2026
Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, near Rome, Italy. Covering a location of 120 hectares, it was the biggest of all the roman imperial villa complexes. The building work took more than 10 years to finish.
2027
Necklace with vulture pendant, found in Tutankhamun’s mummy suspended from his neck, representation of the vulture-goddess of Upper Egypt, Nekhbet; hieroglyphic sign for ‘eternity’ (shen) in the talons, gold encrusted with lapis lazuli and carnelian. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
2028
Jason and the Golden Fleece - Greek Bronze Box Mirror, c. Second Half of the 4th Century BC. Private Collection (?)
2029
Venus, detail from the Astrological and Medical Miscellany (Codex Schürstab), Nuremberg ca. 1459-1471. Collection: Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 54, fol. 29r
2030
Egyptian Polychrome Cartonnage Section Depicting the Apis Bull, Third Intermediate Period, 1050-525 BC. Mummified, reclining on a bier, wearing a beaded shroud and four strand bead necklace, a solar disk between his horns and flail raised at his side.
2031
A silver tetradrachm from Kos, 300-190 BC. R- Crab. (Alpha Bank Numismatics Museum, Kerkyra, Corfu).
2032
The Colossal Octopus (Le Poulpe Colossal) - Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliere, des mollusques, animaux sans vertèbres et a sang blanc. Felix de Roissy and Pierre Denys de Montfort, 1805.
2033
Roman Mosaic Floor with Medusa, c.115-150 AD. Source: #GettyMuseum
2034
Pair of altars depicting the death of Adonis. Place of origin: Possibly from Taras (Tarentum), Apulia, South Italy. Culture: Greek, 4th century B.C. Medium: Terracotta. Now on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
2035
Water Birds. Detail from the "On The Art of Hunting with Birds", France ca. 1310. Collection: BnF, Français 12400, fol. 6r.
2036
Amber amulet in the shape of gladiator’s helmet. Place of origin: London. Date: about 1st-2nd century AD. Measuring just over 1cm across, the object was found amongst the remains of a demolished Roman building, together with large amounts of pottery and animal bone.
2038
The Lascaux Caves are a complex of caves in southwestern France that is famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings. They contain 900 of the most perfect surviving examples of Upper Paleolithic art and are estimated to be 17.300 years old.
2039
Witold Pruszkowski (1846-1896), Falling star, 1884, oil on canvas, 168 x 132 cm. National Museum in Warsaw.
2040
Bird Plaque. Date: AD 200-1520 (?). Dimensions: height: 6.4 cm, width: 4.1 cm. Place of origin: Peru. Collection: Walters Art Museum.
2041
Pectoral from the tomb of Tutankhamun, made of gold, lapis lazuli and semi-precious stones depicting scarab (Kheperu), solar disk (Ra) and crescent (Neb) form Tutankhamun’s prenomen Nebkheperura. Collection: Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
2042
The Rape of Ganymede by Briton Riviere (British 1840-1920). Medium: oil/canvas.
2043
Danaides (Daughters of Danaus), John William Waterhouse, 1903.
2044
The Pergamon Altar is a monumental construction built during the reign of King Eumenes II in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient Greek city of Pergamon in Asia Minor. (Photo Credit: Thomas Struth)
2045
Fashion of the Late Postclassic Mayab/Maya Lowlands (Yucatan Peninsula and the Peten) - c. 1250-1521 AD.
Artwork Credit: Kamazotz - Mesoamerican Artist, deviantart.com/kamazotz.
2046
The Bronze Runners/The Two Runners found at the Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum, Italy, in 1754. Date: c 1st century BC Roman copy of the Greek original that dated to the 4th century BC. Now on display at the Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy.
2047
Machu Picchu, Peru, circa 1931. Machu Picchu was rediscovered in 1911 by the American archaeologist Hiram Bingham, who was led to the site by the local population.
2048
Eagle with blood dripping from mouth, detail of mural located at the Palace of Tetitla in Teotihuacan, Mexico (100 - 700 AD)
2049
Garden of Earthly Delights (details) by Hieronymus Bosch, 1490-1510.
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