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Garden Statuette of Silvanus
This statuette of the Roman god Silvanus dates from the 1st century CE, and it is made from marble. In ancient times, the garden represented a tamed space — a small-scale version of nature. Its fertility and abundance spoiled over into the...

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Garden of Hesperides
Garden of Hesperides, oil on canvas by Albert Herter, 19th century.

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The Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers by Caillebotte
An 1893 oil on canvas, The Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers, by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. This house, located near Paris, was the artist's home from 1881. Here Caillebotte indulged his interest in horticulture...

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Model of an Egyptian House with Garden
Model of an ancient Egyptian house with a front garden. From the tomb of Meketre in Thebes, Egypt c. 1981-1975 BCE.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Mughal Prince & Ladies in a Garden
A later Mughal painting, as practiced at provincial centers such as Lucknow during the 18th century, where "a less imperial and more leisurely, graceful style" was adopted. This painting depicts a Mughal prince and princess, accompanied by...

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Enki
Enki (also known as Ea, Enkig, Nudimmud, Ninsiku, Nissiku) was the Sumerian god of wisdom, fresh water, intelligence, trickery and mischief, crafts, magic, exorcism, healing, creation, virility, fertility, and art. Iconography depicts him...

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Bible
The Bible takes its name from the Latin Biblia ('book' or 'books') which comes from the Greek Ta Biblia ('the books') traced to the Phoenician port city of Gebal, known as Byblos to the Greeks. Writing became associated with Byblos as an...

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Ninhursag
Ninhursag (also Ninhursaga) is the Sumerian Mother Goddess and one of the oldest and most important in the Mesopotamian Pantheon. She is known as the Mother of the Gods and Mother of Men for her part in creating both divine and mortal entities...

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Japanese Tea Ceremony
The Japanese Tea Ceremony (chanoyu or chado) is a cultural tradition involving very particular places, procedures, and equipment for drinking green tea. Originating as a habit of Chinese Buddhist monks to aid their meditation, tea-drinking...

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Lisa Gerrard/Hakim Sanai -The Walled Garden of Truth
A Creative Presentation of the essence of Sanai's "The Walled Garden of Truth".
Lisa Gerrard mix
Hakim Sanai (l. 1080-c. 1131 CE) - The Walled Garden of Truth