2176
Moctezuma watches a comet in an image from the Duran Codex, which is one of the earliest European works on the history of the Aztecs. It was produced by Diego Duran, a Dominican priest, who finished it in 1581.
2177
A yellow jade owl, probably Neolithic period, Hongshan culture. Place of origin: China. (c. 4700-2900 BC). Collection & Credit: Sotheby's.
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Bactrian Statuette of an Indian Elephant. Date: c. 1000 BC. Medium: Terracotta. Private Collection.
2179
Hieronymus Bosch c. 1500 Garden of Earthly Delights (detail)
2180
Ring set with a Mouse Design Amulet from the reign of Thutmose III. This ring is inscribed with the cartouche of Thutmose III. Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C, 18th dynasty. Medium: Gold and glazed steatite. Collection: Met.
2181
Cracks in the Pantheon dome. Restoration works, ca. 1925. Photographer (?)
2182
Detail of a Sasanian bowl dating back to the 3rd century AD. The silver and gilt bowl depicts a member of the Persian nobility. Photo Credit: Babylon Chronicle Blog on Tumblr.
2183
Pair of leopard mat weights, China, Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). Made of bronze, gold, silver and agate, from the tomb of Lady Dou Wan in Mancheng County, Hebei. Hebei Provincial Museum.
2184
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Fall of the Rebel Angels (details), 1562.
2185
The Imdugud (also Zu or Anzu) Relief from the Temple of Ninhursag Iraq, c. 2500 BC. Collection: British Museum.
2186
Pegasus by Leonard F. G. Cattermole (active 1869–1886). Collection: Bristol Museum & Art Gallery.
2187
Greek Silver Kylix Depicting Helios and a Chariot. Found in Panticapaeum in Crimea, dating to the first half of the 3rd century BC.
2188
Orpheus and Eurydice by Auguste Rodin (detail). Modeled probably before 1887 and carved 1893. Medium: Marble. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
2189
Sleeping Hermaphroditus. Date: Roman copy of the 1st-2nd century after a late Hellenistic original of the 2nd-1st century B.C. Medium: Parian marble. Provenience: Florence, Uffizi Gallery (Firenze, Galleria degli Uffizi).
2190
Ring with a bust of Jupiter, ca. 50 BC. - AD. 20. Collection: State Museums, Germany, Berlin, Old Museum.
2191
Photo by Vladimir Sychyov (Moscow, 1970s)
2192
Stater of Metapontion with head of Apollo Karneios. Culture: Greek Period: Classical Period Date: 430–410 B.C. Mint: Metapontion, Lucania.
2193
A small portable book containing the Psalms and a portrait of Henry VIII. It was designed to be worn on the belt by the king's second wife, Anne Boleyn (?). London, British Library, Stowe MS 956 (c. 1540). Photo Credit: British Library @britishlibrary
2194
Vulture Collar of Tutankhamun. The vulture collar, the symbol of the protection of the goddess Nekhbet, patroness of Upper Egypt. From the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Photo Credit: Alamy/Stock Image.
2195
Grouping of Dancers and Musicians, Late Formative period, c.300 BC–AD 300. Culture: Colima. Geography: from Colima state, Mexico. Material: Ceramic. Collection: Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri - On View, Gallery 114.
2196
A flute playing youth rides a dolphin. Detail from an Etruscan stamnos, attributed to a painter of the Alcestis Group; ca. 350 BC. Collection: National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Madrid.
2197
Rock crystal duck-shaped vase. Mycenaean or Minoan craftsmanship. Found in Grave Circle B, Mycenae. 16th cent BC. Nat Arch Mus Athens.
2198
Eagle with Serpent - Byzantine mosaic in the Great Palace of Constantinople, dating to the reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian I, 6th century A.D. Photo by Zzvet / Stock Image.
2199
Detail, Goddess sitting on the throne (Persephone?). Medium: Parian marble. Date: ca. 480 BC. Collection: Berlin, State Museums (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin). © Photo: G. R. Maier - G. Murza / Gosudarstvennye muzei Berlina. GDR. Albom.
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The Diver's Tomb is the only surviving example of Greek painting with figurative scenes from the Orientalizing, Archaic, or Classical periods. This is the only tomb decorated with frescoes depicting humans among thousands of Greek tombs (700 - 400 BC) known today.
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