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Joined August 2016
Amethyst grapes with jade leaves. Culture: China, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
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List of Roman Emperors. Profiles probably taken from coins
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Crystal dagger uncovered in Spain, dating to around 3.000 BC.
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Missionary being eaten by a jaguar (by Noé León, 1907).
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Gustav Klimt. Grand staircase of Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum. (1890-1891)
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Sylphide by Ukrainian artist Volodymyr Tsisaryk Art (b. 1978). Medium: bronze, aluminum, 2017.
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Inverted tower – Initiation Wells, Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal.
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Frog, by the Japanese artist Matsumoto Hoji, 1814.
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Bowl Depicting a Swarm of Mice. Medium: ceramic and pigment Period: 180 BC - 500 AD. Culture: Nazca; South coast, Peru. Now on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. Illustration by Elena Izcue (1889-1970).
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Detail from The Tower of Babel, by Marten van Valckenborch the Elder, 1595.
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“Cats in the Sun”, Greek Islands. Photographer: Hans Silvester, 1994.
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Picture of Brünnhilde the cat taken in 1936 by Adolph E. Weidhaas. Credit & Collection: Library of Congress.
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Marble sculpture of a frog, Shang Dynasty (1600-1045 B.C.). Credit & Collection: Sotheby's.
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Court suit, c. 1800–1815. French (?) Private Collection.
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Horse wearing reconstructed 2500-year-old Scythian horse armor unearthed in the Altai Mountains in Siberia. Photo via Ostrov Krym - Scientific - Restoration Laboratory.
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The Making of the Perfect Martini, Guy Buffet (b. Paris, 1943), Lithography, 2000.
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Ophelia by Arantza Sestayo. Medium: oil on canvas, 2017.
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Gargoyle on the Freiburg's Cathedral (Freiburg Münster), Germany.
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Chinese bronze sword with turquoise studded, gold inlaid rock crystal hilt. Date: Warring States Period, c. 4th-2nd century BC from. Collection & Credit: Cardale Auctioneers
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Skeleton praying, detail from the marble floor, Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. Italy, 17th century.
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Ancient Egyptian amethyst pendant in the shape of a cat, dated to the Late to Ptolemaic period, or 664-30 BC.
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Fall of the Angels, Saint Michael’s Church, created by sculptor Karl Georg Merville, Vienna, 1782.
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Medusa head made of jade by Luis Alberto, L'Aquart.
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Bowl with Fish, Iran, probably Kashan (late 13th–mid-14th century AD). Image Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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16th century engraved breastplate. Private Collection (?)
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The Cat Symphony by Moritz von Schwind,1868. Pencil, pen and brush on paper The drawing is a violin melody, on which cats are presented instead of notes. Collection: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Skull of a Roman solider who died during the Gallic Wars, 1st century BC. Museo Rocsen in Argentina.
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Marcus Aurelius - face reconstruction by Hidreley Diao.
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Cat on Constantine’s Foot, Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy.
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Detail of a bronze statue of Standing Parvati. Date: Chola period, c.1200 AD, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Vessel with two feet - earthenware - 18⅞"x 7¾" - Northern Iranian - 1000-800 BC. Source: Brooklyn Museum -
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria posing as a mummy in Cairo, Egypt, 1894.
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A Victorian archery outfit belonging to Mrs. Fanny Giveen, circa 1855. Now part of the collection of the Museum of London.
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“The Kiss”, a 12.000-year-old rock painting at Pedra Furada archaeological site in Brazil. Photo Credit: Vitor 1234 via Wikimedia Commons.
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Anthropomorphic Figure of a Polar Bear with its Cub. Medium: Carved Walrus Ivory. Culture: Native Alaskan. Date: c. 1800 to 1900. Place of origin: Bering Sea. Photo Credit: Private Collection - 1stdibs Inc.
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One of the greatest discoveries of archaeology: the Riace Bronzes (Calabria, Italy, c. 450 BC)
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‘Slug’ by Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799), who was a Japanese painter of the Maruyama school. Medium: Ink on paper, Edo Period.
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Carved ivory netsuke depicting a mouse traveler, attributed to the 19th century, Japan. Signed by Gyokuseki.
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Fibonacci spiral by the artist Anita Chowdry, based on medieval Iranian and Mughal illustrations, 2012.
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Amethyst earrings shaped like grapes. Place of orign: France, 1840-1851.
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The Priest King, fresco (replica). Palace of Knossos. Crete, Greece. 1550-1440 B.C. (Late Minoan).
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Moonstone enamel brooch: The winged maiden by Rene Lalique. Art Nouveau style. Now on display at the Gulbenkian museum in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Ancient loaves of bread from the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum that were carbonized in volcanic pyroclastic flows of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN).
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‘Conversation between the Moon and a Star’ by Paul Rumsey (b. 1956)
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Ring, 1700s, with the inscription, “Many are the stars i see but in my eye no star like thee.” Collection: British Museum.
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The oldest animation created by man 3.000 BC. Discovered in Burnt city, modern-day Iran.
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"Isle of the Dead," an oil painting created by Swiss artist Arnold Böcklin between 1880 and 1886.
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Kosuke Ajiro, "Hellll", 2019. Gouache on paper.
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‘Warrior takes an armored cat for a walk’ (着甲武人猫散歩逍遥図) by Noguchi Tetsuya, 2014.
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The Lovers of Valdaro, discovered by archaeologists at a tomb in San Giorgio near Mantua, Italy. The couple have been holding one another for 6,000 years.
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Cave of Hands, Argentina - The art in the cave dates from 13.000 to 9.000 years ago.
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Medieval suns and moons. Collection: Getty Museum.
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René Lalique, “Dancing Nymphs in a Frame of Bats” brooch, c. 1902 AD.
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Theatre Masks of Ancient Greece. Image credit: The Kennedy Center Arts Edge.
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The Famous Palladium Dress designed by Gianfranco Ferré for a 1992 Dior collection. Now on display at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
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The dancer Nikolska on the Acropolis, Athens, 1929.
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Edo Period Dancing Fox figurine in carved ivory with sumo ink stain, created in Japan circa 1775 AD.
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I got the news that Gli, the Hagia Sophia cat, has just died. I'm really sorry.
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Bowl with Fish, Iran, probably Kashan (late 13th–mid-14th century)
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The snake god Nehebkau, Spell 87 from the Book of The Dead. Collection: British Museum, photograph via Mykola Tarasenko, Wikimedia Commons.
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Gargoyle on the Salisbury Cathedral. Photographer: Akoliasnikoff via Wikimedia Commons.
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A jade burial suit from the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) in China. Collection: National Museum of China, Beijing. Photo: Shutterstock/Stock Image.
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Veiled Truth (detail) by Antonio Corradini, completed 1750.
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Nymphs Dancing to Pan’s Flute by Joseph Tomanek (1889-1974)
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The Meditating Frog is a painting by the Japanese monk Sengai Gibon (1750–1837 AD), Edo period.
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Dante statue and the blood moon, Naples. Image via Alamy.
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Gold throne of Tutankhamun. Egypt, 3300 years old.
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A man stands on Ramses II lap. Abu Simbel. Egypt, c. 1910s.
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Ancient Greek silver litra coin minted in Syracuse, Sicily, circa 466 BC.
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Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. Photographer: Erich Lessing.
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Replica of the helmet from the Sutton Hoo ship-burial 1, early 7th century. England. Image: British Museum. The Sutton Hoo helmet was buried around 625 and is widely believed to have been the helmet of King Rædwald of East Anglia.
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Reconstruction of the clothes of women from the Minoan era in Crete (reconstructions made by Dr. Bernice Jones). Photo Credit: Tahney Fosdike.
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“The Massacre of the Innocents” by Léon Cogniet (1794-1880).
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Ancient Greek ball player balancing the ball. Part of a marble grave stele, found in Piraeus, 400-375 BC. Item (NAMA) 873 of the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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A 19th century Japanese Firemen’s coat decorated with a spider hovering over an abandoned Go board.
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Temple of Isis, photo dating 1900-20, in Philae Island, Egypt.
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Naturally mummified remains were discovered along the arid Atacama desert coast in Chile, dating to around 7,020 BC.
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