876
Portable Anubis shrine found in the tomb of Tutankhamun (detail) ca. 1332 to 1323 B.C.
877
The Hyrcanian Golden cup. Dated first half of first millennium. Excavated at Kalardasht in Mazandaran, Iran. Collection: National Museum of Iran.
878
Eastern Roman Mosaic in the Church of Qasr Libya, Northern Libya. It dates back to the Reign of Justinian I The Great.
879
René Lalique (1860-1945), Pocket watch, c. 1900. Yellow gold, classical watch mechanism. Decorated with masks, after a drawing by Rodin. Diameter: 5 cm.
880
A creature (?) detail from the Book of hours, Flanders c. 1300-1310. Collection: Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.37, fol. 187v.
881
Labyrinth of the Minotaur from the Lambert of Saint-Omer, Liber Floridus, Saint-Omer 1121. Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, Hs. 92, fol. 20r.
882
The God Horus of Behdet in His form of sacred falcon spreading his wings in protection and holding the ‘Ankh’ (Life). Detail from the White Chapel of King Sesostri I at ‘Ipet-Sut’ (“Karnak”), the highly sacred Precinct of the God Amon-Ra at ‘Uaset’-Thebes.
883
Touch, detail. Anonymous Flemish artist. The Lady and the Unicorn series of tapestries. Collection: Musée national du Moyen Âge. Date: c. 1484 – 1500.
884
Artemis statue from ancient city of Ephesus, c. 125-175 AD.- Now on display at Selcuk Museum, Turkey.
885
Rare Tibetan Monastic Painted Door, XVII Century. Private Collection.
886
The 2100-year-old clothes of the Huldremose Woman (or Huldre Fen Woman), a bog body recovered in 1879 from a peat bog near Ramten - Jutland in Denmark. It consists of a checked woollen skirt, a checked woollen scarf and two skin capes.
887
Bactrian disk wrought from silver and gold (ca. 328-135 BC); excavated at Ai Khanum (Amu Darya), Takhar Province, Afghanistan.
888
"Mythology, idols etc" from the "A dictionary of the English language" by Webster, Noah, 1758-1843. Source: Internet Archive.
889
Mushhushhu dragon, Symbol of the God Marduk, Panel from the Ishtar Gate - Babylon. Date: 604 - 562 BC. Now on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
890
Rock crystal statuette of the goddess Bastet in her form of sacred cat. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
891
Cleopatra testing poison on death row prisoners (Detail), 1887. By Alexandre Cabanel.
892
Sarmatian Gold Diadem, 1st c. AD, from Khokhlach Barrow. Collection: Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
893
A 600-year-old medieval hat from Lappvattnet. The hat, which is made of sheep's wool, was preserved in a bog. Now housed at the Västerbottens museum in Sweden.
894
Lovers. Wall painting from Pompeii. Collection: Naples Archaeological Museum, Italy. Photo Credit: by Carlo Raso (CC0)
895
Hellenistic Greek gold snake ring, dated to c. 100 BC. Currently located in the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece.
896
The Antikythera Youth is a 330 BC bronze statue of a young man discovered in 1900 by sponge-divers in the area of the ancient Antikythera shipwreck off the island of Antikythera, Greece. Photo Credit: National Archeological Museum of Athens.
897
Gold Snake Armlet. Diameter: 10 cm. weight: 295 g. Place of origin: Egypt. Roman Period, 1st century AD. Private Collection..
898
Devil says goodnight. Detail from the Jean Mansel, La fleur des histoires, Flanders. Date: ca. 1480. Collection: Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 64, fol. 297r.
899
Norwich pattern books. These happy-looking books from the 18th century contain records. Not your regular historical records - who had died or was born, or how much was spent on bread and beer - but a record of cloth patterns available for purchase by customers.
900
Faience chalice in the form of a lotus, Egypt, 945 - 715 BC. Height: 14.4cm. Collection: Louvre Museum.
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