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Map of Greek Mythology. Designer - Credit: Hazel Newlevant.
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Prehistoric rock art in Iran’s Teimareh Valley. They are believed to depict hunters on horseback, snowfall, a wolf, an Asiatic cheetah, and lions. Photos by Babak Tafreshi.
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Mazeppa and the Wolves (1826) - Horace Vernet.
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This photo is from the mid-19th century excavation of the colossal statues at the Nergal Gate of the ancient city of Nineveh. This statue was one of two winged bull-men (aka lamassu ) that guarded one of several entrances to Nineveh dated to the time of King Sennacherib.
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Pelike (two-handled urn with flat bottom) depicting an acrobat shooting an arrow with her feet. Greece, 4th century BC. Photographer: Marcus Cyron via Wikimedia Commons.
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Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai Built between 548 and 565 A.D., Saint Catherine's Monastery is one of the world's oldest working monasteries.
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Opus sectile panel with the Rape of Hylas by the Nymphs. Roman artwork, first half of the 4th century. From the basilica of Junius Bassus on the Esquiline Hill. Rome, Italy.
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The Ming Tombs in Nanjing, China, circa 1868. Photograph by John Thomson. Source: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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Herbert James Draper: "The Gates of Dawn", 1900.
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An early image of the Ziggurat of Ur from the 1920’s.
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Dish in the form of a duck or goose. Date: 1558–1303 B.C. Culture: Egyptian Period: New Kingdom , probably 18th Dynasty Medium: Alabaster. Now on display at the Princeton University Art Museum - Princeton, NJ.
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Tutankhamun’s Wooden Chariot. Carter discovered six chariots in the tomb; some were fairly elaborate ceremonial vehicles with golden overlays.
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The lovers of Bordeaux - This intimate Gallo-Roman couple was made by Pistillus, a potter who was working in France, 2nd century. The two figures, naked, but partially covered with a blanket, are tenderly entwined.
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Inscribed brick in Akkadian from Ešnunna, Iraq which a dog once walked over, leaving behind their paw prints. Circa 2000-1900 BC.
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Dream Idyll (A Valkyrie) by Edward Robert Hughes (1851 – 1914).
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Conjoined Man and Woman (Curing Ritual Narrative), Jalisco, dates to 100 BC-AD 300, from Jalisco, Mexico. Currently located at the Walters Art Museum, Balitmore, USA.
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Hippopotamus, Roman, Date: AD 1–100; found in Rome, red marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Photo: Ole Haupt.
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Scops Owl, Cherry Blossom, and Moon, Ohara Koson, 1926.
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A Roman glass chalice from Emona. City museum of Ljubljana.
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Study of the Parthenon, 1869, Sanford Robinson Gifford.
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A piece of the floor mosaic with a scene of chariot races in the CircusMaximus. First half of the 4th century. Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Palaestra.
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An Egyptian rock crystal scarab. Late Period, circa 664-332 BC.
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Wall painting of a female head mask. Pompeii ~ 1st century AD.
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Reconstruction of ancient Babylon. Credit: Layard.
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