2026
Bronze Statue of Poseidon, Greek God of the Sea. Photographer: Gjon Mili (1904-1984) via Chron.
2028
Post-Medieval Silver-Gilt Skull Ring,. Date: c. 16th Century AD. Collection: Timeline Auctions.
2030
A portrait of St Anne (detail), the mother of the Virgin Mary. Date: c. 8th century. Place of discovery: Faras Cathedral, Lower Nubia, on the border between modern Egypt and Sudan. Medium: tempera on plaster. Now on display at the National Museum in Warsaw.
2031
Nereid riding dolphin, Apulian red-figure plate. Date: c. 4th B.C. Collection: State Hermitage Museum. Nereid, in Greek religion, any of the daughters (numbering 50 or 100) of the sea god Nereus and of Doris, daughter of Oceanus.
2032
Fourth century mosaic depicting Tethys: in Greek mythology, sister and wife of Titan-god Oceanus. Musée de Shahba, Syria.
2033
A akkadian large lapis lazuli cylinder seal with bronze axle in situ, frieze with standing robed female surrounded by opposed pairs of animals, winged sun disc and anthropomorphs with animal legs. Date: c 3.000-2.334 BC
2034
A bear, surrounded by bees, trying to stick his paw into bee hives, set upon a table, in order to feed on honey Image taken from Flore de Virtu e de Costumi. Originally published/produced in N. Italy; first quarter 15th century. Source: Harley 3448, f.10v. Language: Italian.
2035
Gold bracelet in the form of a coiled snake. Date: c. 1st century AD, Place of origin: Pompeii. Collection: The British Museum.
2036
Detail from Bruegel’s The Suicide of Saul, 1562.
2037
Detail, Mariamne Leaving the Judgement Seat of Herod by John William Waterhouse, 1887.
2038
Cameo, Theseus looks at the slayed minotaur, 1st c. BC. Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.
2039
Profile Warrior Ornament. Date: 390–450 AD. Geography: Peru. Culture: Moche. (Loma Negra). Medium: Silvered copper, shell. Collection: The Met.
2041
The Diadumenos, supported by two Mykonian workers, trying to shake of the numbness of a 2000 years sleep from his “perfect limbs”, uncovered in 1894, Delos, Greece.
2042
The Swan Maiden, from Among Gnomes and Trolls No. 2 by John Bauer (1907). Among Gnomes and Trolls (Swedish: Bland tomtar och troll), is a popular Swedish folklore and fairy tales annual and children's fairy tale anthology published since 1907.
2043
Coin of the day: Didrachm circa 485 BC, Eagle standing, with closed wings. Rev. Crab seen from above; below, bird. Minted in Agrigentum, Sicily.
2044
Medieval Gold Ring with Rare Pink Sapphire, 15th Cen. AD. Pink sapphire was very rare in Medieval Europe. It probably arrived with a batch of blue sapphires from Myanmar. Private Collection.
2045
Perfume Bottle. Date: c. 580 BC. Culture: East Greek. Excavated/Findspot: Kamiros, Rhodes, Greece. Now on display at the British Museum.
2046
Mesopotamian Kudurru (Boundary Stone), 2nd Dynasty of Isin, 1157-1025 BC. Collection: California Museum of Ancient Art (CMAA). Detailed post: instagram.com/archaeologyart
2047
Panorama of Pompeii from the city walls, 1800s.
2048
The Temple of Aesculapius located in the gardens of the Villa Borghese, in Rome, was built in the ionic style between 1785 and 1792 by Antonio Asprucci and his son Mario Asprucci, with help from Cristoforo Unterperger.
2049
Gold signet ring- on the bezel Athena seated with an owl. The Greek inscription reads Anaxiles. 5th century B.C. ca., excavated in Polis-tis-Chrysokhou, Cyprus. Now on display at the British Museum, London.
2050
Humbaba demon grinning mask. Date: 2000 B.C.-1000 B.C. Place of origin: Iraq, Diqdiqqah (Ur) Medium: Fired clay. Collection: British Museum.
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