2051
Wooden torture chair with 12 steel blades, Chinese, c. 1700-1900 AD.
2052
Inverted tower – Initiation Wells, Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal.
2053
Bronze statue of Hercules, Roman, 2nd century AD. Height 51 cm. Alanya Museum, Anatolia.
2054
View of the Colosseum by Oswald Achenbach. (German, 1827-1905). Medium: oil-canvas.
2055
Greek Gold Wreath of Oak Leaves and Flowers, possibly from Attica, Greece, late 2nd - early 1st century BC.
In ancient Greece, oak leaves symbolized wisdom, and were associated with Zeus, who according to Greek mythology made his decisions while resting in an oak grove.
2056
Moonstone enamel brooch: The winged maiden by Rene Lalique. Art Nouveau style. Now on display at the Gulbenkian museum in Lisbon, Portugal.
2057
Gold alloy and shell ear plates. Date: 800–550 BC, Peru. Now on display at the Museo Kuntur Wasi, San Pablo, Peru.
2058
Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Grief of the Pasha (1882)
2059
Veiled Truth (detail) by Antonio Corradini, completed 1750.
2060
Figurine of a woman baking, 8th-6th century BC. Medium: pottery. Geography/Place: Achziv (Akhzib), Israel. Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
2061
Medieval Silver Hands Ring, 13th-16th century. A round-section penannular hoop with bulbs and opposed hands to the finials. Private Collection.
2062
Branches of an Almond Tree in Blossom (Interpretation in Red), 1890, by Vincent van Gogh.
2064
Tetradrachm of Seleucus I Nikator, Susa, minted after 301 BC.
2065
One of only two authentic old Jolly Rogers known in the world. This 19th century Barbary pirate flag is now on display at The Åland Maritime Museum in Finland.
2066
Augustus of Prima Porta statue and how it looked originally. 1st century AD. Collection: Vatican Museums, Vatican.
2067
A roman mosaic representing a tragic theatrical mask deriving from Casa del Fauno in Pompeii, now exposed in the National archeological museum of Naples.
2068
Campana relief with Hercules fighting the Lernean Hydra. Period: Roman. Date: 50 BC.-AD. 50. Medium: Fired clay.
2069
Colossal statue of Ramesses II - One of four giant statues of Ramesses II at his Great Temple at Abu Simbel, 13th century BC, Lower Nubia.
2070
Rome’s first power plant, Centrale Montemartini, was commissioned in 1912 and remained in operation until 1960’s. In 1990’s the collections of the Musei Capitolini (Capitoline Museums) found a new home here.
2071
Golden flies of Queen Ahhotep I.
Iah (“peace of the moon”), the mother of Ahmose I. The fly symbolized tenacity, this ceremonial necklace given as award for valor in battle. Second Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, ca. 1580-1550 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
2072
View of the ceiling of the sarcophagus hall in the tomb of Seti I, with the list of the Northern Constellations and stars. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, c. 1323-1279 BC, Valley of the Kings, West Thebes.
2073
Silver mirror on a bronze stand. Period/date: Roman, 200 BC-200 AD. Now on display at the Science Museum, London. Photo: Wellcome Images / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0
2074
Douleur d'amour / The pain of love by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1899.
2075
The lion hunts of Ashurbanipal - details from the hall reliefs of the Palace at Ninevah.
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