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Parade Halberd (from the state guard of Elector Christian I of Saxony). Date: 1586-1591. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. The halberd was a staff weapon favored by European infantries (foot soldiers) of the 1400s and 1500s for its versatility and deadly effect.
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Detail, Diadem of Princess Sithathoriunet, daughter of Senusret II, Medium: gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian and glass paste. The diadem was made to be worn above the princess wig. Date: Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1897-1878 BC. Collection: Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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The Plain of Auvers ~ Vincent van Gogh, 1890.
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Marriage ring. Culture: Greek / Byzantine, c. 6th-7th century AD. Medium: Gold. Collection: Royal Ontario Museum, Canada.
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Golden burial mask with ruby inlays. From the Boma Tomb in northern Xinjiang. Culture: Göktürk Khaganate (𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰰:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣). Date: 5th or 6th Century AD. Photographer: Cangminzho via Wikimedia Commons. Now on display at the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Museum.
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Mongolian Shaman "Otshir-böö" wearing ritual clothes and drum., circa 1909. This photo was taken by ethnologist and archaeologist Sakari Pälsi during his expedition to Mongolia in 1909.
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Viking Bronze Enmeshed Dragon Brooch. Date: 10th Century AD. Credit & Collection: © TimeLine Auctions.
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A jade burial suit made of rectangular pieces of jade sewn together with gold thread, Western Han Dynasty in China. Photo Credit: Martha Avery / Contributor Getty Images.
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Selection of Egyptian Scarabs, First Intermediate Period (c. 2150 - 2007 BC) to Late Period (664 - 337BC). Photo & Work Credit: Bridgeman Images. Collection: National Museums Scotland.
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A farmer stands on the Nile floodplains near the pyramids of Giza (Cairo, 1936). Photograph via Rare Historical Photos.
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A Priestess of Apollo by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1888.
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A Sami shaman with his drum. Illustration by O. H. Lode to Knud Leems book "Beskrivelse over Finnmarkens Lapper, deres Tungemaal, Levenmaade og forrige Afgudsdyrkelse" (Description of the sami people of Finnmark, their language, living and former religion) from 1767.
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Terminal of a Grivna (Torque) Shaped like the Head of a Wolf-Dragon. Period: Era of the Huns. Date: Late 4th - early 5th century AD. Place of origin: Stavropol Territory, the Village of Tatarka. Medium: Gold and garnets. Collection: Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
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Asante sword ornament in the form of a spider, gold-copper-silver alloy. Culture: Asante people, Ghana. Date: late 19th century AD. Credit: Dallas Museum of Art, US.
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The Sun and the Moon. Detail from the 16th century copy of the Wonders of creation by Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd Ṭūsī. Collection: The Walters Art Museum.
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La Nature se devoilant devant La Science (Nature revealing herself before Science) by Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905). Medium: Gilt bronze, marble, and lapis lazuli. Executed c.1905. Private Collection.
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Mercury / Hermes (Detail). Wood engraving by Jonnard after William Blake Richmond, 1866. Collection & Credit: Wellcome Collection, London, UK.
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Flamethrowing Devil. Detail from the Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, Flanders ca. 1470-1480 AD. Collection: Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale, ms. 1139, fol. 134r.
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Garnet intaglio with Hermaphroditos. Culture: Greek. Date: ca. 2nd century BC. Collection: The Michael C. Carlos Museum.
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Diadem of Princess Khenmet. Date: c. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1991-1803 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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Falling stars. Detail from the Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470. Collection: Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 47r.
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Hippopotamus with Lotus Flowers, Buds and Leaves. Date: XII. Dynasty, Egypt, ca.1950 B.C, The Met, NY. This pair of hippos was found in a shaft associated with the tomb chapel of the steward Senbi II at Meir, an Upper Egyptian site about thirty miles south of modern Asyut.