1176
The Yachou Axe, with grinning face design. China, Shang Dynasty, Period/ Date: Late Shang Period (16th century B.C.-11th century B.C.).Dimensions: Length 32.7cm, Width 34.5cm. Unearthed from Subutun Tomb M1 in Qingzhou City, Shandong Province in 1965. Shandong Museum, China.
1177
Lion Bowl. Place of origin: Northern Syria Date: 9th-8th century B.C. Medium: Steatite, carved. Now on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
1178
The Venus of Willendorf dates to between 28.000-30.000 BC, making it one of the oldest and most famous surviving works of art. It was found in 1908 at a paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria near the town of Krems.
1179
Anubis, Egyptian god of embalming and the dead, from a chest in the form of a shrine, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62). New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Tutankhamun, ca. 1332-1323 BC. Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1180
Ancient Roman gold ring with the head of the Gorgon, dated to the 1st century AD or later. The term gorgoneion refers to the head and face of Medusa, which was used often as a decorative motif.
1181
The Canopus, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, near Rome, Italy. The famed Canopus is a pool representing a branch of the Nile, set in the center of a narrow artificial valley adjacent to the West Terrace.
1182
Bronze Head of King Sargon of Akkad, 2306 B.C Material: Bronze . Dimensions: H: 12 in. (30.7 cm.) Location: Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq (?).
1183
Artemis from Stabiae (Origin). Medium: Fresco. Date: 1 AD–45 AD. Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli.
1184
Finger Ring with Figure of Nike Greek, 4th Century B.C. Private Collection (?)
1185
A Road in Cairo, c.1840. Prosper Marilhat (1811-1847). Musée Condé, Chantilly.
1186
Theatre in ancient Greece. Illustration: Peter Jackson, British (1922–2003).
1187
Baboon with a wedjet eye. Ancient Egypt, 26th Dynasty (ca. 688–525 BC.)
Now on display at the Met, NY.
1188
Coin of the day: Diobol (?) of Thraco-Macedonian tribe or city with goose and salamander. Greek, Late Archaic Period, 510–500 BC. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
1189
Hadrian (Roman Emperor, 76-138) AI reconstruction by Hidreley Diao.
1190
Dolphin frieze from the Mycenaean citadel of Gla (1600–1100 BC ). Now in the Archaeological Museum of Thebes.
1191
Nocturne in Black and Gold The Falling Rocket by Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903). Medium: Oil on canvas. Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts.
1192
Daggers of Tutankhamun. Pair of ceremonial daggers discovered by Hoard Carter in 1925 within the burial wrappings of the king, from the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62). Gold and meteoric iron. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1193
Roman-era floor mosaic on Delos depicting Eros riding on dolphins, c. 120–80 BC. House of Dolphins on the Greek island of Delos, Greece.
1194
Korinth temple of Apollo, reconstruction of Athens Acropolis, made by Ubisoft for the game Assassin’s Creed.
1195
A Greek gold coin depicting Titus Quinctius Flaminus, a Roman proconsul and general who defeated Philip V of Macedon and proclaimed Greek city states free. Greece, ca. 196 BC
1196
Details: Spirit of the Night, by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893).
1197
Pyramid of Maydoom, 1870-82. Photograph of squat pyramid of two tiers: groups of Egyptians standing and sitting on dunes at base, known as Pyramid of Meidum, near Cairo, Egypt. Album compiled by the Reverend J N Dalton (1839-1931)
1198
A mosaic from a villa's entry way depicting sandals and the words Bene Lava (Wishing you a good bath!), from Timgad (ancient Thamugadi), Algeria. Roman Civilization, 1st-2nd Century. Photographer: Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79
1199
A close up of a painted pottery figure of an earth spirit (tomb guardians), Zhenmushou. Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907). 30 ¼ and 29 ½ in. (76.8 and 75 cm.) high. Private Collection.
1200
Viking axe head. c. 1030 years old, found in Denmark. Photo Credit: Nationalmuseet i København.
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