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Details from “The Fall of the Damned” (c.1468) by Dirk Bouts.
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Greek marble wing bearing some traces of red pigment, circa 5th century BC. Credit: Sotheby's New York.
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A woodcut showing the aftermath of the 1509 earthquake of Constantinople.
Source: Ambraseys, N.N. and C.F. Finkel. 'The Marmara Sea Earthquake of 1509.' IN: Terra Nova, 2:2 (1990), pp. 167-174.
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English Valentine (puzzle) Card 1790, Watercolour, pen and ink. The Postal Museum UK.
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The Aztec Sun Stone - also known as the Aztec Calendar Stone - is an enormous circular stone carved from basalt, covered with hieroglyphic carvings, weighing 25 tons, 3.60 meters in diameter and 98 cm thick. Carved by the Aztecs between 1500 and 1521 AD.
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Altar of the Twelve Gods. use unknown: maybe the brink of a well or a Zodiac altar. The object represents the twelve gods of the Roman Pantheon. Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris. © RMN-Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski / Art Resource, NY
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A large variety of ancient greek helmets,dating from the mycenaean period (about 1600 BC) to the hellenistic (about 323 BC).
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A Roman Banded Agate Amphoriskos , circa: 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. Private Collection.
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Octopus by Ulisse Aldrovandi, Animali, vol 4,16th century. Watercolor. Collection: Universita di Bologna.
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Deesis Mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, 1990. In the mosaic; Virgin, St. John the Baptist and the Christ are begging for the salutation of man by showing emotions in a realistic style. The mosaic is accepted as a pioneer of the Renaissance Art.
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Tourist next to the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan. Photo by Edmund Melzl,1958.
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The World's Oldest Owl - the Chauvet Cave - France. This owl, circa 45cm in height, is found in the second section of the cave. c. 33.000 years ago.
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Romulus and Remus by Alexander Novoselov. (Russian b. 1980- ). Medium: oil/canvas.
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The Alexander Mosaic, Roman floor mosaic originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii (an alleged imitation of a Philoxenus of Eretria or Apelles' painting). Date: circa 100 BC.
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Roman mosaic picturing Theseus and the Minotaur, Rhaetia, Switzerland. Photo Credit: Alamy/Stock Image.
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Pocket watch by René Lalique (1860-1945), c. 1900. Medium: Yellow gold, classical watch mechanism. Decorated with masks, after a drawing by Rodin. Diameter: 5 cm.
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Mosaic Depicting an Old Woman, 3th c. AD, Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya (Barcelona), Spain.
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The unplaiting of the hair by Andrey Remnev (born 1962) ,1997. Medium: oil on Canvas.
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‘my ❤️ and 👁 until I die’ / 18th century.
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Turkey quake: How you can help the victims
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Ancient buddha statue under full moon - Old temple at Prasat Nakhon Luang, Ayutthaya, Thailand. Photo: Stock Image.
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The Mouth of Truth (Bocca della Verità), Rome, Italy. The massive marble mask weighs about 1300 kg and probably depicts the face of the sea titan god Oceanus. The eyes, nostrils, and mouth are open. Historians aren't quite certain what the original purpose of the disc was.
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Eva Green as Isabelle in ‘The Dreamers’, 2003, and the ‘Venus de Milo’ by Alexandros of Antioch 130 BC.
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