2051
Perfume case, heart-shaped and engraved with foliate and faunal designs, with open-mark crown as handle. Culture: Dutch. Date: 18th century. Medium: Silver, hinged and gilded. Photo © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum.
2052
The Olympian Gods and Goddesses (+ Hades), by Frédéric Vignaux (b.1972). Credit & Source: French Comic Series La Sagesse des Mythes.
2053
Saul and the Witch of Endor (detail) by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1526.
2054
Aquamanile in the Form of a Dragon. Date: ca. 1200 Culture: North German. Medium: Copper. alloy. Collection: The Met, NYC.
2055
Nose Ornament. Date: A.D. 525–550. Geography: Peru. Culture: Moche. Medium: Gold. Dimensions: H. 1 15/16 in. (5 cm). Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
2056
Parthenon by night. Photo & Illustration by scaliger on Adobe Stock.
2057
The Questioner of the Sphinx, Elihu Vedder, 1863.
2058
Wreath. Culture: Greek Date: 4th century B.C. Medium: Gold. Collection: Dallas Museum of Art.
2059
Poesia Invernale, Fontana di Trevi (Winter Poetry, Trevi Fountain), 1956. Fabrizio La Torre. Archival pigment print.
2060
Jubilee Vessel of Pepi I. Place of origin: Egypt, Saqqara Date: ca. 2290 B.C. Period: Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty Medium: Alabaster (calcite) and pigment.
2061
The Studio Wall by Adolph von Menzel (German, 1815–1905), 1872.
2062
Detail of Cesare Lapini’s Messaggio d’Amore (The Love Letter), dated to the late 19th century.Medium: Marble. Private Collection.
2063
Earthquake fish netsuke by Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (Japan, 1813-1892). Medium: Ebony with inlays; sashi type. Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
2064
Gold bat pectoral. Culture: Tolita-Tumaco culture. Place of origin: Equador - Peru (?), 1st - 6th century AD. Collection: Dumbarton Oaks, US.
2065
Gold Ring with Aphrodite. Culture: Greek, c. 4th Century BC
2066
The Priestess of Bacchus by John Collier, c.1885-1889. Medium: oil on canvas. Private collection.
2067
1st century AD fresco depicting a Nilotic scene with a tribe of pygmies fighting a hippopotamus and a crocodile. The fresco is part of a cycle found in the garden of a domestic dwelling known as Casa del Medico (House of the Physician), in Pompeii.
2068
Bacchus and Ariadne by Tullio Lombardo (Tullio Solari), ca.1505. Medium: marble.
Collection & Photo Credit: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
2069
Underground Tunnels of Colosseum. This underground area was divided into 15 corridors set to the side of a central gallery along the longest axis of the building (east-west), and were used for the various complex operations of the amphitheatre and hydraulic infrastructure.
2070
The Antikythera mechanism (C.150-100 BC) indeed has an extremely complex structure. Due to its astrolabe-like appearance, it was thought to be a tool used for navigation in ships, but later it turned out to be a much more complex machine.
2071
Achaemenid golden ornamental roundel from the reign of Artaxerxes II, featuring a characteristic Persian winged lion, 4th-5th Century BC. Now on display at the University of Chicago Oriental Institute. Photo Credit: Ali Majdfar via Flickr.
2072
Aerial view of Parthenon, Athens. Image via Shutterstock.
2074
Breastplate with the Head of Medusa, 4th century BC. Now on display at the Hermitage Museum.
2075
From Khorsabad - Ancient Mesopotamia. Detail of hands from relief sculptures that once lined the throne room façade in the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II, who ruled from 721-705 B.C.
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