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Whinnying Horse. Tang Dynasty, China, 6-9th century AD.
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Marble throne chairs at the ancient theater of Oropos (Amphiareion archaeological site), Attica, Greece.
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Maya two part effigy vessel of an armadillo. Early classic period. 250-450 AD.
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Canova’s “Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss”, by Nan Goldin - 2010.
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The floor of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence. Santa Maria del Fiore, designed by Arnolfo di Cambio, is the third largest church in the world and was the largest church in Europe when it was completed in the 15th century.
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Aloisia Rucellai, Evening bag, c.1968. Source: Private Collection.
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The Watercarrier by Eugene de Blaas, 1908.
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Egyptian/Phoenician Glass Dog Head Bead, 6th-4th Century BC. Private Collection.
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Persian lion’s head ornament From Hammadan (Iran), 600-500 B.C.
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Copying reliefs in the temple of Ramses, photography by Kees Scherer, 1968, in in Abu Simbel, Egypt.
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Dante statue and the blood moon, Naples. Image via Alamy.
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Mosaic floor depicting a dog and a knocked-over gold vessel. Discovered in 1993 during construction of the new Alexandria Library, Egypt. Now in the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria. Width: approx. 70 cm. Date: approx. 200-100 BC.
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Rose window 12th century Stained glass window Abbey of Saint-Remi, Reims.
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“Horses of Saint Mark.” Medium: Bronze. Attributed to the Greek sculptor Lysippos, 4th century BC. Venice, Basilica of St. Mark.
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Interior of the Temple of Aboo Simbel Nubia illustration by David Roberts (1796–1864).
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Death and the Maiden, Hans Schwarz c. 1520.
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Ophelia, 1880, by Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923).
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Ancient Roman garnet intaglio inscribed with the head of Sirius, the Dog Star. The gem dates to the 1st century BC.
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Parade helmet of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V 1540, by Filippo Negroli (ca. 1510–1579), Milan.
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The Rosetta Stone proved to be the key to translating the hieroglyphs because it contains the same text in three scripts (Hieroglyph, Demotic, and ancient Greek).
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Salvador Dalí , Melting clock, Bronze, 1977 (Profile of Time).
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Orcus, Garden of Bomarzo, Italy. Photo by Milton Gendel -miltongendel.com.
Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in Etruscan and Roman mythology.
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Labyrinth of the Minotaur from the Lambert of Saint-Omer, Liber Floridus, Saint-Omer 1121. Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, Hs. 92, fol. 20r.
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The Priest King, fresco (replica). Palace of Knossos. Crete, Greece. 1550-1440 B.C. (Late Minoan).
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Rabbits between the staves. Cambrai BM 125-128, c. 1540-50.
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