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~ Ariadne and Dionysus.

Period: Late Roman/Late Antiquity

Date: A.D. 3rd-5th century

Place of origin: Achmim, Egypt

Medium: Wool on linen, colored knitting

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~ Torso of Venus.

Date: A.D. 1–200

Culture: Roman

Marble: Marble

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~ Atlatl Dart.

Date: ca. 4670 B.C.

Place of origin: Cucharas and Chiquitas Sierras from the southwest of Tamaulipas, Mexico

Medium: Chione venosa (Naranjito)

#ancient #history #museum #archeology #ancient history #archaeology #Atlatl dart #tamaulipas #mexico #mexican #dart #weaponry #ca. 4670 b.c.

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~ Cylinder Vessel with Palace Scene.

Place of origin: Guatemala, Petén, Dos Pilas or vicinity

Culture: Maya, lk style

Date: A.D. 740–800

Medium: Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire pigment.

#8th century #9th century #cylinder vessel #ceramics #palace scene #petén #dos pilas #guatemala #ik style #maya #mayan #pigment #Mesoamerica #pre columbian #a.d. 740 #a.d. 800 #history #museum #archeology #archaeology

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~ Falcon.

Date: ca. A.D. 1200–1220

Culture: South Italian

Medium: Bronze, traces of gilding

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~ Pair of Eye Inlays.

Place of origin: Egypt

Period: Late Period, 25th-26th Dynasty

Date: 722-525 B.C.

Medium: Stone, alabaster, pigment.

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~ Shinto Goddess and Shinto God.

Date: 12th-13th century

Place of origin: Japan

Medium: Wood with color

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~ Mary Magdalene Borne Aloft.

Artist/Maker: Taddeo Crivelli (Italian, died ca. 1479, active about 1451-1479)

Date: ca. 1469

Place of origin: Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Medium: Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink.

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~ Nose Ornament.

Date: A.D. 2nd–6th century

Placeoforigin: Perú

Culture: Vicús

Medium: Gold

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~ Bird ornament.

Date: A.D. 600–800

Place of origin: Guatemala or Mexico, Mesoamerica

Culture: Maya

Medium: Shell

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~ Medallion with Olympias.

Date: ca. A.D. 215-243

Period: Imperial Roman

Medium: Gold

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~ "Freydal": Tournament book of Emperor Maximilian I.

Culture: South German

Date: A.D. 1512-1515

Medium: 255 gouaches heightened with gold and silver in leather strap: paper; leather.

• From the source: The "Freydal" describes the tournaments during Maximilian's knightly love journey.

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~ Apollo.

Period: Roman

Provinience: Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.

Medium: Marble

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~ Stela of a Man.

Period: Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty

Date: ca. 2030–1981 B.C.

Place oforigin: Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Cemetery 100, Tomb TT 114, MMA excavations, 1926–27

Medium: Limestone, paint

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~ Crab Vessel with Double Spout.

Place of origin: Colombia, Calima Region

Period: Ilama Period

Date: 1500 B.C.-A.D. 100

Medium: Ceramics

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~ Young Girl (portrait, hair, in the style of Antonia the Younger).

Period: Imperial Roman

Date: A.D. 1-25

Place of origin: Italy

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~ Pair of Architectural Reliefs with Elephants.

Date: A.D. 80–100

Culture: Roman

Place of origin: Western Roman Empire

Medium: Italian marble

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