fishing Scene. Period: Roman. Date: c. 100 AD. The House of Menander, Pompeii.
Photo Credit: The Image of the Black in Western Art Research Project and Photo Archive, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University.
1096
Resurrection. Detail from the Vergänglichkeitsbuch ~ca.1540. The illustrations are probably Wilhelm Werner von Zimmern's own work. Collection: Württemberg State Library Stuttgart.
1097
Digital reconstruction of a Greek temple in Alexandria, Egypt, reconstruction made by Ubisoft for the game Assassin’s Creed.
1098
Pectoral of Horus with Sun-disk. From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1099
Model at the Erechtheion in 1937. Photographer (?)
1100
Sandro Botticelli, La Primavera, detail - c.1478-82.
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