901
Lamenting Women, from the tomb (TT55) of Ramose, c. 1411-1375 BC.
902
The Reunion of the Soul & the Body by William Blake. Illustration to Robert Blair’s The Grave, 1805.
903
Greek Gold Roundel with Bees, 7th Century BC. The goldwork technique seen here is called granulation, in which the goldsmith uses minute spheres of gold to create texture and pattern.
904
Anatomical studies and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Credit: Leonardo Da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man (by Martin Clayton and Ronald Philo); Royal Collection Trust.
905
A Roman rock-crystal ring, bearing the portrait of an unknown woman, late 1st century or 2nd century AD.
906
Romulus, Remus, and their Nursemaid, by Jacques Laurent Agasse, 1805.
907
Snail attack. Detail from the Gorleston Psalter. Collection: The British Library, ms 49622, f. 180v.
908
Nebra Sky Disc Nebra, Germany c. 1.600 BC. The Nebra Sky Disc is a decorated bronze plate with gold symbols, as the Sun, the crescent-shaped Moon and 32 stars.
909
Rock art of Tassili n'Ajjer Sahara Desert, Algeria, c. 7,000 BC. About 7,000 years ago, the climate changed again and the Sahara began to dry up.The animals either died out completely or moved elsewhere.
910
Rocca Calascio is a mountaintop fortress or rocca in the Province of L'Aquilain Abruzzo, Italy. This 13th century fortress was featured in Ladyhawke and The Name Of The Rose.
911
Vesuvius Erupting by Moonlight. 18th century. Pierre Jacques Volaire. French 1729-1799. oil/canvas.
912
Greek and Etruscan Vases. 18th.century. Alexandre Isidore Leroy de Barde. French 1777-1828. watercolor.
913
Dagger of Princess Ita. From the Tomb of Princess Ita next to the pyramid of king Amenemhat II at Dahshur. Date: Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat II, ca. 1914-1879 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
914
Theseus defeats the Centaur (1805-1819) is a neoclassical sculpture by Antonio Canova (1757-1822), on display on the Grand staircase at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
915
One of the four colossal heads carved by Olmecs (800BC). Heads measure up to 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m) in height and weigh several tons, which causes a great deal of speculation on how the Olmecs were able to move them - basalt quarry was found over 80 km away.
916
Photo of the “Llullaillaco Maiden”, a 15-year-old girl sacrificed during the Inca Empire for both purposes of religious rite and social control. Read more: instagram.com/archaeologyart
917
The colonnade in the courtyard of the Temple of Isis, Philae, Egypt, circa 1862.
918
Engraved gem (Gold, carnelian) with a youth and his dog inset into a hollow ring. Geography / Date: Italy 3rd–2nd century BC. Now on display at the Getty Museum.
919
Panel with a Griffin, c. 1250–1300 AD, made in Greece or the Balkans. Culture: Byzantine. Medium: marble.
920
4.000 km from Rome and 2.500 km from Athens, in a remote corner of the South Caucasus, stands an enormous Hellenic temple: the Garni Temple, Garni, Armenia. (c. 77 AD). Photo via historyfilia.
921
Minoan Snake Goddess figurine, 1600 BC. Heraklion Arch. Museum, Crete island, Greece.
922
Mosaic floor depicting a dog and a knocked-over gold vessel. Discovered in 1993 during construction of the new Alexandria Library, Egypt. Now currently in the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria. Width: approx. 70 cm. Date: approx. 200-100 BC.
923
The Colossal Octopus (Le Poulpe Colossal) - Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliere, des mollusques, animaux sans vertèbres et a sang blanc. Felix de Roissy and Pierre Denys de Montfort, 1805.
924
Carving of a whale. Medium: Steatite, red cinnabar, shell. Date: 16th–17th century AD. Geography: United States, California. Culture: Chumash. Collection: The Met, NYC.
925
Head of Mars. The French School, 1800s. Private Collection (?)
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