2026
Phidias in his workshop, carving the statue of Minerva for the Parthenon (1869), by Raffello Sorbi.
2027
Allegory of the River Nile from the Chiaramonti Sculpture Gallery. The Nile surrounded by sixteen children that represent the flooding of the river. A Roman copy of a Greek Hellenistic original from the temple of Isis and Serapis, found in the Campo Marzio, Rome.
2028
Three penis sheaths made of gold. Geography/Culture: Colombia, Narino culture, c. 600-1500 AD.
2029
A carved amethyst amulet of Horus in the form of a falcon standing on a rectangular plinth, wings folded back over body; ribbed suspension loop to the back. Date: Egyptian, Late Period, 664-332 BC. Private Collection.
2030
Isle of the Dead - Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (detail, circa 1905).
2031
An Egyptian snake coffin. Made of bronze, dates to 664-30 B.C. Now on display at the Brooklyn Museum, US.
2032
Viking Gold & Rock Crystal Pendant, c. 9th-12th Century AD. Private Collection.
2033
“Tutankhamun’s army wreaking havoc among his Nubian enemies in an imaginary battle.” Detail of casket. Wood, stuccoed and painted. Tomb of Tutankhamun Valley of the Kings, West Thebes.Photographs by Wener Forman, 1989.
2034
View of the Pantheon - Rome by Franz Kaisermann. Swiss (1810). Medium: pen and watercolor.
2035
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2036
Death and the Maiden (detail) by Henri Lévy 1900.
2037
A statue relief of emperor Nero’s head on the gateway entrance to the park that contains the ruins of his golden palace at domus aurea in Rome.
2038
Edouard-Joseph Dantan, “A Restoration”.
2039
Photo from the Uruk excavation in 1929/30 - Discovery of the statuette of a ‘high priest’ in a vessel. 3.000-2.000 B.C.
2041
Gustav Klimt, Judith and the Head of Holofernes (1901)
2042
The Royal Game of Ur. Date: 2600-2400 BC. Place of origin: Iraq,Royal Cemetery Period/culture:Early Dynastic III. Medium: Wood, shell. Now on display at the British Museum. The Royal game of Ur is an ancient game and not everything about the game is known including its name.
2043
Fayum Mummy Portraits of women from "Roman" Egypt, with ancient gold and pearl earrings similar to those they are shown wearing.
2044
“Absence Adorned”, glass bust sculpture by artist Karen Lamonte (B. 1967 - New York).
2045
Gold bracelet with animal head (detail), 4th-3rd B.C., Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece.
2046
John William Waterhouse, Miranda, 1916.
2047
“Among the Ruins”, 1902-04 Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912).
2048
A Painting of a Hand, “Hastakara Yantra,", Tantric painting from Rajasthan, India, 19th century.
2049
“Egyptian Chess Players”, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1879.
2050
Lion (or tiger?) head detail from "Young Dionysos drinking and riding a tiger" mosaic, the House of the Faun, Pompeii. Source: Naples Archaeological Museum.
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