1501
Depiction of wrestling scenes - Detail of a wall painting depicting wrestling techniques, from BH15, the Tomb of Baqet III, official and Great Chief of the Oryx nome (the 16th nome of Upper Egypt) during the 11th Dynasty, 21st century BC. Beni Hasan necropolis.
1503
Cast enamel bat necklace, 1900s, France. Private Collection.
1504
Gustav Klimt masterpieces by Photographer Inge Prader, 2017.
1505
Jean-Baptiste Bertrand (1823-1887) Ophelia.
1506
Minotaur and Labyrinth. Minted in: Gortyn, Crete. c. 425-360 BC. Obverse: Minotaur in a kneeling-running stance to right, its head facing Reverse: Labyrinth, in the form of a swastika, five pellets in a floral pattern at the center, four sunken squares in the corners.
1507
Didrachm with janiform head of Dioscuri. Place of origin: Mint of Rome, Italy. Date: 225-212 BC. Period: Roman Republican period. Medium: Struck silver.
1508
Graeco-Persian chalcedony scaraboid with an intaglio of a Maltese dog, dated to about the late 5th-4th century BC. Private Collection.
1509
Gold Wreath of Oak Leaves and Acorns. c. 4th Century BC. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
1510
Shaman costume, Nanai (Goldi), C.1880s. Exhibit in the Asian collection of the American Museum of Natural History. Photo by Daderot via Wikimedia Commons.
1511
Standing Dignitary. Place of origin: Peru, South Coast. Culture: Wari. Period: Middle Horizon. Date: ca. A.D. 7th–11th century AD. Medium: Wood with shell-and-stone inlay and silver. Now on display at the Kimbell Art Museum, Texas.
1512
Panorama of Pompeii from the city walls, 1800s.
1513
Chinese Qin Sword with gold openwork handle. Date: Spring and Autumn period (770–476 B.C.) Length 37.8cm, Hilt Length 12.7cm, Blade Length 24.5cm, Blade Width 4cm. Excavated from Tomb 2 at Yimen village in Baoji, Shaanxi, 1992; Baoji Municipal Archaeological Institute.
1514
Breastplate. Place of origin: Italy. Date: Late A.D. 6th century AD. Medium: Steel and bone. Collection: Hermitage Museum.
1515
Detail, Water Lilies by Hans Zatzka (Austrian, 1859-1945). Private Collection.
1516
Demon in Chains; Illustrated Single Page Manuscript. Date: ca. 1453. Artist: style of Muhammad Siya Qalam (Iranian). Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Collection: Cleveland Art Museum.
1517
Jug with a handle in the form of a goat, From Tell-Basta (Bubastis). Reign of Ramesses II. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1279-1213 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1518
Ring with a small flying duck, Scythian, 4th century BC. Found: Chertomlyk Tumulus. The Dnieper region, near Nikopol, Ukraine. Collection: Hermitage Museum.
1519
A stone slab from Göbekli Tepe (c. 10.000 - 8.000 BC), with a carving depicting a woman in a birth giving.
1520
Gem engraved with a grasshopper on its hind legs, playing the double flute; in front is a butterfly resting on a cippus with a conical top. Date: c. 1st-3rd Century AD. Period: Roman Imperial. Collection: British Museum.
1521
Sabatons are armored footwear worn as part of a complete suite of armor. This pair of authentic German gothic sabatons (Crakows-style) are from 1490. Collection & Photo Credit: Bata Shoe Museum, Ontario.
1522
Satkunda Rock Paintings, c. 5.000 years old. Located near Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, India. The paintings here are predominantly pictographic and depict the life of forest-dwelling tribal communities of the region. Image via Shutterstock.
1523
Anubis & Horus spotted having tea in Cairo.By J &K (Janne Schäfer and Kristine Agergaard), as a part of the exhibition Tea with Nefertiti, 2006.
1524
Wreath. Culture: Greek Date: 4th century B.C. Medium: Gold. Collection: Dallas Museum of Art.
1525
Carl Friedrich Lessing (German, 1808 – 1880) Mountainous landscape: ruins in a gorge, 1830, Städel Museum - Artothek, Germany.
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