1626
Terracotta amphoriskos (flask) in the form of a bird-man. Period: Classical Date: late 5th century B.C. Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; black-glaze. Collection: The Met.
1627
A Walk at Dusk (detail) Caspar David Friedrich ca.1830-35.
1628
Our designs inspired by antiquity: archaeostore.com
1629
Gold signet ring- on the bezel Athena seated with an owl. The Greek inscription reads Anaxiles. 5th century B.C. ca., excavated in Polis-tis-Chrysokhou, Cyprus. Now on display at the British Museum, London.
1630
Egyptian gold snake ring, dated to the Ptolemaic period, and more specifically to 332-330 BC. Private Collection (?)
1632
Nicolás de Tolentino (detail) by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, 1601
1633
Door knocker. Place of origin: Southern Italy. Date: 11th century AD. Medium: Cast and engraved bronze, inlaid with niello. The David Collection.
1634
Red deer antler head-dress. Date: 8000 B.C. Period/culture: Mesolithic. Medium: Antler. Now on display at the British Museum. Excavated/Findspot: Star Carr, North Yorkshire.
1635
Griffin. Culture: Roman. Date: AD. 14-37. Medium: Fresco; tempera. Collection: Risd Museum, Denmark.
1636
Nanai & Goldi shaman priest and assistant, 1895. Photographer: William Henry Jackson. "Nanai" means person of the Earth. In a total population of 12,000 people, a majority of the Nanai live on the territory of Khabarovsky Krai, in Nanaisky, Ulichisky, Solnechny.
1637
Greek terracotta perfume-bottle in the shape of a siren, circa 570 BC. From the British Museum's collection.
1638
Shaman's mask with human features and a removable bird's beak. Haida people, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. c. 1880s(?) Photo Credit: Wellcome Collection, UK.
1639
Reconstruction of Hecataeus’ world map. Hecataeus of Miletus ( c. 550 BC – c. 476 BC), was an early Greek historian and geographer.
1640
Conch-Shell Trumpet. Date: 300-550. Medium: Conch shell | hematite. Culture:Maya , Guatemala. This Early Classic period conch-shell trumpet has four drilled holes so that a scale can be played. When the spire is at the bottom, the piece forms the head and headdress of a god.
1641
Charles Landelle, “Juive de Tanger” (1812-1908). Collection: Museum of Fine Arts of Reims.
1642
Eve by Gislebertus, detail of the lintel of the north portal of Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, ca. 1120–1135 AD.
1643
Glazed Brick with Bird Man. Culture: Assyrian Place of origin: Mesopotamia Date: ca. 900-650 B.C. Medium: Ceramic. Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts.
1644
The Seated Scribe statue is one of the masterworks of Ancient Egypt. Egyptologist Auguste Mariette discovered the scribe in 1850 at Saqqara, an ancient burial ground in Egypt, serving as the necropolis for the Ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis.
1645
Ivory plaque of lioness mauling an African. Culture: Phoenician. Date: 900-700 B.C. Place of origin: Iraq, Nimrud: North West Palace. Medium: Ivory, gold, cornelian, lapis lazuli. Now on display at the British Museum, UK.
1646
Men with fireworks, ca. 1730-40, Rajasthan, Mughal India. Artist Unknown
1647
Bathtub (Larnax). Date: mid 14th Century B.C. Period: Late Minoan IIIA.Culture: Minoan Medium: Ceramic. Image & Collection: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta.
1648
Stater of Aptera with head of Artemis. Culture: Greek. Period: Early Hellenistic Period. Date: ca. 280 B.C. Mint: Aptera, Crete. Medium: Silver.
1649
Mask for a Horse’s Head. Period: Early Iron Age. Culture: Pazyryk. Date: 5th-4th century B.C. Place of origin: Altai Territory, Pazyryk Boundary, the Valley of the River Bolshoy Ulagan. Medium: Felt and leather.
1650
Apulian Askos in the Shape of a Dog, 320–290 BC. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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