651
A Silver Litra of Syracuse, Sicily, struck c. 466-460 BC.
On the obverse is the head of the Nereid nymph Arethusa wearing her hair in a pearl band. The letters ΣVRA (SYRA, short for Syracuse) are to her right. On the reverse is an octopus.
652
In The Time of Constantine by Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
653
Ancient Egyptian metal shrine-shaped case for an animal mummy, topped by a sculpture of a lizard. Artist unknown; 664-30 BC (Late Period or Ptolemaic). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
655
Snake. Culture: Greek. Period: Classical Period. Date: 400 B.C. Medium: Bronze.
656
Egyptian Rock Crystal Fly Amulet, New Kingdom, c. 1550-1069 BC. Private Collection.
657
Detail of a frog from a Nilotic mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii, 1st century AD.
658
Lotus blossoms from the tomb of Kagemni in Saqqara, Egypt. 6th dynasty. Photo taken by Hervé Champollion.
659
Scythian Gold Deer Ornament, 7th-6th Century BC. Private Collection.
660
Classical Black-figure Octopus Jug,. Culture: Greek. Place of origin: Sicily. c. Late 5th Century BC.
661
Tripod Plate with Jaguar Holding Decapitated Head. Place of origin: Guatemala, Northern Petén. Culture: Maya. Date: A.D. 700-850. Medium: Slip-painted ceramic. Collection: LACMA.
662
A Masque for the Four Seasons, by Walter Crane, 1905-1909. Medium: oil on canvas. Collection:Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany.
663
Mushhushhu dragon, Symbol of the God Marduk, Panel from the Ishtar Gate - Babylon. Date: 604 - 562 BC. Now on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
664
Detail, Gypsum wall panel relief showing the god Ninurta and monster Anzu. The god is Ninurta, chief god of the city of Nimrud and has a thunderbolt in each hand; he pursues the monster Anzu.
665
A Roman marble torso of an athlete, ca. 1st–2nd century A.D. 94 cm. Private Collection.
666
An Inuit Otter Amulet. Medium: ivory. Date: circa.1870-1880. Dimensions: 3.5 inches long. The amulet shows an otter swimming on its back with its paws touching its face. The holes and skeletal markings were a reminder of mortality and the passage of time.
667
Quetzalcoatl (feathered serpent), detail from Teotihuacán, Mexico.
668
The Evening Bowl, A Tub Full with Stars - Tim Storrier , 1994. Australian, b.1949- Lithograph , 1-35, 55 x 75 cm. Private collection, Brisbane.
669
Prehistoric owl figures in stone, bone, and clay
(Illionis, Missouri, Ohio, Mississippi, Costa rica
& France) - Credit: Peter A. Bostrom.
670
1973 Greece 2 Drachmai Athene noctua, symbol of goddess Athena which was first depicted on an ancient Greek tetradrachm (5th century B.C.),
671
Stained Glass and Black Cat, Raphael Vavasseur, Digital Art, 2015.
672
Seals of the Goddess Inanna. Inanna is the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, sensuality, fertility, procreation, and also of war.
673
Map of the Earth according to Hecataeus of Miletus (c. 550 BC – c. 476 BC). © Ekdotiki Athinon. Besides his written works, Hecataeus is also credited with improving the map of Anaximander, which he saw as a disc encircled by Oceanus.
674
Toy horse on wheels. Medium: painted wood. Dimensions: 7.6 cm high by 11.5 cm long. Place of origin: Roman Egypt, 1st-3rd century AD, found at Akhmim. Now on display at the British Museum.
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Dancing Maenads Roman, 1st century AD. Private Collection.
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