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“The Massacre of the Innocents” by Léon Cogniet (1794-1880).
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Pyramid structures from around the world. Credit & Work: The Human Odyssey, designed by Simon E. Davies.
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‘Conversation between the Moon and a Star’ by Paul Rumsey (b. 1956)
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Ophelia by Arantza Sestayo. Medium: oil on canvas, 2017.
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Theatre Masks of Ancient Greece. Image credit: The Kennedy Center Arts Edge.
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Cave of Hands, Argentina - The art in the cave dates from 13.000 to 9.000 years ago.
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Stained Glass and Black Cat, Raphael Vavasseur, Digital Art, 2015.
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Mountaineer’s axe with heart-shaped holes and bronze reinforced shaft. Place of origin & Date: Japan, Muromachi period, 14th century. Photo Credit & Collection: Nara National Museum, Japan - Formerly kept in Jinshō-ji temple, Shiga.
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The Lovers of Valdaro, discovered by archaeologists at a tomb in San Giorgio near Mantua, Italy. The couple have been holding one another for 6,000 years.
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Mythical Beasts of Wales. Work & Illustration by Neil Parkinson.
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Ancient loaves of bread from the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum that were carbonized in volcanic pyroclastic flows of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN).
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16th century engraved breastplate. Private Collection (?)
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Egyptian/Phoenician Glass Dog Head Bead, 6th-4th Century BC. Private Collection.
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Mugs from 3.700 years ago. Culture: Minoan civilization. Now on display at the Heraklion Museum, Greece.
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Hagia Sophia, interior to East, 1940s.
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Dante statue and the blood moon, Naples. Image via Alamy.
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Chinese bronze sword with turquoise studded, gold inlaid rock crystal hilt, Warring States Period, 4th-2nd century BC. Private Collection.
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Ring, 1700s, with the inscription, “Many are the stars i see but in my eye no star like thee.” Collection: British Museum.
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One of the greatest discoveries of archaeology: the Riace Bronzes (Calabria, Italy, c. 450 BC)
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Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Grief of the Pasha (1882)
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A group of kittens dancing and making the circle during a witches’ Sabbat. Detail from The Witches’ Cove, Attrib. to Jan Mandijn or anonymous follower ~ 16th century.
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Serpent Pectoral Pendant by René Jules Lalique (1860 – 1945), 1899. Medium: Gold and Enamel work. Part of Gulbenkian Collection.
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Medieval paintings of cats licking their butts.
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