1876
The Book of the Faiyum. Culture: Egyptian Date: 1st century B.C.- A.D. 2nd century. Period: Greco-Roman. Place of origin: Egypt, Faiyum. Medium: Red and black ink on papyrus. Now on display at the Walters Art Museum.
1877
Roman 1st Century AD gold ring in the form of a snake, formerly with inset stones. Collection: V&A Museum.
1878
Dolphin Fresco in the Queen's Megaron (detail) circa 1600 B.C. Knossos Palace, Crete.
1879
Fragment of a floor mosaic depicting a peacock. Culture: Roman. Place of origin: Turkey, Antioch-on-the-Orontes, Villa Daphne. Date: A.D. 3rd-4th century.
1880
Detail, The Vintage Festival by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1871.
1881
Medieval Bees. From Aberdeen Bestiary, England ca. 1200. Collection: Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, fol. 63r.
1882
The Serenade ~ Leonard Raven-Hill (British, 1867–1942).
1883
Our Wish for the End, art by @TheClayshaper, Digital Collage, 2020.
1884
Sarcophagus and lid with husband and wife, Etruscan, 350–300 B.C. Made of marble, found Vulci, Lazio, Italy. Courtesy & currently located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
1885
The most commonly used coin denominations and their relative sizes during Roman times.
1886
A larnax, or chest, made to contain human remains, from Crete, Date/Culture: Mycenaean, c. 1400 BC.
1887
Vincent van Gogh - The Starry Night (detail).
1888
Women’s Hairstyles of the Byzantine Empire.
1889
Today in History: Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire falls to the Turks under Mehmed II; ends the Byzantine Empire.
Art by Jose Daniel Cabrera Peña.
1890
“Schlafende Diana (Sleeping Diana)”, 1913, “Emil Epple” (1877-1948).
1891
Facial Expressions. Detail from Luttrell Psalter, England. Date: ca. 1325-1340. Collection: British Library, Add 42130, fol. 104r.
1892
Bracelet with Seated-duck Terminals, Place of Origin: Iran, Mid-6th to 4th centuries B.C. Now on display at the MIHO Museum, Japan.
1893
Otter statue. Period: Late Period or Ptolemaic Period. Date: 664–30 B.C. Geography: From Egypt. Now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
1894
Gold throne of Tutankhamun. Egypt, 3300 years old.
1895
Hellenistic Greek gold ring engraved with an image of a goddess, perhaps Nike Apteros (Wingless Nike), dated to the 4th century BC. Private Collection.
1896
Scythian Gold Sphinx Bracelet. Date: 400-350 BC. With sphinx protomes, stamped, filigreed and granulated. Found during excavations in 1830 in the Kul Oba Barrow located near Kerch, Crimea. Collection: Hermitage Museum.
1897
Four rats rowing a little boat in the margins of Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, 14th century France. Source: “Pontifical de Guillaume Durand” (Guillaume Durand), approx. 1390, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris, ms. 143, fol. 77v.
1898
Winged Genie Wearing Fancy Bracelets - Room H, Northwest Palace, Nimrud (Kalhu), Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Ashur-nasir-pal II, c. 883-859 BC, alabaster - Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn, NY.
1899
The Mulberry Tree by Vincent Van Gogh. “As long as Autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colours enough to paint the beautiful things I see"
1900
Roman sculptures of dogs, c. 1st - 2nd century AD.
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