1951
The End of the World (the Great Day of His Wrath) by John Martin, 1851-53.
1952
Bronze helmet, Assyrian, 8th-7th century BC. Image: Private Collection / Hermann Historica.
1953
Details, Thomas Cole - The Course of Empire Destruction, 1836.
1954
Medieval paintings of cats licking their butts.
1955
Ancient Egyptian Hippopotamus Figurine. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1991-1802 BC. Made of Egyptian faience. Now in the Louvre. E 7709.
1956
The Sphinx by moonlight by Walter Tyndale (English, 1855-1943). From “An Artist in Egypt”, Hodder & Stoughton, 1912.
1957
Reclining Pan Statue, 1535 attributed to Francesco da Sangallo (Italian, 1494-1576). Collection: The Saint Louis Art Museum, Louis, Missouri.
1958
Bracelet with Agathodaimon, Isis-Tyche, Aphrodite, and Terenouthis. Period: Roman Period. Place of Origin: Egypt. Date: c. 1st century BC.–AD. 1st century. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 137, NY.
1960
Sculpture of an eagle, unearthed in Mexico City, 1985. (Instituto Nacional de Anthropologia e Historia)
1962
Snake with three heads. Medium: Fresco. Location: Etruscan tomb of the “Quadriga hellish”, Sarteano, Siena, Italy. Date: c. IV century BC.
1963
Maya two part effigy vessel of an armadillo. Early classic period. 250-450 AD.
1964
Roman Meal in the Garden, House of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum – Reconstruction Credit: Archeo Libri.
1965
"Cave canem" (beware of the dog) mosaic. From Casa di Orfeo, Pompeii. Now on display at the National Archaeological Museum.
1967
Floor mosaic with parrots, Roman, 5th-6th c. AD, Musée du Louvre.
1968
Today’s Coin: Sicily, Akragas. 425 - 426 BC. Obv: eagle to the left, holding snake in talons; behind its back AKPA. Rev: crab, between its scissors A; below fish to the right.
1969
Hunnic Bull-Bowl. Period: Early Medieval, 7th-10 c. AD. Photograph by Sandstein / Wikimedia Commons. Now on display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
1970
Detail, Roman Fresco with a boat decorated for a festival and marine life from the second quarter of the first century AD. ( National Roman Museum), Rome.
1971
Atlas / or Silenus, Theater of Dionysus, Acropolis, Athens, c. 4th century BC.
1972
Reconstruction model of ancient Jerusalem in the Museum of David.
1973
Detail, Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still (Josh 10-12) by Martin, John (1789–1854) circa 1840. Medium: Oil on canvas. Collection: Yale Center for British Art.
1974
Statue of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, ca.1333-1328 BC, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom.
1975
Detail from The Tower of Babel, by Marten van Valckenborch the Elder, 1595.
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