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A Victorian gem set and diamond brooch/pendant. Date: 1890s. Designed as a bat, the body composed of a pearl, the wings applied with brown plique-à-jour enamel and set with cushion-shaped diamonds. Credit: Sothebys.
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Detail, roman fresco, Pompeii, Casa del Bracciale d'Oro.
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The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is a Late Antique Roman building in Ravenna, Italy, built between 425 and 450 AD. The interior of the mausoleum is covered with rich mosaics.
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Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mayan, 5th-8th centuries (Photo: Carlos Adampol Galindo, CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Raised hands of great finesse, Kom Ombo Temple, Egypt.
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Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized Baroque marble sculpture by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed between 1622 and 1625. Housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, the work depicts the climax of the story of Apollo and Daphne in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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Detail, Master of the Rebel Angels - The Fall of the Rebel Angels. c. 1340 - 1345.
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Lycinna by John William Godward (detail), 1918.
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The Young King of the Black Isles by Maxfield Parrish, 1906.
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A Chancay textile doll from Peru, circa 1000 - 1300 AD.
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Armet with Mask Visor in the Form of a Rooster, ca. 1530. Medium: Steel. Place of origin: German, probably Augsburg. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 374.
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"Tunnel Book" - repurposed German bible, wood. Art by Ruth Maendel (Canadian).
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Minerva and the Centaur (detail) by Sandro Botticelli. Date: c. 1482-1483 Medium: Tempera on canvas.
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Chinese Qin Sword with gold openwork handle. Date: Spring and Autumn period (770–476 B.C.) Length 37.8cm, Hilt Length 12.7cm, Blade Length 24.5cm, Blade Width 4cm. Excavated from Tomb 2 at Yimen village in Baoji, Shaanxi, 1992; Baoji Municipal Archaeological Institute.
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Incan skulls show evidence of practiced brain surgery. The Incan people practiced brain surgery, in which a piece was chipped out of the skull, part of the brain removed, and the hole covered by metal beaten flat. Photo Credit & Reblog: Thomas Quine via Flickr.
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Stone ship called Tjelvar’s grave on the island of Gotland, Sweden, dating from the late Bronze Age (1100-500 BC). According to a myth described in the Gutasaga, it is the grave of Tjelvar, the first person on Gotland.
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Tutankhamun’s Lotus Chalice. The handle is a lotus flower and bud supporting with god Heh, the symbol of eternal life. Found at the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62). Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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The 'Ladies in Blue' fresco is a recreated fresco from the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete. It shows three women richly dressed and lavishly bejeweled depicted against a blue background. Neopalacial period, 1600 - 1450 BC. Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete.
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Guards protecting the city of Ur from treasure seekers and brick thieves, National Geographic, December 1966. Photographer: Dean Conger.
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Antique Adam and Eve Apple. Reverse has Serpents and Apples. Quote translates to “I am your Half”. Private Collection (?)
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One of the first written documents of the history found in Mesopotamia. It reads "29.086 units of barley were received. Signature: Kushim".
According to the famous Sapiens writer Norah Harari, Kushim may be the name of the first person in history we know.
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View of Pantheon at night in Rome, Italy.
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In 1790 workers repaving near the Cathedral in Mexico City discovered a stone eleven and one-half feet in diameter inscribed with the Aztec calendar.
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