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Shield emblem, Scythian, 7th century BC, Northern Caucasus.
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A Mycenaean vase or krater depicting a stylized octopus (c. 1400-1300 BC). Provenance: Ialysos, Rhodes. Now on display at the British Museum.
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Pesian Achaemenid rhyton made of lapis lazuli and gold. 6th-5th century BC.
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Hypocast was the warm air heating system used by Romans.
Roman baths typically had water heated by furnaces using wood or charcoal. The hypocaust was a central heating system that predated heating ducts and steam-based radiators.
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Detail of an alabaster relief depicting a pail of holy water, carried by a winged genie. The relief is from the Northwest Palace of king Ashurnasirpal II in the Assyrian Imperial capital of Nimrud, and it is covered with Cuneiform writing. (Photo by Babylon Chronicle)
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John William Waterhouse, “Cleopatra”, 1888.
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Jacques-Louis David - The Intervention of the Sabine Women (Detail), 1799.
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"Devil says goodnight"- detail from Jean Mansel, La fleur des histoires, Flanders ca. 1480. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 64, fol. 297r.
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Bird detail, House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii, c. 30-35 AD. Photographer: Carlo Raso, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Circe, Wright Barker (1864 - 1941), 1889.
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“The Massacre of the Innocents” by Léon Cogniet (1794-1880).
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Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl (Hungarian, 1860-1933) - Souls on the Banks of the Acheron, 1898.
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“The Old Temple”, 1788 by Hubert Robert - French (1733-1808). Medium: oil/canvas.
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View of the Colosseum by Jan Gossaert c. 1509.
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Wolf’s Head Helmet, c. 6th-5th century BC.
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Sphinx probably a table support. Period: Roma, c 120-140 AD. from Monte Cagnolo outside Lanuvium near Rome, Italy. Photo by mharrsch on Flickr.
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Nymph of the Woods and Nymph of the Fields. By Carlo Pittaluga, 1915.
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Turquoise Mask of the Aztec God of Fire (1400-1521).
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The iron and gold cuirass of the King Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, 4th century BC, on display in Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai in Vergina, Greece.
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Gold earring with Nike pendant, Greek, 4th century BC from the Virginia Museum of Fine Art.
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Falcon necklace and pendant of king Tutankhamun, from his tomb KV62 in the valley of the kings, 1336-1327 BC, Eighteenth Dynasty. Egyptian Museum.
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Rembrandt - Philosopher in Meditation (1632)
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Moche necklace with gold beads in the shape of toads (1-800 AD) | Museo Larco – Lima, Peru.
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Norwich pattern books. These happy-looking books from the 18th century contain records. Not your regular historical records - who had died or was born, or how much was spent on bread and beer - but a record of cloth patterns available for purchase by customers.
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