2401
Egyptian Bronze Ba-Bird Figurine, Roman Imperial Period, 2nd Century AD. The falcon body has the human head of a pharaoh. He wears the double-crown of which only the red crown of Lower Egypt is preserved, the upper part is missing. Private Collection.
2403
Classical Grecian by chirinstock: Delphi, Greece.
2404
Detail, The rock carvings at Litsleby (Tanum World Heritage Site, Vitlycke Museum, Sweden): the Spear God. The panel is dominated by a warrior 2.3 metres tall, known as the Spear God.
Photo via World Nomas, photograph date and photographer unknown (please dm).
2405
Gold lion pendant, Achaemenid Empire, 6th - 5th century BC. Collection: Timeline Auctions.
2406
Bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer. Culture: Greek, 3rd–2nd century B.C. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, via their online collections, 1972.118.95.
2407
Parrot. Place of origin: Mexico, Colima. Date: 200 BC.-.D. 500. Medium: Slip-painted ceramic. Source: collections.lacma.org
2408
Roman mosaic from the 2nd century AD depicting Odysseus and the Sirens. Displayed in the Bardo Museum in Tunisia. Photographer: Fotokon / Stock Image.
2409
Details, Mosaic Bead Necklace. Medium: Glass. Date: perhaps 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Place: Eastern Mediterranean (Place Created) Culture: Greek or Roman. Collection: The Getty.
2410
Key, made in France, c.1803-13. Originally owned by Joseph-Napoleon Bonaparte, elder brother of Napoleon, it bears his royal monogram. Collection: The Met.
2411
Sculpture of an eagle, unearthed in Mexico City, 1985. (Instituto Nacional de Anthropologia e Historia)
2413
'Morning entrance of Byzantine empress to the tomb of her ancestors' by Vasily Sergeevich Smirnov (1858-1890). Medium: oil on canvas.
2414
Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1868, oil on canvas. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.
2415
Mosaic floor from the Villa of Theseus, Cyprus. Villa of Theseus was built in the 2nd half of the 2nd c. AD over ruins of earlier houses and was occupied until the 7th c. AD. Image via Shutterstock.
2416
Senwosret III as a Sphinx. Period: Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty; Reign of Senwosret III. Date: ca. 1878–1840 B.C. Place of origin: Egypt; Possibly from Upper Egypt, Thebes, Karnak. Collection: The Met.
2417
“As long as the Colosseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Colosseum falls, Rome will fall; when Rome falls, the whole world will fall.” #eternalcity
2418
The so-called Stone of the Pregnant Woman at the ancient quarry near Baalbek in Lebanon is one of the largest stone building blocks ever carved by human hands. It is 20.7 m.long, 4 m. wide, 4.32 m. high and weighs an estimated 1,000 tons. Photographer: (?) - c. 1920s.
2419
Martin Johnson Heade - Two Owls at Sunset, 1860.
2420
Jaguar Pectoral. Culture/Period: Mixteca-Puebla, c.1200–1400. Saint Louis Art Museum: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
2421
Big Navajo, c.1879. Photographer: John Karl Hillers (1843–1925). From the online collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Navajo are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.
2423
Detail of the Lion Gate at Mycenae by David Monniaux. Lion Gate is the popular modern name for the main entrance of what was the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae in southern Greece. It was erected around 1250 BC, in the northwestern side of the acropolis.
2424
The Castillo at Chichen Itza before restoration Taken in 1890. Late Classic to Postclassic (750 to ~1250 AD). Culture: Maya. Location: Yucatan, Mexico. Photo Credit: British Museum.
2425
Bracelet in the form of a snake. Culture: Greek. Period: Hellenistic Period Date: late 4th–early 3rd century B.C. Medium: Silver. Collection: MFA, Boston.
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