1776
Mould Plaque for a Heron. Period: Greco-Roman Egypt, 2nd-1st Century BC. This mold depicts a heron, a bird associated with the sun, the annual flooding of the Nile, and the afterlife. Collection: The Walters Art Museum.
1777
Roman Gold Ring with Vulcan Intaglio. Date: 2nd-3rd Century AD. Inset carnelian cloison with intaglio image of a standing robed armorer (Vulcan?) with a hammer, working on a Corinthian-type helmet. Private Collection.
1778
Ancient Greek Weapons and Carts, Chromolithograph, 1894.
1779
Hattusa. This ancient site once served as the capital of the Great Hittite Empire, one of the superpowers of the ancient world. Near Bogazkale, Corum, Turkey.
1780
Ceramic vessels. Place of Origin: Cahokia, Illinois, United States. Date: c. 11th-13th centuries.
1781
The Fishermen Frescoes from Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera (modern-day Santorini). c. 17th century BC. Now on display at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. The males may actually be youths offering fishes as part of a religious ceremony rather than a fisherman.
1782
Squirrel. Detail from the Book of Treasures, by Brunetto Latini, Rouen ca. 1450-1480. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 160, fol. 82r.
1783
Carnelian fish pendant. Culture: Egyptian. Date: 1390-1290 BC. Collection: The Walters Art Museum.
1784
Apulian mouse vessel, c. 400–300 BC. Culture: Greek. Medium: Terracotta. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
1785
Face Mug. Culture: Etruscan. Date: 575–550 B.C. Medium: Terracotta. Place of origin: Etruria. Collection: Getty Museum.
1786
Arched Egyptian Harp, New Kingdom, 16th-11th Century BC During the 4th Dynasty (2613 to 2494 BC) harps became popular in Egypt. Two types were common; the curved or arched-neck like this one and angular models with a perpendicular neck.
1787
Stained Glass Window, Spring. Place of origin: Paris. Date: 1894. Designes/Makers: Eugène Grasset and Felix Gaudin. Medium: Glass, lead. Collection: Musée des Arts Décoratifs.
1788
An octopus battles a crayfish. Detail from a mosaic of sea creatures in the House of the Dancing Faun, Pompeii. Date: circa 100 BC. Collection: National Archaeological Museum, inv. nr. 120177, Naples.
1789
Scythian Gold Plaque in the Form of a Panther Curved Round. Date: 7-6th BC. Place of origin: South-Western Siberia, area between the Rivers Irtysh and Ob Russia. Collection: Hermitage Museum.
1790
Greek Gold and Amethyst Ring, 1st Century BC - Ring with 3 gazelles on the hoop holding an oval mounting with a carved amethyst depicting a female draped bust with stephané and cornucopia and corn ear. Private Collection.
1791
Bust of a woman, possibly the younger Antonia. Long identified as the nymph Clytie. Date: c. 40/50 AD. Excavated/Findspot: Naples. Now on display at the British Museum.
1792
Ceremonial shield - This circular shield, also known as a roundel, is understood to have belonged to a member of the Ribeaupierre family, having been given to him as a gift by Duke Ludwig of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1554-1593).
1793
“And Always! And Never!” (also known as “Death and the Maiden”) by Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert (1828-1893). Date: 1860. Collection: Montreal Museum of fine Arts.
1794
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1795
Altar of the Twelve Gods. use unknown: maybe the brink of a well or a Zodiac altar. The object represents the twelve gods of the Roman Pantheon. Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris. © RMN-Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski / Art Resource, NY
1796
Vikings Heading for Land, Frank Dicksee, 1873.
1797
Nubians with a Giraffe and a Monkey, Tomb of Rekhmire ca. 1504–1425 B.C. Artist: Nina de Garis Davies (1881–1965). Original from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Rekhmire. Collection: The Met.
1798
Snake. Culture: Greek. Period: Classical Period. Date: 400 B.C. Medium: Bronze.
1799
Mosaic from Sousse (ancient Hadrumetum)- fishing scenes. II century AD. Archaeological Museum, Sousse, Tunisia.
1800
Gold box bezel ring with the hero Bellerophon riding Pegasus, attributed to the Santa Eufemia master Greek (from Southern Italy), c. 340-320 B.C. Now on display at the Getty Museum.
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