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Argo Navis. Constellation represented by the ship Argo. Engr
Argo Navis. Mythological interpretation of the constellation of the Southern Hemisphere, represented by the ship Argo, used by Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece

Roman period. Small jar for ointments. Lacrymatory. Glass. F
Roman period. Small jar for ointments. Lacrymatory. Blown glass. From Augusta Emerita (Merida). Extremadura. 1st century AD. Episcopal Museum. Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Information leaflet, Dr Williams pink pills for pale people
Information leaflet for Dr Williams pink pills for pale people. The patent medicine pills contained iron oxide and magnesium sulphate

Advertisement, Dr Williams pink pills for pale people. Mother weak from childhood. Son a victim of St Vitus Dance. The patent medicine pills contained iron oxide and magnesium sulphate

Statue of Dionysus, god of wine
GREEK ART. REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. Statue of Dionysus, god of wine. Found during the excavations of Ninfeo of Butrint in 1929. S. II a.C. Ruins of Butrint Museum

Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa. V Station. Stone with the p
Israel. Jerusalem. Old City. Old City. V Station. Place of encounter between Jesus and Simon of Cyrene, the man who carried the cross of Christ to Mount Calvary

Standing Buddha. From Sarnath, India. 5th century AD. Gupta period. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Shiva and Parvati sculpture. Orissa, India, 13th century AD. Stone sculpture shows the powerful Hindu deity Shiva, with his consort Parvati, the daugter of the mountain, seated on his knee

Apollo. Head. Marble. 120-140 AD. From Palace of Justinian, Rome. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Bust of Roman emperor Constantine the Great (c. 272-337). Rom
Constantine the Great (c.272-337). Roman Emperor. Fragment of a reworked male statue. Early 4th century AD. Found in the Forum of Trajan. Museum Trajans Market. Rome. Italy

Domitian (Titus Flavius Domitianus), (51-96). Roman Emperor from 81 to 96 A.C. Flavian dynasty. Statue as Emperor. Braccio Nuovo Collection. Chiaramonti Musum. Vatican Museum. Vatican City. Italy

Master of Saint Veronica. St. Veronica with the Holy Kerchie
Master of Saint Veronica. German painter. Work perido: Between 1395-1420 in Cologne. Gothic style. St. Veronica with the Holy Kerchief. c.1420. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Emperor Septemus Severus (193-211 AD). Bust
Septimius Severus (145-211), also known as Severus. Roman Emperor from 193-211. Born in Leptis Manga, province of Africa. Dynasty, Severan

Marcus Aurelius (121-180). Roman Emperor. Bust
Marcus Aurelius (121-180). Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. Bust. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Artemis. Sculpture. 1st century AD. Roman work after Greek o
Artemis. Goddes of the Hunt. Daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo. Roman equivalent is Diana. Sculpture. 1st century AD. Roman work after Greek originals. A richly decorated diadem. Glyptothek

Muse. The Roman sculpture after an original of about 130 BC was restored by Bertel Thorvaldsen. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Sarcophagus of a married couple. About 240 AD. Ancient Rome
Roman art. Sarcophagus of a married couple. About 240 AD. The couple extending hands to each other also appear in the side panels. He as a Greek orator, she as a muse, a cultural ideal. Glyptothek

Floor mosaic. About 200 AD. Aion, god of Eternity, surrounde
Floor mosaic. About 200 AD From a Roman villa near Sentium (Sassferrato) in the Marches. Aion, god of Eternity, surrounded by a zodiac wheel, the seated earth mother Tellus

Emperor Claudius (10 BC-54 AD) as Jupiter. Vatican Museums
Emperor Claudius (10 BC-54 AD) as Jupiter, wearing the civil crown of oak leaves and with the eagle at his feet. Vatican Museums

Early Christian. Roman tombstone with Christian iconography
Early Christian Art. Italy. Early Christians. Roman tombstone with Christian iconography. Inscription: Victoria, consecrated virgin, who lived 28 years. Christian phrase appears in pace

Italy. Roman funerary stele of Prisco. 4th century AD
Italy. Early Christians. Roman funerary stele of Prisco. Inscription: Christian phrase appears in pace. The symbol of the dove and the olive branch and the monogram of Constantine T. 4th century AD

Ionic capital. Temple of Artemis Leucophryene. 3rd-2nd centu
Temple of Artemis Leucophryene. Late 3rd-early 2nd centuries BC. Built by Hermogenes at Magnesia on the Maeander. Ionic capital. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Metal Age. The gold bracteates. National Museum of Denmark
The gold bracteates. Flat, thin and single-sided gold medal worn as jewelry that was produced in Northern Europe predominantly during the Migration Period of the Germanic Iron Age

Anaximander (610 546 BC) with a sundial. Roman mosaic. 3rd
Anaximander (610- 546 BC). Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus. He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales. Anaximandder with a sundial

Roman sarcophagus of a child decorated with reliefs depictin
Sarcophagus of a child decorated with reliefs depicting the procession of Bacchus, god of wine, and his followers. Marble. 220-250 AD. The lid, with the reclining figure of Silenus, is modern

Different types of roman amphorae. 2nd century BC-3rd centur
Different types of amphorae. From left to right: wine amphora, 1st century AD, from Rome; amphora for fish, 1st century AD, from Spain; wine amphora, 2nd-1st centuries BC

Lucius Verus Augustus. Roman Emperor (161-169). Bust. Olympia Archaeological Museum. Ilia Province. Peloponnese region. Greece

Roman mosaic with Dyonysius head
Mosaic of a Roman villa decorated with geometric motifs and Dionysius head with fruit and ivy in hIs hair in the center. Pitchers with ivy in the corners

Early Christian Art. Egypt. Clay jar (AMPULLAE) with Saint
Early Christian Art. Egypt. Clay jar (AMPULLAE) representing Saint Mena flanked by two camels. Dated in the seventh century. It comes from the sanctuary of Saint Mena in Egypt. Byzantine Museum

Libya. Leptis Magna. Archaeology
LIBYA. TRIPOLI. Leptis Magna. Roman theatre, built in 1 AD. Roman art. Early Empire

Travellers to England! Jamaican migration advertisement
Travellers to England! Remember: There is unemployment in England. Make sure there is a job before you go. Make sure you know where you are going to stay, before leaving Jamaica

Louis XV Corset advertisement - Corset Leopold
An advertisement for a Corset Louis XV available from Corset Leopold of 34 Rue d Alger, Toulon, France. The text on the card translates thus

BRA SKIER
A rash young woman braves the ski slopes wearing just her bra and slacks! Date: 1960s

Merriecolour curtains advertisement, 1950s
Advertisement for Grafton Merricolour fabrics featuring a woman looking out of a window as her jolly Merricolour curtains flap in the breeze. 1950s

Man Sitting in a Boat
An old man sits in a beached boat

Palais De Glace Skate Ad
Poster for the fashionable Palais de Glace in the Champs Elysees, Paris

DRUIDESS
A Druid priestess wears the traditional white robe, held by buckle and sash : on her head she wears a wreath of the sacred mistletoe

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