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Gilded silver and rock crystal vessel, crafted in Nuremberg, Germany, circa 1580
from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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3D Reconstruction of Tenochtitlán by Thomas Kole
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Egyptian
Game of Hounds and Jackals
Middle Kingdom, ca. 1814-1805 B.C.E.
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Greek Gold diadem with Hercules knot (250–150 BCE),
Gold, garnet, carnelian, sardonyx
3×9 1/8 in. (7.6 × 23.1 cm).
On loan to the Metropolitan Museum.
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Celtic Silver Mounted Lapis Lazuli Studded Bronze Sword. 6th Century BC?.
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Swan Pendant
16th century
Northern European
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Gold posey ring inscribed "My Heart You Have/ And Yours I Crave" English, 17th-18th century
from Timeline Auctions
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Byzantine Mosaics, San Vitale, circa 526-547 CE, Ravenna, Italy: Empress Theodora and Her Retinue (top) and Emperor Justinian and His Retinue (bottom)
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Solid gold ring with carnelian intaglio scorpion, Roman circa 100 CE.
Scorpion rings were once worn as magical amulets believed to protect the wearer from being poisoned.
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Japanese dragonfly helmet, 17th century
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Brass aquamanile in the form of a dragon, Northern Germany, circa 1200
from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Skånsk textiles, late 18th century
from the Khalili Collections
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Dolphins Fresco, Palace of Knossos (& detail)
c. 1700-1450 B.C.
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Roman marble statue of Dionysus (Bacchus), God of wine, patron of wine making.
Roman copy of a Greek original of late 4th century BC.
from The Collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg
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AN EGYPTIAN AMETHYST CAT AMULET. LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD. 664-30 B.C
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Bowl with Handles
Jasper, silver gilt and enamel
c. 1680
Artist: Marx Merzenbach (German (Augsberg), active 1642-died 1688)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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