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Stunning images of costumes at winter celebrations around the Europe. Photographer: Charles Fréger.
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Cave paintings of Altamira are dating back between 36.000 and 15.000 years. The colorful ceiling paintings depict wild animals in motion and at rest, including deer, wild horses, and wild boar in addition to bison; they represent a high point of Ice Age cave art.
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The Garni Temple is the only pagan Hellenistic and Greco-Roman structure that has survived in Armenia and the Caucasus. It was built in honor of the ancient Armenian god Mythra (Mihr in Armenian), God of the Sun, light, and purity. Photo Credit: Stock Image - Istock.
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Marcus Aurelius, fragment of a bronze portrait. Roman artwork, after 170 AD. Photographer: Marie-Lan Nguyen. Collection: Louvre Museum.
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Costumed performer as The Minoan Snake Goddess at the 2004 Olympic Opening Ceremony in Athens.
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Green house, made from recycled church stained glass windows. Art by @heywoodcondie
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Hellenistic rock tombs of Kaunos, Asia Minor, Turkey (4th – 2nd century BC)
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The Unicorn In Captivity (From The Unicorn Tapestries) c. 1495–1505. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Artistic reconstruction of the great temple of Karnak. By Jean-Claude Golvin.
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Snail with Nautilus Shell by Jeremias Ritter, c. 1630 (German, died 1646. Medium: Nautilus shell, silver gilt. Collection: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut.
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A young woman playing a harp to a large crowd, Rock of Cashel, Ireland, ca. 1910 - photographer unknown.
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Art Nouveau Ring by Louis Zorra c. 1900 France
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Midsummer Eve, 1908, Edward Robert Hughes.
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"The Owl of Death" by Pablo Picasso,1952. Medium: oil on canvas.
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Ancient Egyptian lion ring (carnelian). New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550-1292 BC. Private collection.
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Circe, Wright Barker (1864 - 1941), 1889.
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Tipu’s Tiger, an automaton that was made for Tipu Sultan of Mysore in India during the 1700s. The 68-inch long device shows a tiger killing a British redcoat, representing the British East India Company, the enemy of the Sultan.
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Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun, Vincent van Gogh, 1889.
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Skeletons dancing. Etching by R. Stamper (1722-1797). Credit: Wellcome Collection.
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“Memento mori”. Mosaic from Pompeii (House cum workshop I, 5, 2, triclinium). Date: 30 BC — 14 AD. Now on display at the Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
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Vincent van Gogh’s Skulls, Winter 1887/88.
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent. 12th c. Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.
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Two-headed snake, with glass eyes, holding a medallion with the image of Diana. c. 1st c. AD. Place of origin: Pompeii, The House of the Gold Bracelet.
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