2376
Replica of Minoan clothing by Bernice Jones, Archaeology Magazine.
2378
A young Roman lady’s comb -taken with her to the grave. This comb is made of antler, and dated to the late 4th or early 5th century AD. This artefact is courtesy of & can be viewed at the City Museum, Venta Gallery, Winchester, England.
2379
Handle of a chest: lion’s head, Roman Imperial Period ca. 200 AD. Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
2380
The Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion, Athens. Photo by William J. Stillman (1828 - 1901).
2381
Detail of a Sasanian bowl dating back to the 3rd century AD. The silver and gilt bowl depicts a member of the Persian nobility. Photo Credit: Babylon Chronicle Blog on Tumblr.
2382
The Atalanta Lekythos: Eros by Dan Diffendale.
Attic white ground lekythos with labeled figures (ΑΤΑΛΑΝΤΕ and ΕΡΟΣ), attributed to the Athenian vase-painter Douris (Beazley). 500-490 BC (Late Archaic) Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
2383
Abu Simbel in Nubia, southern Egypt, 1860s, photo by Francis Frith.
2384
Spherical Astrolabe, Museum of the History of Science, 1480. This astrolabe is made of brass with the inscriptions, hour-lines, meridians and circles of altitude in silver; the rotating star map is made of brass, laminated with silver on the ecliptic and equatorial circles.
2385
Guennol Lioness. A Magnesite or Crystalline Limestone Figure of a Lioness. Culture: Elam circa 3000-2800 B.C. Height: 3 1/4 in. 8.26 cm. Private Collection..
2386
St. Stephen’s Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, circa 1895. (Photograph: Library of Congress)
2387
Mesopotamian Kudurru (Boundary Stone), 2nd Dynasty of Isin, 1157-1025 BC. Collection: California Museum of Ancient Art (CMAA). Detailed post: instagram.com/archaeologyart
2388
Egyptian Priest Entering a Temple. Oil on panel, 47 x 34.3 cm, 1892, Art by Ludwig Deutsch.
2389
The Dance of the Maenads, 2nd Century AD. Medium: White marble. Now on display at the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
2390
Terracotta krater. Period: Geometric. Date: ca. 750–735 BC. Culture: Greek, Attic Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 150.
2391
A view of Mount Vesuvius erupting near Naples, Italy, print dated to 1663.
2392
Gold pendant in the form of a Cretan wild goat. ca. 1700-1550 BC. Culture: Minoan (Crete). Now on display at the British Museum.
2393
Decapitator (a mythological being) Plaque. Date: A.D. 390–450. Geography: Perú. Culture: Moche (Loma Negra). Medium: Silvered copper, shell. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
2394
Statuette of a Griffin with an Arimasp. Culture: Greek. Place of origin: Italy (?). Date: 125–75 BC. Medium: Bronze. Collection: Getty Museum.
2395
Wild boar; Floor mosaic of the entrance to the House of Vesbinus (Casa del Cinghiale II). Date: A.D. 50—79. Photographer: Ilya Shurygin.
2396
Upper part of a bronze caduceus, snakes twined around a staff. Literally a ‘herald.’ Carried by Hermes, messenger of the Gods. Also, Hermes’ Staff. Date: 5th C. BC. Place of origin: Greece. Medium: Bronze.
2397
Gold bracelet from the tomb of Shoshenq II (r. 887-885 BC) mounted with a lapis lazuli scarab, from Tanis, 3rd Intermediate, 22nd Dynasty.
2398
Great Horned Owl and Fledgling at Dusk by Joseph Rusling Meeker (1827-1889).
2399
Medieval Silver-Gilt Skull Ring, c. 16th Century AD.
2400
Game of Hounds and Jackals 12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom c.1814-1805 BC. Now on display at the British Museum. Detailed post: instagram.com/archaeologyart
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