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Mary Magdalene, polychrome wood sculpture by Gregor Erhart. Made in Augsburg, c. 1515-1520 AD. Now on display at the Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Roman Amethyst Intaglio of a Girl Riding a Sea Monster, 1st Century BC-AD.
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Then & Now. One of world's oldest Library: Ebla. Syria.
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Artistic reconstruction of the great temple of Karnak. By Jean-Claude Golvin.
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Ulisse Aldrovandi, Octopus, Animali, vol 4,16th century. Watercolor. Universita di Bologna.
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Stone ship called Tjelvar’s grave on the island of Gotland, Sweden, dating from the late Bronze Age (1100-500 BC). According to a myth described in the Gutasaga, it is the grave of Tjelvar, the first person on Gotland.
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Moonrise and the temple of Poseidon at Sounio, Greece. Photo via Elias Chasiotis on Flickr.
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Bison sculpted from mammoth ivory. Found at Zaraysk, Russia. About 20,000 years old.
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Olmec Heads. For a period of some 250 or more years (1.200-900 B.C), the massive heads and other monuments were carved from basalt which was floated on huge rafts and then dragged from the Tuxtla Mountains.
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Bronze head of Akkadian king, probably depicting Sargon or his grandson Naram-Sin. Unearthed in Nineveh, modern day Mosul, Iraq. Dated ca 2200-2300 BC.
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Theseus stalks the Minotaur inside the labyrinth. Artist:Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones.
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A Greek bronze sculpture oh a horseman wearing a Corinthian helmet. Date: c. 560-550 BC. Source: British Museum.
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Crab Man from Old Lord of Sipan Tomb, Peru. Date: c. 200 AD. Culture: Moche. Made from gold, copper, and polished stone.
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Women Picking Olives by Vincent van Gogh, 1889.
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The 'Ladies in Blue' fresco is a recreated fresco from the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete. It shows three women richly dressed and lavishly bejeweled depicted against a blue background. Neopalacial period, 1600 - 1450 BC. Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete.
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Witches' Sabbath by Francisco Goya, 1798.
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Stairs into the Royal Tombs of Ur. 1920's, Iraq.
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Caravaggio (1571 - 1610) Medusa (detail)
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Modern recreation of the Colossus Statue of Rhodes by Te Hu. Colossus of Rhodes built on Rhodes Island (Greece) in 292 BC and destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BC. It is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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The Bathing Pool by Hubert Robert, 1780.
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