1751
Detail from the Songbook of Zeghere van Male (1542 AD.) – This outstanding manuscript from Bruges contains local and international 500 years old songs and motets. Collection: Bibliothèque Universitaire de Cambrai.
1752
Nike, The Goddess of Victory, Ephesus, Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey (Photographer: Mithat Kara, bnmito on IG)
1753
Peasants dancing. Detail from the Romance of Alexander, c. 1338-1344 AD, Bodleian Library, UK.
1754
Ink tablet in the form of a turtle (China, Han dynasty, 206 BC - 220 AD) Earthenware with modelled and incised decor including the Eight Trigrams of the I-Ching (The Book of Changes). Image and text information: Minneapolis Institute of Art.
1755
Winged Victory of Samothrace (Nike of Samothrace), sculpted from Thasian and Parian marble; c. 200–190 BC. Paris, 1950. Photographer: Dmitri Kessel
1756
Limestone statuette of the Goddess Bastet in Her form of sacred cat with a small cat seated in the front; 663-525 BC, now in a private collection.
1757
Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis (c.1869-1871) by Frederic Leighton.
1758
Man’s headgear, from the Pazyryk valley, Altai mountains, southern Siberia, late 4th–early 3rd century BC. Photograph: State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.
1759
The Plain of Auvers ~ Vincent van Gogh, 1890.
1760
Roman Silver Mouse with Nut, c. 1st-2nd century AD. An ancient and cute detailed model of a mouse squatting with a nut in its forepaws, tail raised and coiled.
1761
French archeologist Joseph Hackin exploring The Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
1762
Stater of Metapontion with ear of barley and grasshopper, Greece 500–473 B.C Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
1763
Mosaic mask of Quetzalcoatl. Date: 1400-1521. Place of origin: Mexico. Period/culture: Aztec, Mixtec. Medium: Cedrela wood, turquoise, conch shell, gold, beeswax, pine resin. Collection: British Museum.
1764
1973 Greece 2 Drachmai Athene noctua, symbol of goddess Athena which was first depicted on an ancient Greek tetradrachm (5th century B.C.)
1765
Three penis sheaths made of gold. Geography/Culture: Colombia, Narino culture, c. 600-1500 AD.
1767
Detail, Das Buch der Natur (the Book of Nature) by Konrad von Megenberg, Augsburg, Germany, 1481.
1768
Detail, The death of the ancient Greek robot Talos as depicted on a 5th century BC vase now displayed in Jatta Archaeological Museum, Italy. Photo Credit: Forzaruvo94/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0.
1769
Salinar Nose ornaments from the little-known Salinar culture, which flourished in the coastal river valleys of northern Peru from around 200 B.C.–300 A.D., are among the earliest body adornments discovered in the region. Collection: The Met, NYC.
1770
Workers carry mummified cats out from the tomb of Khufu-Imhat, Egypt, November 2018. Photo via Alamy.
1771
Moon Rising Behind Pines by Carl Gustav Carus (German, 1789 - 1869), N/D Oil on board, 10.2 x 8 cm.
1772
Persepolis Bull, 1949. Photographer: © Horst P. Horst.– Credit & Collection: Galerie Bernheimer, Switzerland.
1774
Asenath, Daughter of the Priest of On, 1921 by John Riley Wilmer (English, 1883–1941)
1775
Etruscan Bronze Turtle, 6th-5th Century BC. In mythology, the turtle is closely linked to Hermes and is his animal-attribute (Hermes made the first lyre with a turtle’s shell, see Homeric Hymn to Hermes, 24-61). Private Collection.
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