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Ancient Greek gold ring depicting the goddess Nike. circa 4th century BC. Private Collection.
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Wild Goat style pitcher. Culture: Greek. Orientalizing Period about 625–600 BC. Currently located: Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
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Ba amulet from the tomb of Prince Hornakht, son of Osorkon II. The Ba amulet, found on the body of the prince assured the deceased of reunion with his soul. Gold, lapis lazuli, width: 8 cm. Date: 22nd Dynasty, ca. 874-850 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Edgar Maxence (1871-1954) Fleurs du lac, 1900, (detail)
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Mummified family in a dark interior of chulpa particular South American tomb. Ancient grey tone etching style art by Riou and Maurand, Magasin Pittoresque, 1838.
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A weight made of stone with a great relief octopus from Knossos, ca. 1500 BC. Now on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Photo: Kunst und Kunstgewerbe im ägäischen Kulturkreise Helmuth Theodor Boßert Berlin: Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth, A-G, 1901.
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Votive Statuette. Date: c. 300–200 B.C. Culture: Etruscan. On view at Getty Villa.This statuette represents a male torso with an incision from the breast bone to the abdomen that exposes the internal organs. The dedicator perhaps suffered from stomach or intestinal problems.
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The almost perfectly preserved 9.000 year old bison mummy was found on the shore of a lake in northern Siberia. Photo Credit: Dr. Gennady Boeskorov.
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This fresco, seen on a wall in the ruined Roman city of Herculaneum (Italy), is an early example of advertising. In this instance it's promoting the wares of a particular wine merchant. c. 79 AD. Image via Alamy.
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Who is Apollo? (Thread)
1- The ancient Greeks worshipped many gods and goddesses; however, 12 of these are among the most important. Among the 12 Olympian deities that are at the center of Greek mythology and religion is the god Apollo.
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Gold pendant in the form of a hawk. Date: early 18th dynasty (attribution according to style) (-1550 -1425), Egypt. Place of origin: treasure of Tell el Ajjoul, Palestine. Collection: The Louvre.
2164
Black and white photograph depicting two elderly ladies walking in profile in an Athens street. The facade of the shop has two caryatid ornaments with folded arms, at the front of a recessed balcony of the first floor of the shop.
Photographer: Henri Cartier-Bresson,1953.
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Queen Puabi’s gold beer cup. Date/Culture: 2600 BC, Sumerian. The cup was recovered from the "death pit" of Queen Puabi in the ancient city of Ur, in modern day Iraq, during an excavation led by archaeologist Leonard Woolley between 1922 and 1934.
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Cave lion carved from mammoth ivory dating to 35,000 to 40,000 years from the Aurignacian period. This figurine was found at the Vogelherd Cave, Germany.
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View of the Colosseum by Oswald Achenbach. (German, 1827-1905). Medium: oil-canvas.
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"The Forum of Julius Caesar in Rome" by C.R Cockerell. (British 1788-1863). Medium: watercolor.
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Reconstruction of the palace of Knossos. Illustration: Mmoyaq - Wikimedia Commons.
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2nd-century mosaics unearthed during the construction works of Metro Line C, Rome. Year: 2016 / Image via: wantedinrome.com
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Terrace of the Lions Delos, Greece. The original row of 9 to 12 (although there may have been as many as 16) stone lions was built around 600 BC by the people of Naxos in honor of the god Apollo. Illustration: Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
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Armour (Chihal'ta Hazar Masha). Place of origin: Northwestern India, Rajasthan Date: 18th - 19th centuries Medium: Fabric, steel, copper. Collection: Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
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Climbing down Satan’s fur. Detail from Dante, Divina Commedia, Urbino and Ferrara, 1477-1478. Collection: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.lat.365, fol. 93v.
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The Wickham Market Hoard is a hoard of 840 Iron Age gold staters found in a field at Dallinghoo near Wickham Market, Suffolk, England in March 2008 by car mechanic, Michael Dark using a metal detector. The coins date from 40 BC to 15 AD. Photo: Portable A. Scheme, CC BY 2.0.
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Pegasus by André Durand (born 1947 in Ottawa, Ontario).
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