1801
Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm from Tralleis, Lydia, C. 140-135 BC
The coins shows a snake emerging from a cista mystica (a basket used in the worship of Dionysus/Bacchus) surrounded by an ivy wreath.
1802
The Prague Astronomical Clock is one of the city's most popular landmarks. It is well over 600 years old and is one of the oldest functional astronomical clocks in the world. Photo Credit: Getty Images.
1803
The flight of a Maenad and a Satyr, ca. 62/79 AD, fresco from Pompeii (House of Dioscuri VI, 9, 6) National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Photograph: Alamy.
1804
Viking axe head. c. 1030 years old, found in Denmark. Photo Credit: Nationalmuseet i København.
1805
A close up of a painted pottery figure of an earth spirit (tomb guardians), Zhenmushou. Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907). 30 ¼ and 29 ½ in. (76.8 and 75 cm.) high. Private Collection.
1806
A mosaic from a villa's entry way depicting sandals and the words Bene Lava (Wishing you a good bath!), from Timgad (ancient Thamugadi), Algeria. Roman Civilization, 1st-2nd Century. Photographer: Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79
1807
Pyramid of Maydoom, 1870-82. Photograph of squat pyramid of two tiers: groups of Egyptians standing and sitting on dunes at base, known as Pyramid of Meidum, near Cairo, Egypt. Album compiled by the Reverend J N Dalton (1839-1931)
1808
Details: Spirit of the Night, by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893).
1809
A Greek gold coin depicting Titus Quinctius Flaminus, a Roman proconsul and general who defeated Philip V of Macedon and proclaimed Greek city states free. Greece, ca. 196 BC
1810
Korinth temple of Apollo, reconstruction of Athens Acropolis, made by Ubisoft for the game Assassin’s Creed.
1811
Roman-era floor mosaic on Delos depicting Eros riding on dolphins, c. 120–80 BC. House of Dolphins on the Greek island of Delos, Greece.
1812
Daggers of Tutankhamun. Pair of ceremonial daggers discovered by Hoard Carter in 1925 within the burial wrappings of the king, from the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62). Gold and meteoric iron. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1813
Nocturne in Black and Gold The Falling Rocket by Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903). Medium: Oil on canvas. Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts.
1814
Dolphin frieze from the Mycenaean citadel of Gla (1600–1100 BC ). Now in the Archaeological Museum of Thebes.
1815
Hadrian (Roman Emperor, 76-138) AI reconstruction by Hidreley Diao.
1816
Coin of the day: Diobol (?) of Thraco-Macedonian tribe or city with goose and salamander. Greek, Late Archaic Period, 510–500 BC. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
1817
Baboon with a wedjet eye. Ancient Egypt, 26th Dynasty (ca. 688–525 BC.)
Now on display at the Met, NY.
1818
Theatre in ancient Greece. Illustration: Peter Jackson, British (1922–2003).
1819
A Road in Cairo, c.1840. Prosper Marilhat (1811-1847). Musée Condé, Chantilly.
1820
Finger Ring with Figure of Nike Greek, 4th Century B.C. Private Collection (?)
1821
Artemis from Stabiae (Origin). Medium: Fresco. Date: 1 AD–45 AD. Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli.
1822
Bronze Head of King Sargon of Akkad, 2306 B.C Material: Bronze . Dimensions: H: 12 in. (30.7 cm.) Location: Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq (?).
1823
The Canopus, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, near Rome, Italy. The famed Canopus is a pool representing a branch of the Nile, set in the center of a narrow artificial valley adjacent to the West Terrace.
1824
Ancient Roman gold ring with the head of the Gorgon, dated to the 1st century AD or later. The term gorgoneion refers to the head and face of Medusa, which was used often as a decorative motif.
1825
Anubis, Egyptian god of embalming and the dead, from a chest in the form of a shrine, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62). New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Tutankhamun, ca. 1332-1323 BC. Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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