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Damned souls protest in vain and try to deny the colossal and minutely detailed account of sins, foolishnesses and assorted wicked things that they committed in life. Detail from the Triptyque de l'Apocalypse by Jacobello Alberegno. Date: ca.1390.
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Shell Pendant. Date: A.D. 1200-1500. Place of origin: Mexico. Medium: Shell. Collection: Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California.
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The Last Judgment (detail) by Hans Memling, c. 1467-1471.
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Turquoise Mask of the Aztec God of Fire (1400-1521).
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A 9th century sculpture of a female torso carved in black chlorite. Geography: Rajasthan, India. Now on display at the Victoria and Albert museum in London.
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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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Olmec head, Veracruz, Mexico, circa 1938.
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Ring with a mouse. Ancient Egypt, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
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Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai Built between 548 and 565 A.D., Saint Catherine's Monastery is one of the world's oldest working monasteries.
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The Watercarrier by Eugene de Blaas, 1908.
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Elephant, detail of the 6th century mosaic floor from the Palatium Magnum (Constantinople’s Great Palace), Istanbul.
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The ancient jade "Mask of Calakmul," considered a masterpiece of Mayan art, is 1 of a set of 10 masks discovered in 1984 next to the skeletal remains of Yuknoom Yich’aak K’ahk, the last warrior king of the Maya. Collection: National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
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The Temple of Edfu, Egypt. This Ptolemaic temple, built between 237 and 57 BC, is one of the best-preserved ancient monuments in Egypt. Preserved by desert sand, which filled the place after the pagan cult was banned.
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Excavated Ruins Of Herculaneum – Destroyed during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD.
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Pair of gauntlets of Maximilian I, ca. 1490. Attributed to Lorenz Helmschmid. Photographer: George Etheredge for The New York Times.
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Sacra di San Michele X-XI century, Piedmont (northwestern Italy) It is situated on the south side of the Val di Susa. Umberto Eco’s “The Name of the Rose” was inspired by this monumental abbey.
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Art nouveau bat brooch by Meyle & Mayer (Co.) c.1900/1910
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17th-century memento mori ring. Showing a woman’s face on one side and an enamelled skull on the other. Medium: gold. Collection: © 2017 University of Oxford -Ashmolean Museum.
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John William Waterhouse - Hylas and the Nymphs (detail).
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Woodcut print of the twelve signs of the zodiac, German, 16th century.
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Kawanabe Kyosai (1831 - 1889) - Skeletons dancing - Painting on silk, hanging scroll.
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Zenobia's last look on Palmyra, Herbert G Schmalz.
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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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One of the great discoveries of archaeology: Shigir Idol, c.10.500 BC, the world's oldest wood sculpture.
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Mourning clothes worn by count Magnus Brahe at the funeral of king Karl XIV Johan of Sweden in 1844.
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