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jeannepompadour · 3 days
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Vergil's Aeneid from the Vergilius Vaticanus illuminated manuscript kept in the collection of the Biblioteca apostolica Vaticana. MS lat. 3225. fol. 33 v; by the Master of the Vergilius Vaticanus; 5th century AD
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jeannepompadour · 5 months
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Medallion painting of Venus Aphrodite with a golden diadem and scepter, pearl earrings and necklace, House of Marcus Fabius Rufus, Pompeii. 1st century BC
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jeannepompadour · 2 months
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Opium capsule necklace, grave VI, Tillya-tepe, dating from 1st century BC to 1st century AD
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jeannepompadour · 6 months
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Gwion Gwion figures wearing ornate costumes, Indigenous Australian rock paintings from the Kimberley region, West Australia
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jeannepompadour · 2 years
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Bust of a Devata, Shorchuk, Kirin Cave, 5th-6th century AD, Serindian art
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jeannepompadour · 2 years
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Fresco of the muse Thalia from Edificio dei Triclini a Moregine at Pompeii, early fourth style of pompeian wall painting, c. 64 AD
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Ancient Greek terracotta vessel in the shape of a sphinx, 5th century BC. One of 26 similar pieces discovered in a feminine necropolis ("Demeter's priestess") near Phanagoria, Peninsula of Taman, modern Russia
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jeannepompadour · 3 years
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Thracian golden necklace found in one of the three Duvanlii mounds
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jeannepompadour · 3 years
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Diana/Ariadne from Villa di Arianna at Stabiae in Pompeii, third style of Pompeian wall painting (20 BC-10 AD)
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jeannepompadour · 2 years
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Tanagra figurine of a woman from Tanagra, Boeotia or Korinthia, c. 325-150 BC
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jeannepompadour · 3 years
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Statue of Nike, goddess of victory, Roman; 1st century A.D.
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jeannepompadour · 3 years
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Medallion of Dionysos and other ornaments forming a hormos (necklace) Ancient Greek artefact from Tarentum, Italy, 4th c. BC
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jeannepompadour · 3 years
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Rare Kiev culture enameled brooch and chain set, 3rd-5th Century AD
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jeannepompadour · 3 years
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Two statues of women, circa 350-300 BC; Ancient Greek from South Italy
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jeannepompadour · 2 years
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Old Babylonian cylinder seal, c. 1800 BC. Linescan camera image (reversed to resemble an impression)
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jeannepompadour · 3 years
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Gold necklace, with king and flanking lions in carved lapis lazuli; Sasanian period, 5th - 6th century A.D.
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