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Early Christian Mosaic from Sufetula
Cross of Sbeitla, mosaic, photograph by Carole Raddato, Sufetula (Sbeitla), Tunisia, February 14, 2023. This early Christian mosaic from 5th-6th century CE was sourced from within Sufetula, an ancient town — once Roman, then Byzantine, and...
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Mughal Princess Nadira Banu Begum
Portrait of Mughal Princess Nadira Banu Begum, miniature painting attributed to Balchand from the Dara Shikoh Album, folio 20, 1631-1632. Nadira Banu Begum (1618-1659) was the daughter of Sultan Parviz Mirza and wife to Prince Dara Shikoh...
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The Great Depression 1929
A gouache on paper painting titled The Great Depression 1929 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. President Hoover in front of a crowd of unemployed people. In the background are Al...
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The Roaring 20's
A gouache on paper painting titled The Roaring 20s by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Bringing together Jazz greats Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, entertainers Al...
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Athenian Silver Coin, 6th Century BCE
Athenian coin, silver, 550-546 BCE. Minted in the ancient Greek city-state of Athens, this silver coin depicts a Gorgon's head, a symbolic ward against evil also known as a "gorgoneion." On the reverse, not pictured here, is stamped a square...
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A Wounded Pisistratus Rides Into the Agora
Pisistratus by trickery deprives Solon of his sovereignty, illustration in Sylvain Maréchal's History of Greece, c. 1790. The scene depicted here is the arrival of a wounded Pisistratus (c. 600-527 BCE) to the Athenian agora, claiming to...
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Panathenaic Games Prize Amphora
Panathenaic Games prize amphora, terracotta vase decorated by the Euphiletos Painter, c. 530 BCE. The artwork on this vase is attributed to the Athenian artist known today as the Euphiletos Painter (c. 550 to c. 500 BCE), perhaps best known...
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Bust of Pisistratus, Athenian Tyrant
Bust of Pisistratus, Roman plaster cast of original 5th-century Greek marble statue. While there is dispute about the exact figure depicted by this bust, its likeness has been attributed to Pisistratus (c. 600-527 BCE), the populist tyrant...
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In Principio Window, State Library of New South Wales
In Principio window, photograph by Sena Bolek, 2025. A stained-glass window on the northern side of the Mitchell Vestibule at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The In Principio window was designed by Arthur G. Benfield...
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Ben Milam Statue
Statue of Benjamin Rush Milam, hero of the Siege of Béxar, photograph by Jonhall, San Antonio, Texas, 12 July 2010. An American colonist in the then-Mexican territory of Texas, Milam partook in the Mexican War of Independence and later the...