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Greek Bireme on an Etruscan Water Jar
Black-figure hydria from Vulci, Etruria, attributed to the Micali Painter, c. 510-500 BCE. The British Museum, London This Italiote reproduction of the Greek naval invasion of Troy based on the Iliad is shaped...
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Roman Mosaic Showing the Transport of an Elephant
Roman mosaic from Veii (Isola Farnese, Italy) depicting an African elephant being loaded onto a ship, 3rd-4th century CE. Now in Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci
The Lady with an Ermine oil painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519 CE). It is a portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, mistress of the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza. c. 1490 CE (National...
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Marines Share a Foxhole with an Okinawan Child, 1945
A photograph of Corporal Earl Brunitt and Private Genare Nuzzi of the US Marine Corps, sharing a foxhole with an Okinawan orphan child, taken in April 1945. The Battle of Okinawa (April-June 1945...
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Statue of an Ancient Egyptian Servant
Limestone statue of an Egyptian servant grinding flour. From modern-day Egypt. Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, 2250 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).
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Detail, Pine Cone Held by an Apkallu
Alabaster bas-relief detail showing an Apkallu holding a pine cone. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 4, Room F, the North-West Palace at Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)
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Fragment from an Imperial Sarcophagus
This porphyry fragment is thought to have belonged to the sarcophagus of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine the Great. 4th century CE. From Istanbul, in modern-day Turkey. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turley...
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Relief of an Eagle from Hatra
The eagle was the symbol of the Hatrene army and reflects victory. There are Aramaic inscriptions below the eagle and behind his wings about certain laws in the city of Hatra. From Hatra, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. Parthian...
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Komast Dancers on an Attic Black-figure Cup
Attic black-figure cup from c. 580-560 BCE, attributed to the Painter of Copenhagen 103, in J. Paul Getty Museum 79.AE.128. Komos-dancing was a common behaviour after a symposium. The now properly drunk...
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Flowering Branch Held by an Apkallu, Panel 2
Alabaster bas-relief detail showing an Apkallu holding a flowering branch. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 2, Room Z, the North-West Palace at Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum...
