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Detail, The Apparition by James Tissot, 1885.
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Greek vase depicting the olive harvest. VI century BC. Now on display at the British Museum.
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Kylix from Tarquinia. Dance scenes around the central medallion. In the central medallion is represented a scene of struggle between Heracles and Triton. Etruscan art. VI century BC. National Museum of Tarquinia, Italy.
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Detail of a colossal statue of Antinous as Dionysos Osiris, marble, Roman, Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy.
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Gold finger ring engraved with an image of Hermes. Period: Late Classical. Date: late 4th century B.C. Culture: Greek, South Italian, Tarentine Medium: Gold.
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Handle Spout Vessel in Form of a Toucan. Date: 100 B.C.-A.D. 500. Culture: Moche. Place of origin: North coast, Perú. Medium: Ceramic and pigment.
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Ceremonial shield - This circular shield, also known as a roundel, is understood to have belonged to a member of the Ribeaupierre family, having been given to him as a gift by Duke Ludwig of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1554-1593).
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Panoramic view of Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, Greece (1955).
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The Temptation of Adam (detail) oil on canvas James Barry (1741–1806)
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Herbert James Draper - The Lament for Icarus, 1898 (detail). Medium: Oil on canvas.
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Persepolis of the Persians. Work & Credit: Persians on deviantart.
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Ophelia - Sculpture by Sarah Bernhardt, 1880. Medium: white marble, in a wood frame. Private Collection.
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Roman Fresco of Seaside Scene, Pompeii, 50-79 AD.
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Stater From Crete, 4th Century BC. From the city of Polyrhenion, the obverse with the laureate head of Zeus, the reverse with the facing head of a sacrificial bull with pendant fillets hanging from its horns; ΧΑΡΙΣΘΕ above, ΠΟΛΥΡΗΝΙΟΝ around .
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Where is everybody? Hidden spaces by José Manuel Ballester. Spanish artist José Manuel Ballester removes the people from classical paintings, revealing unnoticed hidden spaces (hence the name) and objects.
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Bird. Culture: Muisca. Place of origin: Colombia. Date: c. 1200-1500. Collection: Dallas Museum of Art.
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Gustav Klimt - Hygieia. Hygieia is a goddess of health (Greek: ὑγίεια - hugieia), cleanliness and hygiene. Her name is the source for the word "hygiene".
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Golden cicada on a jade leaf, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). This sculpture was discovered in a tomb in 1954: it is the top of a hairpin, belonging to a woman of high rank. The imagery of a cicada on a leaf had a double meaning and was a high compliment paid to beautiful women. .
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"Ancient Empires" from Folio Society.
Left: Empires of Early Latin America (The Maya, the Aztecs, the Incas)
Right: Empires of the Ancient Near East: the Babylonians, the Hittites, the Egyptians, the Persians.
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La Tène Copper Crown & Its Owner, C. 250-150 BC from Mill Hill, Grave 112, Deal, Kent, England. Copper alloy crown found in situ still on it’s owner’s skull. Now on display at the British Museum.
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Tell-Asmar Figurines. The Tell Asmar sculpture hoard is a collection of 12 human effigy statues, discovered at the Mesopotamian site of Tell Asmar. The hoard was discovered during Henri Frankfort’s Oriental Institute excavations in the 1930s.
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Gold Ornament in the form of a Bee. 1700-1600 BC, Minoan. Length: 1.9 cm. (Collection: The British Museum)
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Winged victory. Ancient Roman frescos from Pompeii in the 4th Pompeian style, Italy, 64 BC.
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Ishtar and Tammuz. Art by Christina Balit.
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