1201
The flight of a Maenad and a Satyr, ca. 62/79 AD, fresco from Pompeii (House of Dioscuri VI, 9, 6) National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Photograph: Alamy.
1202
The Prague Astronomical Clock is one of the city's most popular landmarks. It is well over 600 years old and is one of the oldest functional astronomical clocks in the world. Photo Credit: Getty Images.
1203
Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm from Tralleis, Lydia, C. 140-135 BC
The coins shows a snake emerging from a cista mystica (a basket used in the worship of Dionysus/Bacchus) surrounded by an ivy wreath.
1204
Rodent with Corn. Medium: Pottery. Place of origin: Peru. Culture: probably Moche, ca. 200-750 AD. Now on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
1205
The Asclepeion in Kos, Greece . The Asclepeion is an ancient medical center placed 4 km to the southeast of Kos Town, beyond Platani village.
1206
Detail from the Carthusian miscellany of poems, chronicles, and treatises in Northern English, including an epitome or summary of Mandeville's travels (c. 1460), British Library, UK.
1207
The White Owl by William J. Webbe. Signed in monogram and dated 1856 lower left. Medium: Oil on panel.
1208
The Shaft of the Wounded (Dead) Man: A wounded man, aurochs bull, bird and rhino. Dated to the Upper Paleolithic period. c. 17,000 years ago, Lascaux Cave, France.
1209
Fragments of Giant statue of Emperor Constantine, Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy.
1210
Eagle devouring the liver of Prometheus, chained to a rock by Zeus in punishment for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humanity. Illustration from Pohadky Staroveke (Ancient Myths), by Frantisek Ruth (Solc a Simecek, Prague, c1920).
1211
Notre-Dame , 1952. Photographer: Marc Riboud.
1212
Evening Bag by Aloisia Rucellai (1928-84), c.1968. Medium: gold and platinum, translucent enamel, diamonds and rubies. Collection: Khalili Collections.
1213
Romulus and Remus. Digital art bt studioMUTI on Dribble.
1214
The Lewis Chessmen, 13th Century probably made in Norway; found on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
1215
Diana 1892-1893 Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American (born Ireland), 1848 - 1907. Diana is arguably the best-known work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who was recognized at the turn of the century as the country’s finest sculptor. Photo Credit: Philadelphia Museum of Art.
1216
John William Waterhouse, “Dolce Far Niente”, 1879
1217
Houses of Çatalhöyük (Reconstruction) - modern-day Konya, Turkey, c. 7,000 BC. The Mud-brick houses were clustered together and there were no outside doors. People went in and out of the houses through openings in the roos.
1218
Venus de Milo at the Louvre about to be evacuated at the beginning of the World War II (1939), photographed by Angèle Dequier.
1219
Silver coin: Nike driving a quadriga. Selinunte mint. c. 420 BC. Collection: Berlin State Museums, numismatic collection.
1220
Headdress. Period: Early Iron Age Culture: Pazyryk Place of origin: Altai Mountains, Pazyryk Boundary, Valley of the River Bolshoy Ulagan Archaeological site. Medium: Leather, fur, gold foil. Photo Credit: Hermitage Museum, Russia.
1221
The Unicorn In Captivity (From The Unicorn Tapestries) c. 1495–1505. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1222
The girl with a pomegranate (1875) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
1223
A young woman playing a harp to a large crowd, Rock of Cashel, Ireland, ca. 1910 - photographer unknown.
1224
Bronze Cauldron, from Regolini-Galassi Tomb, Caere, appr. 50–60 kilometres north-northwest of Rome. Date: (c. 650–625 BC) . Culture: Etruscan.
1225
The Loot by Carlos Barahona Possolo. Medium: oil on canvas, 60x80 cm, 2011.
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