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King Mithridates or Antiochus I of Commagene (70-38 BC) shaking hands with Heracles, Arsameia on the Nymphaios. Mount Nemrut, Adiyaman, Turkey.
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Entrance to the Crypt by Roslin Chapel David Roberts (1796–1864). Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum.
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“The Finding of Moses” - 1885 by Frederick Goodall.
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Monumental sculpture, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, circa 1885.
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Illustration: A bustling marketplace in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
Credit: National Geographic.
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The Pharaoh’s Handmaidens, 1883, John Collier (1850–1934).
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Griffin. Culture: Roman. Date: AD. 14-37. Medium: Fresco; tempera. Collection: Risd Museum, Denmark.
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Grief by Oskar Zwintscher, 1898. Location: New Masters Gallery (Galerie Neue Meister), Dresden.
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A Gorgon (Late 18th century / Terracota), unknown Italian Sculptor.
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The iron and gold cuirass of the King Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, 4th century BC, on display in Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai in Vergina, Greece.
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The Asclepeion in Kos, Greece . The Asclepeion is an ancient medical center placed 4 km to the southeast of Kos Town, beyond Platani village.
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The Rosetta Stone and a reconstruction of how it would have originally looked. Illustration by Claire Thorne.
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Dream Cloud - The winged female bust is a personification of The Dream, close to Beaux Arts traditional style with hints of late Art Nouveau. c. 1915, Photo: Maia Now on display at the © Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
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Bronze statuette of the God Osiris on the seabed of the sunken city of Thonis-Herakleion; VII-II centuries BC. Photograph: © Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation.
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Stone sculpture of a celestial dancer (Apsara), Hindu mythological creature, India, 1100s .
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Figural lamp screen. Created by Tiffany Studios, c.1905. Medium: Leaded glass, gilt bronze. Private Collection.
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"Testone" by Andrea Salvatori, 2016. Medium: Ceramic and Porcelain.
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Gilded Bronze Dragon with an iron core from Tang Dynasty, unearthed from Caochangpo in the southern suburb of Xian in 1975. Shaanxi History Museum. 7th-10th century China.
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Bronze head of Akkadian king, probably depicting Sargon or his grandson Naram-Sin. Unearthed in Nineveh, modern day Mosul, Iraq. Dated ca 2200-2300 BC.
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A visitor feeds two deer on a tideflat next to the Torri Gate at the Itsukushima Jinja Shrine on the coast of Japan, date unknown.
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Griffin mosaic from the Acropolis at Rhodes, c. 2nd century BC.
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A window in St. George’s Collegiate Church in Tübingen, Germany, depicts a medieval execution on the Catherine wheel. The window is said to have been installed by the Duke of Wuerttemberg as atonement after he mistakenly ordered such an execution of an innocent man.
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A circle of demons and witches, from Nathaniel Crouch, The Kingdom of Darkness, 1688.
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The Birth of Venus by Charles Haslewood Shannon - 1923.
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