Images Dated 31st January 2012

Greek art. Asia Minor. Fragment of volute. Pergamon.Hellenis

Greek art. Asia Minor. Fragment of volute. City of Pergamon. Located between the temple of Dionysus, on the terrace of the theater. Hellenistic style. 2nd-3rd century AD. The Antikensammlung Berlin (Berlin antiquities collection)

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Ancient Art. Anatolia Peninsula. Turkey. Ritual vessel shape

Ancient Art. Anatolia Peninsula. Turkey. Between 2000-1750 BC Mesopotamian Assyrian merchants established trading colonies in Anatolia. The center was Kanesh Kharum. Ritual vessel shape of a lion. 18th-19th century BC. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

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Islamic art. Islamic calligraphy. Kufic style. Beam over a h

Islamic art. Pilgrimage route to Holy City by Egyptian territory. Large inscription in plaster stems from al-Hawra, a city on the coastal route. Originally on a beam over a house door, the inscription presents part of the renowned Throne Verse (Surah 2, verse 255) in the Qur'an

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