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A Greek bronze sculpture oh a horseman wearing a Corinthian helmet. Date: c. 560-550 BC. Source: British Museum.
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Pebble art by British artist © Justin Bateman. Read more: boredpanda.com/pebble-art-mos…
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Great Hymn to the Aten. Pharaoh Akhenaten and his family adoring the Aten. Amarna Period, ca. 1353-1336 BC. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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A colossal statue of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (r. 117 to 138 AD) found in the ruins of a bathhouse at Sagalossos, a Greco-Roman city in south-central Turkey. It is estimated the statue stood between 13 and 16 feet (4 and 5 meters) tall.
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A gold sword hilt decorated with interlaced dragons. From China, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 6th-5th century BC. Now on display at the British Museum.
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“Horses of Saint Mark.” Medium: Bronze. Attributed to the Greek sculptor Lysippos, 4th century BC. Venice, Basilica of St. Mark.
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The Terracotta Army, Mount Li, China, 210 BC.
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Red Queen. So called because of the scarlet tone of the skeleton due to the effect of the almost three centimeters of cinnabar that covered it, it was found in 1994 inside Temple XIII of Palenque. #mayan #mexico
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A pair of Greek gold earrings in the form of Dolphins, 4th c.BC.
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Detail, The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch (between 1480 and 1505).
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Hedgehog Model. Model of a hedgehog from Tomb 416 at Abydos (Egyptian faience). New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550-1292 BC. Now in the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.
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Gold, emerald, diamond, and enamel signet ring with clock, crafted by Johannes Butz of Augsburg, Germany. Date: c. 2nd quarter of the 17th century. Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
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Perseus byJoseph Blanc,1869. Medium: Oil on canvas, 302 x 174 cm. Collection: Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France.
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Death and Life is an oil on canvas painting by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt. The painting was started in 1908 and completed in 1915.
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The End of the World (the Great Day of His Wrath) by John Martin, 1851-53.
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The Deluge (detail) by Gustave Doré, c. 1866.
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Sandro Botticelli, La Primavera, detail - c.1478-82.
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Prehistoric rock carving of a whole bunch of deer. Bayankhongor, Mongolia. Photo by L. Ebegzaya.
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Ancient Roman garnet intaglio inscribed with the head of Sirius, the Dog Star. The gem dates to the 1st century BC.
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Horses panel, Chauvet Cave, c. 30,000 – 28.,000 B.C Photographer: L. Guichard.
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A Mycenaean vase or krater depicting a stylized octopus (c. 1400-1300 BC). Provenance: Ialysos, Rhodes. Now on display at the British Museum.
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A silver diobol - it is a cute little Greek ancient coin, it was minted in the city of Fokaja (Phokaia), Jonia, the coin was minted in 521-478 BC.
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“The Great Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius” - Desprez, Louis Jean (French, 1743-1804).
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Detail, the Lament for Icarus by Herbert Draper, 1898.
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Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 2600–2400 B.C. Medium: Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone. Now on display at the British Museum, UK.