1676
Hagia Sophia, domes & apse mosaic. photograph date & photographer unknown. Image source: The Australian National University.
1677
Skeleton praying, detail from the marble floor, Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. Italy, 17th century.
1678
“The Kiss”, a 12.000-year-old rock painting at Pedra Furada archaeological site in Brazil. Photo Credit: Vitor 1234 via Wikimedia Commons.
1679
The Calvatone Victory. Medium: Guilded bronze. c. 2nd cent. AD. Torso, head and sphere wit inscription are of ancient origin. The rest parts were reconstructed and added in 1844 according to the then views of the iconography of Victory. ©Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
1680
Mirror with Phoenixes, Birds, Butterflies, and Floral Sprays. Date: 700’s Place of origin: China. Period: Tang dynasty (618-907). Medium: Bronze with silver and gold inlaid lacquer. Now on display at the Cleveland Art Museum.
1681
Apollo - Repost: Greek Gods via aboookthing Tumblr blog.
1682
Caryatids, Acropolis, Athens. (Photo Credit: Anastasios71 via Shutterstock)
1683
Ancient Mayan temples in Tikal National Park, Guatemala, Central America. (Photo Credit: Galyna Andrushko via Shutterstock)
1684
Nacht (Night) by Willy Kriegel (German, 1901–1966). Medium: oil on fiberboard ; Size: 60 x 49.8 cm.
1685
Nike and Poseidon. Issued by Macedonian general and king Demetrius Poliorcetes (”Besieger”). Date: 300-295 BC, Salamis. Minted to commemorate Demetrius victory over Ptolemaic Egypt at the battle of Salamis 306 BC (?) * Berlin State Museums, Numismatic Collection.
1686
Mosaic of a Double-headed Serpent, c. 15th-16th century, cedrela wood, turquoise, pine resin, oyster shell, hematite, and copal, 20.5 x 43.3 x 6.5 cm, Mexico © British Museum. #MuseumWeek
1687
King Mithridates or Antiochus I of Commagene (70-38 BC) shaking hands with Heracles, Arsameia on the Nymphaios. Mount Nemrut, Adiyaman, Turkey.
1688
Sculptural ceramic ceremonial vessel that represents sexual union of a man and a woman, Moche style, Period: 1 AD - 800 AD. Currently located at Museo Larco in Peru. #museumweek #sexualityMW
1689
Detail from Perseus and Andromeda by Joachim Anthoniszoon Wtewael. (1566 – 1638).
1690
The lion-headed storm-demon Ugallu (Akkadian, ūmu rabû). Neo-Assyrian alabaster wall panel, Nineveh, Iraq ~ ca.640 BC. Collection: British Museum. #MuseumWeek
1691
Jerboa figurine. Date: ca. 1850–1640 B.C. Period: Middle Kingdom - Egypt. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 111, NY. #MuseumWeek
1692
Pietro Sassi - The Arch of Titus, Rome.
1693
Demons detail from Crucifixion, by Josse Lieferinxe c.1500.
1694
Tower of Babel by Valentin Sanduliak (Ukraine) - Concept artist / Illustrator.
1695
Front quarters of Great Sphinx covered by sand (late 19th/early 20th century).
1697
Fall of the Angels, Saint Michael’s Church, created by sculptor Karl Georg Merville, Vienna, 1782.
1698
Stela E at Quiriguá, an ancient Maya archaeological site, Guatemala, ca. 1909.
1699
Petra by David Roberts - 1839. Medium: lithograph.
1700
Komori no godan (bats) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1880-83). Color woodcut, 16.7 x 24.2 cm.
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