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A Byzantine wall mosaic from Ravenna showing the three Wise Men or Magi (aka the Three Kings) who visited the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem. The three figures are traditionally named as Balthazar, Melchior, and Caspar, although they are neither numbered nor named in the Bible's New Testament. Completed by 526 CE (Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy)
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