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A colossal Aztec serpent’s head made from volcanic rock. Late Postclassic (1325-1521 AD), now on display at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
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French archeologist Joseph Hackin exploring The Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
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The Castillo at Chichen Itza before restoration Taken in 1890. Late Classic to Postclassic (750 to ~1250 AD). Culture: Maya. Location: Yucatan, Mexico. Photo Credit: British Museum.
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Ishtar and Tammuz. Art by Christina Balit.
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Winged victory. Ancient Roman frescos from Pompeii in the 4th Pompeian style, Italy, 64 BC.
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Gold Ornament in the form of a Bee. 1700-1600 BC, Minoan. Length: 1.9 cm. (Collection: The British Museum)
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Tell-Asmar Figurines. The Tell Asmar sculpture hoard is a collection of 12 human effigy statues, discovered at the Mesopotamian site of Tell Asmar. The hoard was discovered during Henri Frankfort’s Oriental Institute excavations in the 1930s.
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La Tène Copper Crown & Its Owner, C. 250-150 BC from Mill Hill, Grave 112, Deal, Kent, England. Copper alloy crown found in situ still on it’s owner’s skull. Now on display at the British Museum.
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"Ancient Empires" from Folio Society.
Left: Empires of Early Latin America (The Maya, the Aztecs, the Incas)
Right: Empires of the Ancient Near East: the Babylonians, the Hittites, the Egyptians, the Persians.
860
Golden cicada on a jade leaf, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). This sculpture was discovered in a tomb in 1954: it is the top of a hairpin, belonging to a woman of high rank. The imagery of a cicada on a leaf had a double meaning and was a high compliment paid to beautiful women. .
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Gustav Klimt - Hygieia. Hygieia is a goddess of health (Greek: ὑγίεια - hugieia), cleanliness and hygiene. Her name is the source for the word "hygiene".
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Bird. Culture: Muisca. Place of origin: Colombia. Date: c. 1200-1500. Collection: Dallas Museum of Art.
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Where is everybody? Hidden spaces by José Manuel Ballester. Spanish artist José Manuel Ballester removes the people from classical paintings, revealing unnoticed hidden spaces (hence the name) and objects.
864
Stater From Crete, 4th Century BC. From the city of Polyrhenion, the obverse with the laureate head of Zeus, the reverse with the facing head of a sacrificial bull with pendant fillets hanging from its horns; ΧΑΡΙΣΘΕ above, ΠΟΛΥΡΗΝΙΟΝ around .
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Roman Fresco of Seaside Scene, Pompeii, 50-79 AD.
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Ophelia - Sculpture by Sarah Bernhardt, 1880. Medium: white marble, in a wood frame. Private Collection.
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Persepolis of the Persians. Work & Credit: Persians on deviantart.
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Herbert James Draper - The Lament for Icarus, 1898 (detail). Medium: Oil on canvas.
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The Temptation of Adam (detail) oil on canvas James Barry (1741–1806)
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Panoramic view of Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, Greece (1955).
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Ceremonial shield - This circular shield, also known as a roundel, is understood to have belonged to a member of the Ribeaupierre family, having been given to him as a gift by Duke Ludwig of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1554-1593).
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Handle Spout Vessel in Form of a Toucan. Date: 100 B.C.-A.D. 500. Culture: Moche. Place of origin: North coast, Perú. Medium: Ceramic and pigment.
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Gold finger ring engraved with an image of Hermes. Period: Late Classical. Date: late 4th century B.C. Culture: Greek, South Italian, Tarentine Medium: Gold.
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Detail of a colossal statue of Antinous as Dionysos Osiris, marble, Roman, Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy.
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