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Golden Oak Crown, 4th c. BC, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki.
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Greek Gold and Garnet Butterfly Necklace, late 4th-3rd Century BC. Private Collection.
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Silver didrachm with crab, minted in Akragas, Sicily, c.500-490 BC.
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Portrait of Osiris, Lord of eternity, King of the gods. Part of the Book of the Dead of the scribe Nebqed (papyrus). Reign of Amenhotep III. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1391-1353 BC. Now in the Louvre.
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Aerial view of Parthenon, Athens. Image via Shutterstock.
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Sasanian rock relief of Firuzabad II, showing the investiture of King Ardashir I. Dated to after about 226. Firuzabad, Iran. Photo taken by dynamosquito on Flickr.
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Mosaic pavement of a 6th century synagogue at Beth Alpha, Jezreel Valley, northern Israel. It was discovered in 1928. Signs of the zodiac surround the central chariot of the Sun, while the corners depict the 4 “turning points” of the year, solstices and equinoxes
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Relief depicting Emperor Trajan (53-117 AD) as a Pharaoh offering the barque. Temple of Hathor, Dendera.
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Minoan Snake Goddess figurine, 1600 BC. Heraklion Arch. Museum, Crete island, Greece.
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Fountain Nymph by Alexander Munro, 1863.
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Mosaic floor from the Villa of Theseus, Cyprus. Villa of Theseus was built in the 2nd half of the 2nd c. AD over ruins of earlier houses and was occupied until the 7th c. AD. Image via Shutterstock.
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A Priestess of Bacchus by John William Godward, 1890.
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Moctezuma watches a comet in an image from the Duran Codex, which is one of the earliest European works on the history of the Aztecs. It was produced by Diego Duran, a Dominican priest, who finished it in 1581.
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Decorated Weight from Ur, Early Dynastic III (c. 2600-2400 BC). Now on display at the British Museum.
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Fresco from Pompeii, owl in a small garden Roman, 1st century.
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New Kingdom (Egypt) spoon - 3,500 years old. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 117.
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“Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight”, 1846 Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904).
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The Gebel el-Arak Knife, prehistoric Egyptian, dating to the Naqada II period circa 3500 - 3200 BC, flint, ivory.
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Ring with a mouse. Ancient Egypt, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
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Portable Anubis shrine found in the tomb of Tutankhamun (detail) ca. 1332 to 1323 B.C.
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Four dogs huddled together (marble) from the House of the Faun, Rome 1st BC.
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Excavated Ruins Of Herculaneum – Destroyed during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD.
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Mythological figure in feathered costume. Place of origin: La Tolita, Esmeraldas, Ecuador Date: 100 BC.-A.D. 100. Medium: Clay.
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A Maya carving of a frog from Topoxte, Guatemala. Date: c. 700–800 AD. Medium: shell and quartz. Now on display at the National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Guatemala City.
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The Gaddi Torso, part of Hellenistic sculpture of the 2nd century B.C. Italy, Florence, Uffizzi Gallery.
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