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St. Peters Basilica. Dome built by Giacomo della Porta (154
Renaissance Art. Italy. St. Peters Basilica. Dome built by Giacomo della Porta (1540-1602) and Domenico Fontana (1543-1607) in 1590

St. Peters Basilica. Lantern of the dome built by Giacomo d
Renaissance Art. Italy. St. Peters Basilica. Lantern of the dome built by Giacomo della Porta (1540-1602) and Domenico Fontana (1543-1607) in 1590

Ancient Egypt. Predinastic period. Alabastron. Alabaster. Pe
Ancient Egypt. Predinastic period. Alabastron. Container carved from alabaster. Perfum Museum. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Miniature with capital letter depicting Inigo Lopez de Mendo
Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, Marquis of Santillana (1398-1458). Spanish writer. Book of Knowledge of All Things. Miniature with capital letter depicting the Marquis writing. By Jorge Ingles (1450-1500)

Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591). Engraving
Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591). Spanish friar of DIscalced Carmelite Order. Engraving

Quran. Kufic script. Archaeological Museum of Lahore. Pakistan

Peter IV of Aragon, the Ceremonious (1319-1387). Portrait in
Peter IV of Aragon, the Ceremonious (1319-1387). King of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca and Count of Barcelona. Portrait in a capital letter of the Book of Privileges of the Cartuja de Vall de Christ

Wilfred I the Hairy (840-897). Parchment
Wilfred I the Hairy (840-897). Count of Urgell (870897), Cerdanya (870897), Barcelona (878897), Girona (878897), Besalu (878897), and Ausona (886897)

Germany. The Jewish Museum Munich. Door of the Ten Commandme
Germany. The Jewish Museum Munich. The museum was built from 2004 until its inauguration on March 22, 2007. Was designed by architects Rena Wandel-Hoefer and Wolfgang Lorch

Bust of Hermes. 3rd century BC. Sculpture from Gjyral (Elbasan). National Archaeological Museum. Tirana. Albania

Medieval History. 15th century. Building the defense walls at Argos and Athens. Miniature at Bouquechardiere Chronicle. Chantilly Castle. France

Urbinate Bible (1476-78). The Exodus. The departure of the Israelites from Egypt under the leadership of Moses to free them from slavery

Roman Art. Gravestone, dating the 1st century AD. Porta Nuov
Roman Art. Gravestone, dating the 1st century AD. Reused in the Middle Ages to build the Porta Nuova city gate in Milan. Italy

Finland. Helsinki. Johan Ludvig Runebergs memorial. By Walt
Finland. Helsinki. Monument dedicated to the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804-1877). Statue by his son Walter Runeberg (1838-1920). Erected in 1885. Esplanadi Park

Greek art. Funerary stele depicting a potter. Early 6th cent
Greek art. Archaic period. Funerary stele depicting a potter. Early 6th century B.C. Polychromed. National Archaeological Museum. Athens

Arabic calligraphy. Detail disk. Decoration. Muradiye Mosque
Arabic calligraphy. Detail disk.. Muradiye Mosque. Bursa. Turkey

Turkey. Anatolia. Greek inscription. Marble stele

Pre-Columbian art. Lintel 17 from Yaxchilan, Late Classic Ma
Pre-Columbian art. Central America. Maya. Lintel 17 from Yaxchilan, Late Classic Maya. 8th century. British Museum, London

Egyptian art. Stele of the tomb of Methethi with his son Ihy with hieroglyphic writing. Detail of Methethi. Around 2400 BC. It comes from Saqqara. Old Kingdom. 5th Dynasty

Roman Art. Asia Minor. Relief depicting a funeral feast, a r
Roman Art. Asia Minor. Relief depicting a funeral feast (left) and a rider (right). At the top, a gorgon. The inscription refers to the foundation of a house by Gaius Erycius. Roman empire

Kufic scripture. Detail. Marble
Marble plaque with kufic scripture. 10th-11th centuries. Detail. Fatimid Period, Egypt. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Francisco Armanya Font (1718-1803). Colored engraving
Francisco Armanya Font (1718-1803). Ecclesiastical and theologian. Bishop of Lugo and Archbishop of Tarragona. Engraving byf A. Roca after a drawing of Ribo. Colored

The official Isi at his offering Table. From the tomb of Isi Probably at Sakkara. Limestone. 4th Dynastry, c. 2570-2450 BC. Old Kingdom. Reliefs. Detail. Hieroglyphs. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

False-door of the Official Gemni-em-hat. Tomb. Sakkara. 11th
Egyptian Art. False-door of the Official Gemni-em-hat. From de tomb of Gemni-em-hat at Sakkara. Limestone. 11th-12th Dynasty. c 1990 BC. Middle Kingdom. Hieroglyphs. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

False-door of the Official Dedu-hekenu. From Sakkara. Limest
Egyptian Art. False-door of the Official Dedu-hekenu. From Sakkara. Limestone. 6th Dynasty, c.2290-2150 BC. Old Kingdom. Hieroglyph. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Scribe Amenophis worshipping the Sun-God. Egypt
The scribe Amenophis worshipping the Sun-God. Limestone. Origin unknown. 18th dynasty. New Kingdom. C. 1490-1400 BC

Statue on diorite. Treasury of Sethi I
Treasury of Pharaoh Sethi I. Diorite. Reign of Ramses II, 1290-1224 BC. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Statue-cube on diorite. Treasury of Sethi I
Treasury of Pharaoh Sethi I. Statue-cube. Diorite. Reign of Ramses II, 1290-1224 BC. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Hieroglyphic writing. Relief detail from the tomb of Princes
Offering-bearers. Detail of the hieroglyphic writing. Limestone. From the tomb of Princess Nofert at Medum. 4th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. C. 2550 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Relief depicting an hieroglyph. Detail. Tomb of Setju. Sakka
Relief depicting hieroglyphics from the tomb of the temple-treasurer Setju. Sakkara, Egypt. Limestone. 4th-5th Dynasties. Old Kingdom. C. 2500-2350 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Relief of the tomb of the chamberlain Se-khenti-ka. Detail
Relief of the tomb of the chamberlain Se-khenti-ka. Limestone. 4th-5th Dynasties. C. 2570-2360 BC. Detail. Hieroglyphic writing. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Relief of the tomb of the chamberlain Se-khenti-ka. Egypt
Relief of the tomb of the chamberlain Se-khenti-ka. Limestone. 4th-5th Dynasties. C. 2570-2360 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Sappho (630-570 BC). Greek lyric poet. Bust. Copy. Istanbul
Sappho (630-570 BC). Greek lyric poet, born on the island of Lesbos. Roman bust of Sappho, copied from a lost Hellenistic original. Izmir. 2th century AD. Istanbul Archaeological Museum

Treasury of the Athenians. 5th century BC. Inscription. Delp
Treasury of the Athenians. Temple built around 5th century BC. Detail of a hymn to Delphi, in ancient Greek, engraved in a wall. Apollo also appears with the zither. Delphi. Greece

Egyptian Art. Hieroglyphic writing. Relief. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Jean-Fran?߯is Champollion (1790-1832). Portrait. Colored e
Jean-Fran?߯ is Champollion (1790-1832). French classical scholar, philologist and orientalist, decipherer of the Egyptian hieroglyphs. Colored engraving. El Universo Ilustrado, 1881

Adriaen Backer (1635-1684). Amsterdam almshouse regents, 167
Adriaen Backer (1635-1684). Dutch painter of the Golden Age. Amsterdam almshouse regents, 1676. Detail. Oil on canvas. Staatliche Museum, Berlin. Germany

Jewish community. Germany. Amulet for the birth of a girl (facsimile). South of Germany. 2nd half of 18th century. Such amulets were hung in the birthing rooms to ward off evil spirits

Talmud, the book containing the rabbinical discussions on Jewish law, traditions and customs. Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany

Jewish community. Germany. Middle Ages. Makre Dardeki. Jewis
Jewish community. Germany. Middle Ages. Makre Dardeki. Reading book for German children, 1481. Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany

Medieval History. Jewish community. Children. Miniature
Medieval History. Jewish community. On his first day of class Jewish children ate cookies for them to know that learning was sweet. They had to be able to read the Holy Scriptures themselves

German Jewish community. 18th century. Sefer Mekor Hokhmah. The book Fountain of Wisdom Berlin, 1711, about the Kabbalah or Jewish mysticism. Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany

Torah scrolls. 19th century. Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany

Worms Mahzor. Prayer book for Jewish holidays. 13th century
Worms Mahzor. Prayer book for Jewish holidays. Germany, 1271-1272. Ink on parchment (facsimile). Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany

Mesopotamia. Ceramic lid of an incense burner with inscriptions written in Aramaic. Dated between 1st century B.C. and 2nd century B.C. Pergamon Museum. Berlin

Cuneiform writing. Clay tablets written with prayers and rituals against the evil eye and the vision of the underworld. 9th-7th Centuries B.C. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Jar containing clay tablets written in cuneiform. 8th century. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Greek script. Lintel with inscription of Emperor Justinian. Marble. 538 A.C. Miletus. Market Gate. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

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