701
Greek Gold Sphinx Earrings, 4th Century BC. Private Collection.
702
Amphora Attica, Greece. Date: 570 BC-550 BC (circa) Pottery: black-figured amphora showing the sacrifice of the Trojan princess Polyxene. Now on display at at he British Museum.
703
Roman Marble Dog Columbarium Panel. Date: c. 1st-2nd Century AD. Depicting a dog wearing a collar, with short ears and incised fur, the tail curling upwards, with two lines of carved Latin text: “For darling Metilianus, Lucius Novius Aprilis made (this)”
704
Entry of Alexander into Babylon, or The Triumph of Alexander by Charles Le Brun (1619–1690).
705
A gilded bronze bracelet terminating in snake heads. Culture: Western Greek. Made in Italy, found at Cumae. Date: c.200-100 BC. Diameter: c.6.2 cm. Collection: British Museum.
706
Detail of the Lion Gate at Mycenae by David Monniaux. Lion Gate is the popular modern name for the main entrance of what was the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae in southern Greece. It was erected around 1250 BC, in the northwestern side of the acropolis.
707
Ganymede Waters Zeus as an Eagle by Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1817. Located in the Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen.
708
Drowned by Josef Manes, 1867, oil on canvas.
709
A view right down the caldera of Mt. Vesuvius, from the International Space Station. #pompeii
710
Ancient Greek black figure pottery-inspired nails, featuring Theseus facing the Minotaur on one hand, and Oedipus pondering the riddle of the Sphinx on the other.
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711
Greek Tetradrachm from Abdera, Thrace, c. 439-410 BC
Obverse: a leaping Gryphon. Reverse: an eagle flying in a square surround by the letters E–KA / TA / IO / S. All within an incuse square.
712
Mode in Hats and Headdress (Masterwork of Fashion and History) : Ancient Greek. Author: R. Turner Wilcox Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (NY), 1952.
714
Roman Silver Mouse with Nut, c. 1st-2nd century AD. An ancient and cute detailed model of a mouse squatting with a nut in its forepaws, tail raised and coiled.
715
Sandal-Tying Hermes. Marble. Roman copy of the 2nd cent. AD after a Greek bronze original by Lysippos c. 330 BC. Collection: Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek).
716
Detail, Roman mosaic from Pompeii. Collection: National Archeological Museum of Naples.
717
Janiform kantharos with addorsed heads of a male African and a female Greek. Date: ca. 480–470 B.C. Period: Greek, Attic. The Princeton University Museum of Art.
718
Base of the Obelisk of Theodosius, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) by James Robertson (1855).
719
Tutankhamun’s Lotus Chalice. The handle is a lotus flower and bud supporting with god Heh, the symbol of eternal life. Found at the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62). Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
720
Lidded effigy container in the form of a diving god. Date: ca. A.D. 1500. Period: Late Postclassic, Maya. Place made: Maya area, Northern Belize or Quintana Roo, Mexico.
721
Wreath of oak leaves and acorns Greek, Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period, 4th century B.C.
722
Frog Effigy Pendant from northwestern Colombia. Dates from AD 900. Courtesy & currently located at the Walters Art Museum, via their online collections. Accession number: 2009.20.78.
723
Camels and their riders standing in water near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, date circa 1920s.
724
Vessel with Condor and Human Head. Date: A.D. 400-1000 Place of origin: Perú, Tiwanaku style.
725
The Owl, detail from the apse mosaic, San Clemente, Rome.
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