651
Men with fireworks, ca. 1730-40, Rajasthan, Mughal India. Artist Unknown
652
Athena and Poseidon by the Ancient Greek Amasis Painter, circa 540 BC.
653
Hadrian’s Villa - Hadrian died just four years after the country house was completed. Later it was the imperial summer residence but fell into disrepair after Constantine moved to Byzantium in 330.
654
Floor mosaic, Hadrianic or Early Antonine Era. Round hall, Baths of the Seven Sages (regio III, insula X). Ostia Antica, Latium, Italy. (II century AD)
655
Gold Snake Armlet. Egypt-Roman Period, 1st cent. A.D. Private Collection (?)
656
Detail, mummy portrait of a woman- encaustic on limewood-Romano-Egyptian ca. 160-70 AD-portrait found in Rubaiyat, Egypt. Currently located at the British Museum.
657
Detail, The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
658
The Orkney Hood, found in a peat bog in 1867, is the only complete item of fabric clothing to have survived from early medieval Scotland. Date: c. 250-615 AD, now on display at the National Museum of Scotland.
659
A pair of earrings from a tomb in Tillya Tepe. Date: 1st century BC-1st century AD, gold and turquoise, part of the collection of the National Museum of Afghanistan. Photographer: Thierry Ollivier.
660
‘The Motherland’ - William Adolphe Bouguereau.
661
Interior of the Temple of Aboo Simbel Nubia illustration by David Roberts (1796–1864).
662
A close up of a painted pottery figure of an earth spirit (tomb guardians), Zhenmushou. Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907). 30 ¼ and 29 ½ in. (76.8 and 75 cm.) high. Private Collection.
663
Prehistoric rock art in Iran’s Teimareh Valley. They are believed to depict hunters on horseback, snowfall, a wolf, an Asiatic cheetah, and lions. Photos by Babak Tafreshi.
664
Two Satyrs, 1619 by Peter Paul Rubens. Medium: oil,wood.
666
Cross-section of King Tut’s sarcophagus.
667
Hadrian (Roman Emperor, 76-138) AI reconstruction by Hidreley Diao.
668
Asante sword ornament in the form of a spider, gold-copper-silver alloy. Culture: Asante people, Ghana. Date: late 19th century AD. Credit: Dallas Museum of Art, US.
669
A page from the "Kalīla wa-Dimna" by Ibn al-Muqaffa (a book containing a collection of fables), illustrating the King of the Crows conferring with his political advisors. c. 1210 AD.
670
Mode in Hats and Headdress (Masterwork of Fashion and History) : Ancient Greek. Author: R. Turner Wilcox Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (NY), 1952.
671
Howling Wolf. Date: c. 500–200 BC. Place of origin: Southern Siberia. Medium: Wood with shell inlays. Collection: Cleveland Art, US.
672
A Deep Sea Idyll - Herbert James Draper.
673
Devil carrying a soul. missal, France ca. 1470-1475. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 425, fol. 67v.
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Ulisse Aldrovandi, Octopus, Animali, vol 4,16th century. Watercolor. Universita di Bologna.
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Stairs into the Royal Tombs of Ur. 1920's, Iraq.
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