1426
The Great Stupa at Sanchi (India) is an early Buddhist monument first constructed 2nd century BC. The Buddha’s anthropomorphic figure is not seen here, and was not used until the turn of the century.
1427
Mask for a Horse’s Head. Period: Early Iron Age. Culture: Pazyryk. Date: 5th-4th century B.C. Place of origin: Altai Territory, Pazyryk Boundary, the Valley of the River Bolshoy Ulagan. Medium: Felt and leather.
1428
Ptolemaic mosaic depicting a dog and a knocked-over gold vessel, Alexandria, Egypt. Period - Date: from Hellenistic Egypt, dated between 200 - 150 BC. Now located in the Greco-Roman Museum of Alexandria, Egypt.
1429
Neo-Assyrian Gold Lotus Bud Earrings, 9th-7th Century BC. Photo Credit & Collection: Antiquarium Ancient Art, New York, NY.
1430
Pectoral from the tomb of Tutankhamun, made of gold, lapis lazuli and semi-precious stones depicting scarab (Kheperu), solar disk (Ra) and crescent (Neb) form Tutankhamun’s prenomen Nebkheperura. Collection: Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1431
One of the great events of the year for a Greek was a visit to the theatre. Plays were only put on for ten days in the year. Each play was only performed once and naturally everyone wanted to see it, so the theatre had to be huge.
1432
Details from “The Fall of the Damned” (c.1468) by Dirk Bouts.
1433
A Mayan calendar column was found in Quirigua, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, on August 13, 1929. (Photo Credit: JB Manas.)
1434
Vue vers les pyramides de Giseh (View Towards the Pyramids of Giza), ca. 1880. The New York Public Library Digital Collections.
1435
The Colossi of Memnon by Carl Werner, 1808 - 1894.
1436
The Three Graces Dancing with a Faun by Jules Scalbert (1851–1928).
1437
A late Viking or High Medieval Axe beautifully inlaid with silver. Length: 18.7 cm, Width: 19.1 cm. Weight: 520 g. Place of origin: Scandinavia, c. 11th-12th century AD. Collection:Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1438
Small glass cathead amulet with a hole for wearability. Culture: Egypt, c. 500-300 BC. Collection & Credit: Sadigh Gallery.
1439
Griffin. 6th century Byzantine mosaic, Great Palace Museum, Istanbul. Destroyed in Nika Riot in the 6th century, the Great Palace was rebuilt by Justinian I. The mosaics, decorating the floors of the museum today date back to that restoration time.
1441
Tripod base of a table with lion heads and paws. Medium: Marble. Date: c. 1st half of 1st cent. BC. Pompeii, Naples, Italy. Photo: Ilya Shurygin © 2015.
1442
Roman mosaic showing fishermen battling a giant octopus. On view at the Archaeological Museum of Mytilene, Lesvos, Greece.
1443
Gold earrings, dated to the 11th century AD. Culture: Persian. Collection: Khalili Collections.
1444
The Roman world at the time of Trajan’s death in 117 AD stretched from the shores of the Caspian Sea in the east to Spain’s Atlantic coast in the west; from Britain in the north to Egypt in the South.
1445
Figurine of the Goddess Bastet as a Cat.
Cats were the sacred animals to the goddess Bastet or Bast. Medium: Bronze, inlaid gold. Third Intermediate Period to Late Period, 21st Dynasty-26th Dynasty, ca. 1081-525 BC. Credit & Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
1446
Ancient Egyptian vase in the shape of a duck, made from polychrome faience. Date: c. 3rd cent. BC (Ptolemaic period). Collection: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1447
A medieval book mended with silk thread. Parchment was difficult to make and expensive to replace, and so medieval scribes would often find other ways to restore them and help ameliorate further damage.
1448
Circassian Cavalry Awaiting their Commanding Officer at the Door of a Byzantine Monument; Alberto Pasini, Italian, 1880.
1449
Sandro Botticelli - Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman, ca. 1483 (detail) Italian, 1445-1510 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas.
1450
Alabaster relief of an Eagle-Headed Winged Figure from the Northwest Palace of king Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud (883-859 BC). Now on display at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Babylon Chronicle.
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