1152
Satyre et Bacchante by James Pradier (1790-1852), detail. Collection: Louvre Museum, Paris.
1153
“Flora” by Max Nonnenbruch (Detail, 1892).
1154
Stone panel from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Iraq Neo-Assyrian, 883-859 BC, “The escape of enemies across a river.”
Currently located at the British Museum, London. Photo taken by Charles Tilford via Flickr.
1155
Ring with a hidden compartment containing entwined locks of hair from king Carl XIV Johan of Sweden and count Magnus Brahe. Made from gold and platinum in 1845. Collection: Nordiska Museet.
1156
Modern statue of King Leonidas of Sparta, located in the pass at Thermopylae, Greece. Photo: Stock Image/Pixabay.
1157
A cat makes its way through the corridor of the Girdle Wall of the Temple of Horus at Behdet. (Photographer: Nina Berry)
1158
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water). Archaic, ca. 540 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 24.97.95.
1160
Relief in the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari near Luxor, Egypt. Photograph: Stock Image / Shutterstock.
1161
Woman holding a bison horn, from Laussel, France, ca. 25,000-20,000 BC. Painted limestone, 1’ 6" high. Currently located at the Musée d'Aquitaine in Bordeaux, France. Image via Wikimedia Commons/120.
1162
Roman equipment from Costumes of All Nations, 1882.
1163
The Golden Larnax contains the remains from the burial of King Philip of Macedon and the royal golden wreath. The larnax was placed in the marble sarcophagus. It was made of 24-carat gold and weighing 11 kg.
1164
Vikings Heading for Land, Frank Dicksee, 1873.
1165
Egypt, 1958. At the tomb of Ramses II. Photo by Elliott Erwitt / Magnum.
1166
Statue of Queen Arsinoe II identified with the Goddess Isis (black granite). Ptolemaic Period, ca. 305-30 BC. Collection & Credit: Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin.
1167
An Aztec Turquoise mosaic mask representing Xiuhtecuhtli, the god of fire, 1400-1521 AD. The mask is of cedar with mother-of-pearl eyes and conch shell teeth. The British Museum. Photographer: © Hans Hillewaert / CC BY-SA 4.0.
1168
Romano-Egyptian Gold bracelet in the form of Temple , North Africa, Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria (place of creation) between 4th century and 1st quarter 5th century.
Collection & Credit: medaillesetantiques.bnf.fr/ws/catalogue/a…
1169
The Diadumenos, supported by two Mykonian workers, trying to shake of the numbness of a 2000 years sleep from his “perfect limbs”, uncovered in 1894, Delos, Greece.
1171
Temple of Isis, Philae - Vasily Polenov (1882)
1172
The Great Stupa at Sanchi (India) is an early Buddhist monument first constructed 2nd century BC. The Buddha’s anthropomorphic figure is not seen here, and was not used until the turn of the century.
1174
A man sits in front of the Great Sphinx, photograph by Donald Mcleish.
1175
The Complete Greek Tragedies (4 Volume Set) by David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor). Hardcover, First Edition. Published 1960 by University of Chicago Press (first published 1942).
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