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View of the Colosseum by Jan Gossaert c. 1509.
852
Vatican Museums under construction, Rome, Italy, Photographer: Massimo Listri.
853
Giusto de’ Menabuoi (1330-1390): Cycle of the Apocalypse (fresco).
854
Asenath, Daughter of the Priest of On, 1921 by John Riley Wilmer (English, 1883–1941)
855
The Mouth of Truth (Bocca della Verità), Rome, Italy. The massive marble mask weighs about 1300 kg and probably depicts the face of the sea titan god Oceanus. The eyes, nostrils, and mouth are open. Historians aren't quite certain what the original purpose of the disc was.
856
Bronze statue of Hercules, Roman, 2nd century AD. Height 51 cm. Alanya Museum, Anatolia.
857
David Boye, 1956 Greek Girl in Corinth with her goat at Apollo’s temple, Greece.
858
Shield emblem, Scythian, 7th century BC, Northern Caucasus.
860
Enid Yandell with her sculpture of Pallas Athena, 1896.
The statue was assembled in Nashville and stood before the exposition's Fine Arts Building, which was built as a full-size replica of the Parthenon in Athens.
861
“Clio’s Dream” by Coderch & Malavia. (2020). Medium: bronze and blue patina.
862
Base of the Obelisk of Theodosius, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) by James Robertson (1855).
863
Mercury Tying His Sandals, Jean-André Delorme, 1881.
864
Sphinx probably a table support Roman 120-140 AD from Monte Cagnolo outside Lanuvium near Rome, Italy. Photo by mharrsch on Flickr.
865
The City of Troy from the Sea, an illustration from 'L'Odyssee', by Homer, translated by Victor Berard, 1929-33 (colour litho). Artist: Francois-Louis Schmied.
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Minotauro (Minotaur) by Jordi Garriga Mora (2007).
868
Greek vase depicting the olive harvest. VI century BC. Now on display at the British Museum.
869
Amber Boar Figurine, Roman, circa 1st-2nd century AD.
870
Cruciform (Cross) Tomb at Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico. Period/Culture : Zapotec. Photograph Date: c. 1920s(?).
871
Death and the Maiden (detail) by Henri Lévy 1900.
872
The First Kiss (of Adam and Eve) (1891) by Salvador Viniegra.
873
Prometheus creating the first Man. [Graeco-Roman Ringstone, ~30 BC] Credit - Collection: Thorvaldsen Museum.
874
Copying reliefs in the temple of Ramses, photography by Kees Scherer, 1968, in in Abu Simbel, Egypt.
875
Queen Puabi's headdress is a 2600-2450 BC Mesopotamian crown consisting of ornate gold leaf wreaths, strands of lapis lazuli and carnelian beads, with a gold comb, and delicate hair ribbons.
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