1751
Sigiriya - ancient palace located on a massive column of rock nearly 200 metres (660 ft) high, Sri Lanka. Built by King Kasyapa (477 – 495 AD), later used as a Buddhist monastery until the 14th century.
1752
Pair of leopard mat weights, China, Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). Made of bronze, gold, silver and agate, from the tomb of Lady Dou Wan in Mancheng County, Hebei. Hebei Provincial Museum.
1753
Fully articulated iron crab, Japanese, 18th century. Private Collection.
1754
Dolls-house Ceiling-Painting of a Cloudy Sky with Birds attributed to Nicolaes Piemont, c. 1690-1709. Collection: Rijks Museum.
1755
Citipati or ‘Lords of the Cemetery’ in Tibetan Buddhism. Their skeletal form is a reminder of the impermanence of life and eternal change.
1756
Easter Island is famous for its stone statues of human figures, known as moai (meaning “statue”). The island is known to its inhabitants as Rapa Nui. Photographer: Michael Kenna.
1757
Road with Cypresses (detail) by Vincent van Gogh.
1758
Silver drachm of Ephesos with image of a bee (Ephesos, Ionia). 480-450 B.C. Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.
1759
Smiling bat. Detail from the Bestiary/Liber de natura bestiarum, England after 1236.
Collection: British Library, Harley 3244, fol. 55v.
1760
“Tobias and the Angel Derail” by Filippino Lippi, 1482.
1761
Fall of Icarus after he flew too close to the Sun, scene from Greek mythology. Creator: Roger Payne, British (b.1934). Artwork medium: colour lithograph.
1762
Odalisque by Léon-François Comerre (1850 – 1916).
1763
Excavation findings in Pompeii (1st picture) and Herculaneum (2nd picture). Two towns close to the famous Vesuvius volcano (Italy) that erupt almost 1,933 years ago.
1764
A Marble Head of a Bull, Roman Imperial, circa 2nd Century A.D. Private Collection.
1765
Native American Painted Buffalo Robe, c. 1890-1900. Private Collection (??).
1766
Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan (detail, 1827) Alexandre Charles Guillemot.
1767
A blue and white frog-form water dropper, Vietnam, circa 15th century AD. Private Collection.
1768
Pebble mosaic depicting Bellerophon killing Chimera. Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, Greece. circa 300-270 BC.
1769
Detail from the Songbook of Zeghere van Male (1542 AD.) – This outstanding manuscript from Bruges contains local and international 500 years old songs and motets. Collection: Bibliothèque Universitaire de Cambrai.
1770
A herd of wild Przhevalsky horses in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Photograph: Tatyana Deryabina/University of Porthmouth. & Horses in the 17,000-year-old cave paintings of Lascaux in South-West France.
1771
Statue based on Leonardo da Vinci’s famous concept for artificial wings. From the exhibition “Leonardo: 500 Years Into the Future”, at The Tech Museum of Innovation, 2020.
1772
Reproduction of the "Saffron Gatherer" fresco from Knossos, 1914. Attributed to Emile Gilliéron fils (Swiss, b. Greece, 1885–1939). Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
1773
The Treasure by Carlos Barahona Possolo. Medium: oil on canvas, 90x67 cm, 1998.
1774
Gold Stater of Alexander the Great ca. 336-309 BC.
1775
Headdress in the form of a fox’s head. Date: c. 100 - 800 AD. Now on display at the Museo de Oro – Lima, Peru.
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