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Family Tree of Arsinoe II
Stemma (reduced family tree) of Arsinoe II, the daughter of Ptolemy I and Berenice I, showing her three marriages to Lysimachus, her half-brother Ptolemy Ceraunus, and her full brother Ptolemy II, who was first married to Lysimachus’ daughter...
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Nimrud Ivory Plaque of a Stylized Palm Tree
This ivory plaque shows a carving of a stylized palm tree. There are tenons at the top and bottom of the plaque. The overall depiction is very similar to a fragment found in Samaria (also housed in the Museum). Excavated by Sir Max Mallowan...
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King Ashoka Visits the Bodhi Tree
Maurya ruler Ashoka's visit to the Bodhi tree, partial cast of the east gateway of Stupa 1 at Sanchi.
Art of India collection in the Ethnological Museum, Berlin.
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Owain Gwynedd Family Tree - Limited
Family tree of Owain Gwynedd, limited for clarity and relevance, illustration by Liam Groves.
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Glooscap Turning Man into a Cedar Tree
Glooscap Turning Man into a Cedar Tree, scraping on birchbark by Tomah Joseph, featured in The Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland, 1884.
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Sacred Tree Furniture Inlay
This object is an ivory furniture inlay depicting a sacred tree. It was excavated from Samaria and dates to the Iron Age II (9th–8th century BCE). It has a width of 9.9 cm and a diameter of 6.5 cm. (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem) ©The Israel...
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Manabozho in the Tree Above the Flood
Manabozho in the Tree Above the Flood, illustration by R.C. Armour, from his book North American Indian Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Legends, 1905.
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Pine Tree Shilling
The silver "pine tree" shilling minted in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by John Hull in 1652.
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Ivory Panel Showing a Lion Facing a Tree
Fragmentary openwork, tenoned panel depicting a lion seated to the left and facing the stylized tree. The lion is crowned with the sun disc and displays pointed dog-like ears. It wears a lappet wig and usekh collar (represented frontally...
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Female Apkallus Flanking the Scared Tree
Alabaster bas-relief showing female Apkallus flanking the sacred tree. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Panel 16, Room I, the North-West Palace at Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)