1126
Gold myrtle wreath. Date: Greek, c. 350-200 BC. Private Collection.
1127
Weight in shape of frog. Date & Culture: ca. 2000–1600 B.C, Babylonian. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 406, NYC.
1128
Gold locket with the hair of Queen Marie Antoinette. Collection: British Museum. Photo Credit: Kotomi_ on Flickr.
1129
Rebecca at the well by Francesco Hayez (Italian. 1791 - 1882).
1130
Ivory plaque of lioness mauling an African. Culture: Phoenician. Date: 900-700 B.C. Place of origin: Iraq, Nimrud: North West Palace. Medium: Ivory, gold, cornelian, lapis lazuli. Now on display at the British Museum, UK.
1132
Detail of a miniature of an owl being mobbed by other birds. From a bestiary, England, 2nd quarter of the 13th century, Harley MS 4751, f.
1133
A depiction of the priestess of Delphi from an ancient krater. The priestess of Delphi would engage in divination by sitting on the tripod in the foreground and perhaps inhaling gases coming up from a crack in the earth below.
1134
Colossal figure of Ramesses II at his Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Lower Nubia Photographed by Francis Firth (British, 1822-1898).
1135
Ancient Greek gold earrings with pendants of amphoras, dated to the 2nd century BC. Private Collection (?)
1136
William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Lost Pleiad (1884).
1137
‘Ulysses and the Sirens’ (Detail) - Herbert James Draper {1909}
1138
By the Waters of Babylon by Arthur Hacker (1858-1919).
1139
The Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion, Athens. Photo by William J. Stillman (1828 - 1901).
1140
Pebble mosaic depicting Bellerophon killing Chimera. Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, Greece. circa 300-270 BC.
1141
Roman-era floor mosaic on Delos depicting Eros riding on dolphins, c. 120–80 BC. House of Dolphins on the Greek island of Delos, Greece.
1142
Gem with the Bust of Athena / Minerva. Culture : Roman, Period : 1st – 2nd century A.D. Material : Amethyst Dimensions : Dim: 2.5 x 1.8 cm. Source: Private Collection.
1143
Long considered a modern invention, animation has apparently been lying about its age. A 5,200-year-old bowl found in Iran’s Burnt City in the 1970s features a series of five images that researchers have only recently identified as being sequential, much like those in a zoetrope
1144
Egyptian Papyrus Reed Ring,. Date: New Kingdom, 1550-1077 BC. Meidum: Made of gold, jasper and lapis lazuli. Private Collection.
1145
The Prague Astronomical Clock is one of the city's most popular landmarks. It is well over 600 years old and is one of the oldest functional astronomical clocks in the world. Photo Credit: Getty Images.
1146
Childbirth pot. Date: c. between A.D. 1000 and 1130. Culture/Place: Mimbres. The Mimbres region includes southwestern New Mexico and adjacent areas in Arizona and northern Mexico. The name Mimbres is also the name of the river running through the center of the region.
1147
Cat coffin with complete mummy inside. Place of origin: Saqqara, Egypt. Collection: Manchester Museum, the University of Manchester.
1148
John William Godward (1861-1922): “A Persian princess” 1898, Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 40.5 cm. (17.9 x 15.9 in.), Private collection.
1149
A silver tetradrachm from Kos, 300-190 BC. R- Crab. (Alpha Bank Numismatics Museum, Kerkyra, Corfu).
1150
Woodcut print of the twelve signs of the zodiac, German, 1st half 16th century. Private Collection.
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