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Roman Bird Fresco
A fragment of wall fresco from a Roman villa depicting a bird. 2nd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Como, Italy)
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Mirror Case with Bird-and-flower Motif
Lacquer mirror case with bird-and-flower motif, painting by Fathallah Shirazi, 1878.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Mirror Case with Bird and Flower
Persian mirror case with bird-and-flower motif, painting by Ali Ashraf, 1751.
Brooklyn Museum.
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Roman Bird Frieze
This limestone frieze was likely made somewhere in the Eastern Roman Empire in the 5th century CE. It depicts a hungry bird pecking a vine. (Musée du Cinquantenaire, Brussels)
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Bird Frieze, Faras
A 7th century CE bird frieze from a cathedral at Faras, southern Egypt/northern Kush. (National Museum, Warsaw)
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Bird's Eye View of the Fort of Batticaloa
Bird's eye view of the fort of Batticaloa, copperplate printing on paper by Johannes Janssonius Waasbergen, c. 1665.
Nationaal Archief, The Hague.
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Bird Haniwa
A terracotta haniwa (tomb marker) in the form of a bird. Perhaps from the tomb of Emperor Ojin, Habikino-shi, Osaka, Japan. Kofun Period, 5th century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)
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Nazca Bowl with Bird Monster
Late Nazca vessel depicting a bird monster, from Nasca, Peru, 400-500. The subject is depicted in profile and there is a use of complex and repeated motifs. This artistic development preceded the decline of a discernible Nazca style, explained...
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George Washington's Farewell Address
George Washington's Farewell Address was published in a Philadelphia newspaper on 19 September 1796, near the end of his second and final presidential term. In it, Washington explains his reasoning for not seeking a third term and warns his...
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The Girl Who Was the Ring
The Girl Who Was the Ring is a Pawnee legend committed to writing by the anthropologist George Bird Grinnell (l. 1849-1938) in his work The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories (1901). The story highlights the Native American...
