1251
The Archer, 1914. Original illustration for “Les chansons de Bilitis” by Pierre Louÿs, Paris. Watercolour heightened with gold on paper. 10.8 x 10.8 cm.
1252
10th-century gold and enamel Byzantine icon of St Michael, in the treasury of the St Mark’s Basilica. Photograph: Stock Image/Alamy.
1253
Victory of Samothrace Samothrace, Greece, c. 200 BC. Found in Samothrace in 1863.
1254
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Mother & Child Figurine, Ancient Greece, ca. 400 BC. Medium: Marble.
Collection/Credit: National Archaeological Museum of Athens, by Aleksandr Zykov on Flickr (cc).
1255
Egyptian Faience Hippo, Late Period, c. 6th-4th Century BC. Diamter: 7 in (18 cm) long. Private Collection.
1256
Winged Lion. Culture: Iberian. Place of origin: Tartessos, Spain. Date: 500–400 B.C. Medium: Bronze. Collection: Getty Museum.
1257
Scythian gold comb with the image of a battle scene, from the Solokha kurgan, 430-390 BC. From the tumulus of Solokha in Ukraine.
1258
Detail, Gypsum wall panel relief showing the god Ninurta and monster Anzu. The god is Ninurta, chief god of the city of Nimrud and has a thunderbolt in each hand; he pursues the monster Anzu.
1259
Statue of a female devotee. Medium: sandstone, 75 cm / 29 in high. Geography: Mathura, India, early 2nd century AD. Collection: Cleveland Art Museum.
1260
"Aztec Sacrificial Stone". Photograph date: ca. 1885 -1895. Sculpture Date: ca. AD 1325-1521.Location: Mexico City. Photo: Collection of Cornell University Library.
1261
The ceremonial dagger is Sumerian and from the Early Dynastic III period, c.2600-2500 BC, from Ur (grave PG 580)
1262
The Parthenon, Athens in 1908. Photographer: Frédéric Boissonnas.
1263
Excavation findings in Pompeii (1st picture) and Herculaneum (2nd picture). Two towns close to the famous Vesuvius volcano (Italy) that erupt almost 1,933 years ago.
1264
Roman carnelian intaglio of a bee, dating to the 1st to 3rd centuries AD. Place of origin: Syria.Collection: Yale University Art Gallery.
1265
Olive Wreath. Place of origin: Bosporan kingdom. Date: Mid 4th century B.C. Medium: Gold.
1266
The Pantheon, Rome, ca 1880. Photographer: A. Olivieri .
1267
Mummified head of a stork. Egypt, 664-332 BC. Dimensions: 40 cm long. Private Collection.
1268
The Second Hypostyle Hall of the “Great Temple” of King Sethi I at Abydos, view from the First Hypostyle Hall. On the background, the Inner Shrine of the Goddess Isis. Image via privatetoursinegypt.
1269
A devotional statue (a married couple ?) dating to 2600 BC. Found place: Nippur in Iraq. Dimensions: 3.5 inches. Medium: Gypsum (alabaster), resin, shell rock inlays. Now on display at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
1270
Knife and fork, ca. 1650. Place of origin: Netherlands (made). Collection: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1271
Aqueduct in Ruins by Hubert Robert (1733-1808).
1272
The Seated Scribe statue is one of the masterworks of Ancient Egypt. Egyptologist Auguste Mariette discovered the scribe in 1850 at Saqqara, an ancient burial ground in Egypt, serving as the necropolis for the Ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis.
1273
Spiral finger ring. Period: Hellenistic, 200 BC.- 100 BC. Medium: Gold. From the Museum of Cycladic Art. Source: cycladic.gr
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Portable diptych sundial. Maker: Hans Tröschel the Elder (German, 1549–1612) Date: ca. 1598 Culture: German, Nuremberg. Medium: Ivory, brass. Collection: The Met, NYC.
1275
Snake with three heads. Medium: Fresco. Location: Etruscan tomb of the “Quadriga hellish”, Sarteano, Siena, Italy. Date: c. IV century BC.
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