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Vincent van Gogh, Almond Blossom, 1890.
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Bronze Head of King Sargon of Akkad, 2306 B.C Material: Bronze . Dimensions: H: 12 in. (30.7 cm.) Location: Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq (?).
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Detail of a Roman mosaic of a grinning skeleton, Pompei - ca. 1st cent AD.
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Camille Flammarion, Observatory at Alexandria (L'Astronomie Populaire), 1880.
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One of only two authentic old Jolly Rogers known in the world. The red background meant that the ship flying the flag would take no prisoners if their opponents put up a fight. The 18th-century pirate flag is now on display at the National Museum of the Royal Navy.
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The Oldest Mask in the World: Mask decorated with paint, Nahal Hemar Cave, Judean Desert, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, 9,000 years old. Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
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Be cheerful, enjoy your life! The mosaic, which is likely from the 3rd century BC(?), is believed to have served as an elaborate centerpiece of a floor located in the dining room of a wealthy man’s home. It says "ΕΥΦΡΟCΥΝΟC" which means joyful, full of happiness, cheerful.
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Roman Amethyst Intaglio of a Girl Riding a Sea Monster, 1st Century BC-AD.
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Owl Attacking a Bat by Hōraku (Japan, active early to mid-19th century). Medium: Ebony with inlays. Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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At the Pyramids, 1842, by Leander Russ.
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The Ides of March by Edward John Poynter (1836-1919).
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Draw a cat using only straight lines. Design in theory and practice, by Ernest Allen Batchelder, 1910.
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Akhenaten, Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty blue glass inlay, ca.1336-1353 BC.
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“Danse Macabre” woodcut by Hans Holbein, 1526.
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Slavic Goddess Mara (Morena, Мара, Морена, Marzanna) - the Goddess of Winter, Death, and Rebirth. Art by Margo Kai .
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Dancing dogs. Culture: Colima. Place of Origin: Colima, Mexico. Medium: Blackware ceramic. Now on display at the Princeton Universty Art Museum.
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A Mayan gold frog with turquoise eyes. Place of origin: Mexico. Photo: Ignacio Guevara.
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Diana, the Huntress, Gaston Casimir Saint-Pierre, 1833-1916, oil on canvas.
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A total solar eclipse over Egypt, illustrated in a 1911 edition of Astronomy for All by Bruno Hans Bürgel (1875-1948).
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British archaeologist Leonard Woolley and his wife Catherine at the moment of the discovery of pottery pipes that were used as a sewage and rainwater network in what is considered the first water drainage system in history before about 4000 BC. Ur (Mesopotamia) in 1930.
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Ancient Capitals by L. Sprague De Camp, 1966.
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Cave of Hands, Argentina - Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10.000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.
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