1001
Wooden cosmetic spoon in shape of a mouse. Egyptian used spoons to mix their eye make up on. Period: Egyptian, New Kingdom, 18th dyasty, 1525 - 1295 BC. Now on display at the Metropolitan Museum.
1002
Greek Gold Sphinx Earrings, 4th Century BC. Private Collection.
1003
Hieronymus Bosch - detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights, ca. 1490 - 1510.
1005
"The Last of his Race". Photographer: L.M.A. Roy - Pictorial Photographers of America, Tennant and Ward, New York Publisher's Agents, 1920.
1006
Blood rain, as a sign of the end of times. Psautier, Augsbourg ~ 1485 Basel Universitätsbibliothek.
1007
Relief plaque of cobra on a neb basket. Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period Date: c. 400–30 B.C. Geography: From Egypt. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
1008
Detail of Berenice’s Tresses, by Ambrogio Borghi, 1878.
1009
The Golden Larnax contains the remains from the burial of King Philip of Macedon and the royal golden wreath. The larnax was placed in the marble sarcophagus. It was made of 24-carat gold and weighing 11 kg.
1010
Close-up detail of Venus Callipyge also known as Aphrodite Kallipygos or Callipygian Venus, is a Roman marble copy “Venus of the Beautiful Buttocks”, National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
1011
Late Medieval heart-shaped gold brooch with twisted bands of blue and white enamelling. Date: c.1400-1464. Inscription on the back ‘Je suy vostre sans de partier’ (I am yours forever). © The Trustees of the British Museum.
1012
John William Waterhouse, “Dolce Far Niente”, 1879
1013
Gold signet-ring. Culture/period: Late Roman & Byzantine. Date: A.D. 5th century Medium: Gold. Collection: British Museum.
1015
Monument of king Leonidas, Sparta, Greece.
Leonidas, (died 480 BC), Spartan king whose stand against the invading Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece is one of the enduring tales of Greek heroism.
1016
Nikolay Nikanorovich Dubovskoy (1858-1918) - Night on the Southern Shore.
1017
Peacock mosaic, House of Dionysos, Paphos, Cyprus. Date: Roman, 2nd or 3rd Century AD.
1018
Cast enamel bat necklace, 1900s, France. Private Collection.
1019
Pocket watch by René Lalique (1860-1945), c. 1900. Medium: Yellow gold, classical watch mechanism. Decorated with masks, after a drawing by Rodin. Diameter: 5 cm.
1020
Stag with Herb Branch Mounted as a Ring. Date: 1567. Collection: Art Institute of Chicago. Size: Diameter: 2.2 cm (13/16 in.) Medium: Gold, enamel, ruby, opals, and pearls.
1021
Stone relief of an Assyrian warrior and his lion. Palace of king Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin, present day Khorsabad, northern Iraq ~ ca.713 BC. Louvre.
1022
Francesco Hayez (Italian, 1791-1881)- Il Consiglio alla Vendetta (Vengeance is Sworn), 1851 (detail) Oil on canvas.
1023
The Medea krater. Side A: Medea departing in a chariot. Place of Origin: Lucania, Italy. Date: ca. 400 BC. Attributed to the Policoro Painter. Now on display at the Cleveland, Museum of Art.
1024
Roman trade routes and principal products in each region.
1025
Aztec Pantheon V3 - Illustrator: Gwendal Uguen. The gods of the Aztecs (1345-1521 AD) were many and varied and, as with many other ancient cultures, deities were closely associated with things and events important to the culture and the general welfare of the community.
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