1601
Two bracelets of Psusennes I. Decorated with a winged scarab, holds the sun-disc in its front legs, and the shen-sign of infinity with its rear legs (gold, lapis-lazuli, carnelian and semi-precious stones). Date: ca. 1069-945 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1602
Aztec warriors, dressed as eagles and jaguars, brandish macuahuitls, a traditional Aztec weapon. The macuahuitl was a wooden club spiked with sharp pieces of obsidian, which could be sharpened to be more dangerous than metal. Florentine Codex, created in the 1500s.
1603
"Cheers!". Detail from the Hours of Saint-Omer, France ca. 1320 BL. Collection:, Add 36684, fol. 100r.
1605
Clay mask of the demon Huwawa. Date: c. 1800-1600 B.C. Place of origin: Abu Habba, Iraq. Period: Old Babylonian. Medium: Fired clay. Now on display at the British Museum.
1606
Headdress in the form of a fox’s head. Date: c. 100 - 800 AD. Now on display at the Museo de Oro – Lima, Peru.
1607
“Among the Ruins”, 1902-04 Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912).
1608
Memorabilia, Ludwig van Beethoven by Salomon Garf (Dutch, 1879–1943)
1609
Conch-Shell Trumpet. Date: 300-550. Medium: Conch shell | hematite. Culture:Maya , Guatemala. This Early Classic period conch-shell trumpet has four drilled holes so that a scale can be played. When the spire is at the bottom, the piece forms the head and headdress of a god.
1610
Cat on a handle. Date: 664–30 B.C, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period. Medium: Cupreous metal. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
1611
A Cretan show based on theatrical dancing and acrobatic performances of the Minoan civilization.
1612
Etruscan Gold Centaur Earrings, c. Late 4th - Early 3rd Century BC.
1615
Snailcat, Bible, Paris ca. 1485 (Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, ms. 62, fol. 70v). Image via Discarding Images.
1616
Eagle with Serpent - Byzantine mosaic in the Great Palace of Constantinople, dating to the reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian I, 6th century A.D. Photographer: Zzvet_135 on Adobe Stock.
1617
A gilded bronze bracelet terminating in snake heads. Culture: Western Greek. Made in Italy, found at Cumae. Date: c.200-100 BC. Diameter: c.6.2 cm. Collection: British Museum.
1618
The Akrotiri Boxer Fresco, discovered in 1967, is one of the Wall Paintings of Thera and a leading example of Minoan painting. It is a fresco depicting two young boys wearing boxing gloves and belts and dates back to the Bronze Age, 1700 BC.
1619
Panel from a mosaic floor: edible fish from the Mediterranean area. It probably decorated a dining-room. Excavated/Findspot: Populonia, Livorno, Italy. C. 100 AD. Collection: British Museum.
1620
Conjoined Man and Woman (Curing Ritual Narrative), Jalisco, dates to 100 BC-AD 300, from Jalisco, Mexico. Currently located at the Walters Art Museum, Balitmore, USA.
1621
When Justinian was crowned in 527, he named as co-regent his young wife Theodora. She was 15 years his junior and his opposite in nearly every way. She was social, witty, supremely self-confident, and never lost her head in a crisis. He adored her, and she was his most adviser.
1622
La Nature se devoilant devant La Science (Nature revealing herself before Science) by Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905). Medium: Gilt bronze, marble, and lapis lazuli. Executed c.1905. Private Collection.
1623
The Great Hercules by Hendrik Goltzius, 1589. Medium: engraving on laid paperCredit & Collection: Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
1624
Gold earring with Nike pendant. Culture: Greek, 4th century BC. Collection: Virginia Museum of Fine Art.
1625
‘Wonders of the Seven Seas’ section of ‘Aja’ib al-makhluqat wa-ghara’ib al-mawjudat (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) by Abu Yahya Zakariya’ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini; ca. 1203-1283 AD.
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