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Sun-Headed Deity of Tamgaly, Kazakhstan. Possibly depicting the sun god. The petroglyph dates to the early Iron Age. (ca. 1200-500 BC).
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Antikythera Mechanism, c. 100-150 BC. The mechanism had several dials and clock dials, each with a different function for measuring the movements of the sun, moon, stars, and planets, but were all operated by a single main crank.
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Roman sculptures of dogs, c. 1st - 2nd century AD.
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The Mouth of Truth (Bocca della Verità), Rome, Italy.
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Dolphin Fresco in the Queen's Megaron (detail) circa 1600 B.C. Knossos Palace, Crete.
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Gold Roman snake bangles found amongst the ruins of Vesuvius. Photo: National Geographic, May 1984.
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Detail view, Byzantine mosaic from Great Palace Mosaic Museum, modern-day Istanbul, Turkey. 6th c. AD.
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Eastern greek fluorite carved idol: Owl. 4th - 3rd century BC. Private Collection. @OptimoPrincipi
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An Egyptian rock crystal scarab. Late Period, circa 664-332 BC.
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"Under the Protection of the Gods, 1908" - Watercolor Painting by Howard Carter.
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Memento Mori ring, England, c. late 17th to early 18th Century.
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A selection of old Assyrian documents in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Founded in 1911, the Yale Babylonian Collection comprises over 45,000 items, including cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, and other artifacts.
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A cat makes its way through the corridor of the Girdle Wall of the Temple of Horus at Behdet. (Photographer: Nina Berry)
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Hieronymus Bosch - The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail).
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A group of four Ottoman calligrapher’s scissors (29 cm, 28.3 cm, 24.8 cm and 18.8 cm), Turkey, 19th century. Private Collection.
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Beautifully decorated woolly mammoth tusk tip from the last glacial at Dolní Věstonice, Czech Republic (25,000-30,000 years ago)
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A small gold Bible, once perhaps owned by a medieval aristocrat or royal, has been found by a metal detectorist.
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Odalisque by Léon-François Comerre (1850 – 1916).
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Map of Greek Mythology. Designer - Credit: Hazel Newlevant.
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Off for the Sabbath, photograph, William Mortensen, 1927.
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Artemis from Stabiae (Origin). Medium: Fresco. Date: 1 AD–45 AD. Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli.
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The Bewitched Man (The Devil's Lamp), detail, Francisco de Goya, 1798.
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Hippopotamus, Egyptian, 2040-1638 BC. “Hippos were fearsome beasts.. The hippopotamus was also a power for good. Tawaret, a hippo goddess, protected women in pregnancy and childbirth.” Risd Museum.
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John II Komnenos and Irene of Hungary. Art by Antoine Helbert.
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