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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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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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Court suit, c. 1800–1815. French (?) Private Collection.
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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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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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Skeleton praying, detail from the marble floor, Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. Italy, 17th century.
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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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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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“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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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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‘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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Cave of Hands, Argentina - The art in the cave dates from 13.000 to 9.000 years ago.
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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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Medieval suns and moons. Collection: Getty Museum.
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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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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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Veiled Truth (detail) by Antonio Corradini, completed 1750.
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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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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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Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. Photographer: Erich Lessing.
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Ancient Greek silver litra coin minted in Syracuse, Sicily, circa 466 BC.
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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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“The Massacre of the Innocents” by Léon Cogniet (1794-1880).
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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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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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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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Gustav Klimt masterpieces by Photographer Inge Prader, 2017.
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This is a rare image of the Great Sphinx taken from a hot air balloon, in the early 19th century. This is before excavation and restoration.
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Aztec Sun Stone, 1886. Photograph: New York State Archives. The Aztec Sun Stone - also known as the Aztec Calendar Stone - is an enormous circular stone carved from basalt, covered with hieroglyphic carvings, weighing 25 tons, 3.60 meters in diameter and 98 cm thick.
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Pyramid structures from around the world. Credit & Work: The Human Odyssey, designed by Simon E. Davies.
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Mountaineer’s axe with heart-shaped holes and bronze reinforced shaft. Place of origin & Date: Japan, Muromachi period, 14th century. Photo Credit & Collection: Nara National Museum, Japan - Formerly kept in Jinshō-ji temple, Shiga.
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One of the greatest discoveries of archaeology: Oseberg Viking Ship, Tønsberg, Norway, c. 834 AD.
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John William Waterhouse - Hylas and the Nymphs (1896).
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The Mont-Saint-Michel is one of Europe’s most unforgettable sights. Set in a mesmerizing bay shared by Normandy and Brittany, the mount draws the eye from a great distance. Read more: (Photo via user/Rattlesnake_Mullet on Reddit)
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Egyptian Statue of a deified individual covered with magic spells and deities. Date: c. c. 672-342 BC. Collection: Naples National Archaeological Museum.
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Egyptian Blue Porcelain Hedgehog c. 1800 BC. Collection: Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.
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Chinese bronze sword with turquoise studded, gold inlaid rock crystal hilt, Warring States Period, 4th-2nd century BC. Private Collection.
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Happy June! Flaming June by Sir Frederic Leighton, 1895.
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Egyptian/Phoenician Glass Dog Head Bead, 6th-4th Century BC. Private Collection.
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The goddesses of fate by Stanislav Plutenko (b. 1961)
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The Roman Empire at its Territorial Height in 117 A.D. Credit: Federali on MapPorn - Reddit.
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A Chinese export porcelain crab tureen, c. 1736-1795 AD. Collection: Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.
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A stone threshold at Hagia Sophia. People have been walking over this since 537 AD.
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