2451
Landscape with the scene of an ancient festival by Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737—1807). Oil on canvas. 66 × 89.5 cm.
2452
Orpheus and Eurydice by Auguste Rodin (detail). Modeled probably before 1887 and carved 1893. Medium: Marble. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
2453
‘Οn the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis’, Athens,1903. Photographer: Fred Boissonnas.
2454
Sumerian bull lyre, c. 2550–2400 BC. Medium: Wood, lapis lazuli, gold, silver, shell, bitumen, in modern wood support, 46 × 55". From the King’s Grave, Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq. Now on display at the British Museum, London, England.
2455
Roman gold snake ring, 1st century AD. Solid-gold bracelets and rings in the form of snakes were among the most popular objects in Greek and Roman jewelry. The snakes symbolize fertility. Collection: Walters Art Museum.
2456
Medusa head made of jade by Luis Alberto, L'Aquart.
2457
The Ksour Essef cuirass is an ancient triple-disc cuirass found in a Punic tomb in 1909 not far from Ksour Essef, Tunisia. This piece of armour, generally dated to the 3rd century BC, is of Italiote origin and comes from Southern Italy. Collection: Musée national du Bardo.
2458
Hygieia, Goddess of Health (detail) by Theodor Galle, c. 1600. Hygieia, in Greek religion, goddess of health. The oldest traces of her cult are at Titane, west of Corinth, where she was worshipped together with Asclepius, the god of medicine.
2459
The Wrestlers (also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers) is a Roman marble sculpture after a lost Greek original of the 3rd century BC. Collection: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.
2460
General view of pyramids from the Giza Plateau (from left- the Pyramid of Mykerinos, Chephren and Cheops and three small pyramids known as Queens' Pyramids on front side) Photographer: Adobe Stock By WitR.
2461
Parthenon by night. Photo & Illustration by scaliger on Adobe Stock.
2462
Passage flanked by two glowing walls full of Egyptian hieroglyphs, illuminated by a warm orange backlight from a door at the Edfu, Aswan temple, completed by Ramses II (-1200). Photo by Konstantin / Adobe Stock.
2463
Mosaic representing the labyrinth with the Minotaur in Conimbriga Roman ruins, Portugal. Photo by Matyas Rehak on Adobe Stock.
2464
Olympian Gods and Heroes. Illustration by Masterlevsha on Adobe Stock.
2465
Columns of the ancient city of Pergamon, Milky way galaxy in the background - Bergama, Turkey. Photographer: Adobe Stock / muratart.
2466
Mount Etna Volcano from the Ancient Greek theatre in Taormina. Sicily, Italy. Photographer: Adobe Stock / By IgorZh.
2467
Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock, Utah, USA. Photo by MaciejBledowski on Adobe Stock. The first carvings at the Newspaper Rock site were made around 2,000 years ago, left by people from the Anasazi, Fremont, Navajo, Anglo, and Pueblo cultures.
2469
In a Rose Garden, 1890, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch, 1836-1912).
2470
Dance of Death (detail) by an unknown artist (?), c. 1700 AD.
2471
Fish plate. Date: Late Classical to Early Hellenistic Period about 340–320 B.C. Culture & Geography: Greek, South Italian. Collection: MFA, Boston.
2472
Stone Frog Weight. Culture: Babylonian, Mesopotamia, ca. 2000–1600 B.C. (Old Babylonian period) . Dimensions: 12.3 x 21.8 cm. Collection: Met Museum.
2473
A circle of demons and witches, from Nathaniel Crouch, The Kingdom of Darkness, 1688.
2474
The Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük, c. 6000 BC. It was unearthed by archaeologist James Mellaart in 1961 at Çatalhöyük, Turkey. Mellaart claimed that the figure represented a fertility goddess worshipped by the people of Çatalhöyük. Photo Credit: Nat. Geographic / Stock Photo.
2475
Sailing ship gold earrings and gold pendants from the Greek island of Sifnos, 17th century. Collection: Athens, Benaki Museum.
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