1476
Jason and His Teacher by Maxfield Parrish (1870–1966). Medium: oil on canvas. Private collection.
1477
Detail, Statue of Apollo holding a kithara,.Roman copy of a Greek original 5th century BC, head reworked, from near Marino. (Now on display at the Braccio Nuovo, Chiaramonti Museum, Vatican.)
1478
Odysseus and the sirens. Illustration: Unknown creator English School (20th century)
1479
The Essen Crown, 10th century AD. Collection: Essen Cathedral Treasury, Essen, Germany.
1480
The Rape of Ganymede by Briton Riviere (British 1840-1920). Medium: oil/canvas.
1481
"Lord, have mercy on London" - English woodcut on the Great Plague of 1665, London.
1482
Stirrup Spout Bottle: Frog. Date: 2nd–5th century AD. Culture: Moche. Geography: Peru. Medium: Ceramic. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
1483
Ostrich Fan of Tutankhamun. From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1485
Artemis (1st century BC), amethyst gem, National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
1486
Before and after of a reconstruction to an owl-shaped protocorinthian aryballos, ca. 630 BC. Opening in the tail, hole in the basis to suspend by a lace. Now on display at the Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany.
1487
Eros by Johan Julius Ferdinand Kronberg (1850 –1921).
1488
In the 1600s BC, one of the largest volcanic eruptions that humanity has ever seen occurred on the Aegean Island of Thera (now Santorini). The volcanic ash preserved the remains of buildings, streets, frescoes, and many artifacts and works of art. Illustration: Roger Payne.
1489
Large Ceramic Twin Octopus Vase by Shayne Greco, NC, USA.
1490
Pendant in the Form of a Spider. Culture: Possibly Chiriquí. Place of origin: Costa Rica. Date: c. A.D. 1000-1500. Medium: Gold. Collection: Brooklyn Museum.
1491
Model of a hedgehog from Tomb 416 at Abydos (Egyptian faience). New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550-1292 BC. Now in the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.
1492
Ottoman Calligrapher Tools, 19th Century. Private Collection: Sotheby's.
1493
Marble Hand of Colossus of Constantine. Capitoline Museums in Rome, Italy. Photograph: Vogue Magazine, June 1956.
1494
Lion (or tiger?) head detail from "Young Dionysos drinking and riding a tiger" mosaic, the House of the Faun, Pompeii. Source: Naples Archaeological Museum.
1495
The Fall of Icarus by Carlo Saraceni ( Italian 1579-1620). Medium: oil/canvas.
1496
The Temple of Mars was a temple dedicated to the Roman god Mars, situated atop the akropolis of Cyrene (modern-day Libya). Reconstruction made by Ubisoft for the game Assassin’s Creed.
1497
Ring with a hidden compartment containing entwined locks of hair from king Carl XIV Johan of Sweden and count Magnus Brahe. Made from gold and platinum in 1845. Collection: Nordiska Museet.
1498
Amulet Representing the Soul as a Human-Headed Falcon. Place of origin: Saqqara, Egypt Date: 664-332 B.C. Period: Late Period. Medium: Gold.
1499
The 12 Olympian gods of ancient Greece. Top row left to right: Zeus, Athena, Hera, Apollo. Middle row left to right: Demeter, Artemis, Hermes, Hephaistos. Bottom row left to right: Aphrodite, Dionysos, Poseidon, Ares.
1500
Bathtub (Larnax). Date: mid 14th Century B.C. Period: Late Minoan IIIA.Culture: Minoan Medium: Ceramic. Image & Collection: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta.
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