926
Bird, Roman fresco, garden from Villa Livia, Rome, 5th c. A.D, National Roman Museum, Rome.
927
Ceremonial knife. Date: ca. 13th Century AD. Medium: Obsidian, Turquoise, Spondylus Shell, Resin. Object Type: Ritual Object. Culture/People: Mixtec - Mexico. Collection: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.
928
Hellenistic head of the goddess Aphrodite. Period: End of Hellenistic period or beginning of Roman period. Private Collection.
929
The lion hunts of Ashurbanipal - details from the hall reliefs of the Palace at Ninevah.
930
Douleur d'amour / The pain of love by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1899.
931
Silver mirror on a bronze stand. Period/date: Roman, 200 BC-200 AD. Now on display at the Science Museum, London. Photo: Wellcome Images / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0
932
View of the ceiling of the sarcophagus hall in the tomb of Seti I, with the list of the Northern Constellations and stars. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, c. 1323-1279 BC, Valley of the Kings, West Thebes.
933
Golden flies of Queen Ahhotep I.
Iah (“peace of the moon”), the mother of Ahmose I. The fly symbolized tenacity, this ceremonial necklace given as award for valor in battle. Second Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, ca. 1580-1550 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
934
Rome’s first power plant, Centrale Montemartini, was commissioned in 1912 and remained in operation until 1960’s. In 1990’s the collections of the Musei Capitolini (Capitoline Museums) found a new home here.
935
Colossal statue of Ramesses II - One of four giant statues of Ramesses II at his Great Temple at Abu Simbel, 13th century BC, Lower Nubia.
936
Campana relief with Hercules fighting the Lernean Hydra. Period: Roman. Date: 50 BC.-AD. 50. Medium: Fired clay.
937
A roman mosaic representing a tragic theatrical mask deriving from Casa del Fauno in Pompeii, now exposed in the National archeological museum of Naples.
938
Augustus of Prima Porta statue and how it looked originally. 1st century AD. Collection: Vatican Museums, Vatican.
939
One of only two authentic old Jolly Rogers known in the world. This 19th century Barbary pirate flag is now on display at The Åland Maritime Museum in Finland.
940
Tetradrachm of Seleucus I Nikator, Susa, minted after 301 BC.
942
Branches of an Almond Tree in Blossom (Interpretation in Red), 1890, by Vincent van Gogh.
943
Medieval Silver Hands Ring, 13th-16th century. A round-section penannular hoop with bulbs and opposed hands to the finials. Private Collection.
944
Figurine of a woman baking, 8th-6th century BC. Medium: pottery. Geography/Place: Achziv (Akhzib), Israel. Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
945
Veiled Truth (detail) by Antonio Corradini, completed 1750.
946
Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Grief of the Pasha (1882)
947
Gold alloy and shell ear plates. Date: 800–550 BC, Peru. Now on display at the Museo Kuntur Wasi, San Pablo, Peru.
948
Moonstone enamel brooch: The winged maiden by Rene Lalique. Art Nouveau style. Now on display at the Gulbenkian museum in Lisbon, Portugal.
949
Greek Gold Wreath of Oak Leaves and Flowers, possibly from Attica, Greece, late 2nd - early 1st century BC.
In ancient Greece, oak leaves symbolized wisdom, and were associated with Zeus, who according to Greek mythology made his decisions while resting in an oak grove.
950
View of the Colosseum by Oswald Achenbach. (German, 1827-1905). Medium: oil-canvas.
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