951
Bronze statue of Hercules, Roman, 2nd century AD. Height 51 cm. Alanya Museum, Anatolia.
952
Inverted tower – Initiation Wells, Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal.
953
Wooden torture chair with 12 steel blades, Chinese, c. 1700-1900 AD.
954
Lion (or tiger?) head detail from "Young Dionysos drinking and riding a tiger" mosaic, the House of the Faun, Pompeii. Source: Naples Archaeological Museum.
955
“Egyptian Chess Players”, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1879.
956
A Painting of a Hand, “Hastakara Yantra,", Tantric painting from Rajasthan, India, 19th century.
957
“Among the Ruins”, 1902-04 Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912).
959
Gold bracelet with animal head (detail), 4th-3rd B.C., Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece.
960
“Absence Adorned”, glass bust sculpture by artist Karen Lamonte (B. 1967 - New York).
961
Fayum Mummy Portraits of women from "Roman" Egypt, with ancient gold and pearl earrings similar to those they are shown wearing.
962
The Royal Game of Ur. Date: 2600-2400 BC. Place of origin: Iraq,Royal Cemetery Period/culture:Early Dynastic III. Medium: Wood, shell. Now on display at the British Museum. The Royal game of Ur is an ancient game and not everything about the game is known including its name.
963
Gustav Klimt, Judith and the Head of Holofernes (1901)
965
Photo from the Uruk excavation in 1929/30 - Discovery of the statuette of a ‘high priest’ in a vessel. 3.000-2.000 B.C.
967
A statue relief of emperor Nero’s head on the gateway entrance to the park that contains the ruins of his golden palace at domus aurea in Rome.
968
Death and the Maiden (detail) by Henri Lévy 1900.
969
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970
View of the Pantheon - Rome by Franz Kaisermann. Swiss (1810). Medium: pen and watercolor.
971
“Tutankhamun’s army wreaking havoc among his Nubian enemies in an imaginary battle.” Detail of casket. Wood, stuccoed and painted. Tomb of Tutankhamun Valley of the Kings, West Thebes.Photographs by Wener Forman, 1989.
972
Viking Gold & Rock Crystal Pendant, c. 9th-12th Century AD. Private Collection.
973
An Egyptian snake coffin. Made of bronze, dates to 664-30 B.C. Now on display at the Brooklyn Museum, US.
974
Isle of the Dead - Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (detail, circa 1905).
975
A carved amethyst amulet of Horus in the form of a falcon standing on a rectangular plinth, wings folded back over body; ribbed suspension loop to the back. Date: Egyptian, Late Period, 664-332 BC. Private Collection.
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