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Villagers in Sierra Leone with a captured Boa ConstrictorVillagers in Sierra Leone carry a captured Boa Constrictor. Date: circa 1930s
Fantastic Adventures - Daughter of the Snake GodCover of Fantastic Adventures, May 1942, featuring the story Daughter of the Snake God by William P. McGivern and John York Cabot
Amasis II (570-526 BC). Pharaoh of Egypt. Head of an statue. Dynasty 26. C.550 BC. From Sais. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
Roman mosaic. Child Heracles with snakes. Antioquia. TurkeyHeracles. Divine hero in Greek mythology. Roman mosaic. Child Heracles with snakes. Antakya. Turkey
Pergamon Altar. The Titan Phoebe with a torch fighting againPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. South frieze. The Titan Phoebe with a torch fighting against a winged giant. Pergamon Museum
Egyptian hieroglyph engraved in stone. National ArchaeologicEgyptian art. Detail of a hieroglyph. Engraved in stone. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain
Pre-Columbian art. Lintel 15 from Yaxchilan, Late Classic MaPre-Columbian art. Central America. Maya. Lintel 15 from Yaxchilan, Late Classic Maya. 8th century. British Museum, London
Aaron throwing her stick, which became in serpent. ColoredAaron. High Priest of the Israelites. Aaron throwing her stick, which became in serpent, in front of the Pharaoh. Exodus. Colored engraving
Greek art. A gift for the god of healing. Macedonia. Asklepios. C. 420 B.C. Marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark
Magical wand. EgyptMagical wand of ivory of hippopotamus tusk with images depicting deities and protective spirits to ward off evil spirits. To provide magical protection for mother and child. 1750 BC. 12th Dynasty
Taurobolium Altar. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. GTaurobolium Altar (360-370) with relief depicting the goddess Cybele enthroned with Demeter (right) flanked by Persephone Kore and Iacchus. Probably from Chalandri. National Archaeological Museum
Tula. Coatepantli or Serpent WallPre-Columbian Art. Tula. Coatepantli or Serpent Wall. Toltec civilization. Post-Classic Period. 900-1200 A.C. Back of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl. Museum of Anthropology. Mexico
Relief depicting Sekhmet, goddess of war with lioness head crowned with the solar disk and cobra snake. Walls of the Temple of Luxor. New Empire
AsclepiusGreek Art. Statue of Asclepius God of Medicine. Museum of Epidaurus. Region of the Peloponnese. Greece
Malagasy Giant Hognose Snake (Leioheterodon madagascariensis)
Native American costume, medicine menNative American Indian, three medicine men, two with masks and masquerade dresses, and one man dressed as a bird. When men die
Snake with a milk bottleSnake with an Express Dairies milk bottle. Date: circa 1950s
Boutons skink Snake-eyed skink adult sunbathes on a black basalt rock which holes he uses for hiding and safe moving around East shore of Ilot Gabriel island endemic for Mascarenes
Canine boa, dog-headed snake or emerald tree snake, Corallus canina.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800
Javan file snake, elephant trunk snake, Acrochordus javanicus.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792
Yellowbelly sea snake, Pelamis platura, and Asian pit viper, Trimeresurus species.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830
Trocortesian or Madrid Codex. s. XIV. Detail. MayaTrocortesian or Madrid Codex. s.XIV. Detail. Maya art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Americas Museum
Hercules Strangling the Snake. 1st c. ITALY. Pompeii. House of the Vettii. Roman art. Early Empire. Fresco
A Reticulated Python swims from a small freshwater-stream into a sea, to move between parts of island shore (Python reticulatus )
Grass Snake - snake track goes along human track - desert - sand dunes (Natrix natrix). Caspian sea shore - near Krasnovodsk town - Turkmenistan. Spring - April
Poem and badge of the Royal Army Medical Corps, WW1A poem and badge of the Royal Army Medical Corps, dated 13th May 1916, at Park Hall Camp, Oswestry. Written by 2158 Private E Thomas, 3/1 Welsh Field Hospital. Date: 1916
Four portraits for an exhibition by Madame YevondeGoddesses and Others -- four portraits for an exhibition by Madame Yevonde at her studio in Berkeley Square, London. From top left, clockwise, they are: Arethusa (Lady Bridget Poulett)
Brazil - Sao Paulo - Serpentarium of the Instituto Butantan, a Brazilian biomedical research centre affiliated to the Sao Paulo State Secretary of Health
Ritual of Self-Mutilation by Aissaoua Brotherhood, MoroccoA member of the snake charmers cult The Aissaoua Brotherhood ceremonially cuts his head on the Day of Sacrifices a ritual of self-mutilation. Date: circa 1910s
Hopi Snake Priest entering Snake Kiva, Oraibi, Arizona, USAHopi Snake Priest entering The Snake Kiva (or Sacred Dwelling ), Oraibi, Arizona, USA. This is the depository for snakes collected during eight days prior to the ceremony
Statue of Mahishasura - Chamundi Hills Mysore, IndiaA statue of Mahishasura in Chamundi Hills, Mysore. Mahishasura was an Asura in Hindu Mythology - one of the forces of chaos that are in constant battle with Devas. Date: circa 1910s
Snake illustration by Albertus SebaTab 81, a snake illustration from Thesaurus Vol 2, by Albertus Seba
Rock Python skinDr Colin McCarthy examining a Rock Python skin in the Zoology department of The Natural History Museum, London
Adam and Eve - Garden of Eden - The First Love. Eve takes of bite out of the forbidden fruit, whilst her temptor (the serpent) also tucks in to a shiny fruit. Date: circa 1910s
Lola Lee / Snake / T&c 1909LOLA LEE Exotic dancer, partnered by a live boa constrictor Date: early 20th century
Little girl in costume at Shenyang, Liaoning Province, ChiA little Chinese girl in traditional costume standing on a large black and gold chair at Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
Phnom Penh, CambodiaA boy stood in front of a remarkable statue in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, of a seven-headed cobra snake, guarding a bridge within the Palace complex
Mahatma Gandhi cartoonA cartoon on the subject of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, showing him making international calls on a telephone, with bags of money at his side
The Snake Prince / QueenThe princess begs the Queen of Snakes to give her back her husband. (Feroshepore story)
Rudyard Kipling / CartoonCartoon of English writer, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), writing in the Indian bush watched by a snake and a lion
Zeus as a boy fed by his foster mother, AmaltheaZeus/Jupiter as a boy, being fed from a cornucopia by his foster mother Amalthea underneath a tree, while Pan (right) plays his pipes
Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of IndiaKaiser-I-Hind Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India -- she doesn t look very excited about it
Palace of the Mongol Khans, Karakorum, Mongolia, ChinaA view of Karakorum, capital of the Mongol Empire, and the palace of the Mongol Khans, with the famous Silver Tree Fountain on the left
Lohanna and her snake 1912Lohanna, French actress that did theatrical dances in Paris with a snake. Date: 1912
Parisennes models wearing the latest fashion 1912Parisenne actresses modelling garments that were the thing for the coming season. April 1912
A Kookaburra (having recently caught a snake), Australia. Date: 1914
Sea SerpentsTwo explanations for the sighting of sea serpents: the first, a school of porpoises; the second, the tentacles of a giant squid
Indian Snake Carmer - Singapore, Malaysia. Date: circa 1920s