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Greek Gold Snake Bracelet, Hellenistic Period, 330-300 BC. Private Collection.
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The Consummation of the Empire by Thomas Cole, 1836.
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Palmyra - The village inside the Temple of Bel, early 20th century.
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The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse, 1888.
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The ancient Lycian sunken city of Simena, modern-day Antalya, Turkey. The city is a charming mix of ancient, medieval and nature.
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Amber Boar Figurine, Roman, circa 1st-2nd century AD.
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Temple of Hathor in Dandara, Egypt. 1910s.
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The cat’s tower besieged by the mice book of hours, London ca. 1320-1330. British Library, Harley 6563, fol. 72r.
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John II Komnenos and Irene of Hungary. Art by Antoine Helbert.
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René Lalique (1860-1945), Pocket watch, c. 1900. Yellow gold, classical watch mechanism. Decorated with masks, after a drawing by Rodin. Diameter: 5 cm.
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Monumental sculpture, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, circa 1885.
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Ancient Egyptian lion ring (carnelian). New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550-1292 BC. Private collection.
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Memento Mori ring, England, c. late 17th to early 18th Century.
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Ancient Greek Silver Coinage from 5th Century BC to 1st Century BC. Credit: Arkaio Nomisma via Wikimedia Commons.
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The Sleeping Lady. Temple Period, 4000 - 2500 BC. This clay figure of a reclining lady was found in one of the pits of the Hypogeum in Hal Saflieni in Malta.
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Mosaic of various sea-life originally from House of the Geometric Mosaics in Pompeii. Now on display at the Naples National Archaeological Museum.
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Tibetan Skeleton Dancers, 1925. The photo originally appeared in the November 1928 issue of National Geographic.
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Tutankhamun’s Sarcophagus: Artwork showing the various parts of the sarcophagus of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun (ca. 1341-1323 BC). Credit: Science Photo Library.
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A mosaic depicting Dionysus on a leopard, from the floor in the ‘House of Dionysus’ at Pella, late 4th century BC, Pella, Archaeological Museum.
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Octopus vase from Palaikastro, Minoan, c. 1500 BC., 27 cm high. Now on display at the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Greece.
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Akhenaten, Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty blue glass inlay, ca.1336-1353 BC.
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Tetradrachm depicting the Owl of Athena. The Goddess of Athens and her virtues were often represented with the Owl, for its ability to pierce through the gloam of night allows it the vision and perception to see well beyond those who are blinded by the darkness around them.
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Gold and stone inlaid "Ba" bird, Egypt, 3rd century BC. Collection: The Walters Art Museum.
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