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This medal depicts John VIII Palaeologus during his visit to Ferrara in 1438 CE, as drawn by Pisanello. Extravagant hats were popular among Byzantine Royalty.

Dating between the 4th-7th centuries CE, these shoes feature gilded leather. Found near Panopolis (now Akhmim, Egypt). They measure 23.5 cm in length (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

This shoe buckle, made of silver, dates to the 7th century CE. Measures 23 x 29 x 8 mm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Minoan fresco depicting a bull leaping scene, found in Knossos, 1600-1400 BCE. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete.

Collection of poems (divan), King Solomon and the hoopoe who brought news from Queen Sheba, Walters Manuscript W.636, fol. 84a An illustrated copy of the collection of poems (Dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī who flourished...

Glass panel with Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba. Franco-Netherlandish, 15th–16th century CE. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Linen warp, made in Strasbourg, Upper Rhineland, Germany, c. 1490–1500 CE. Dimensions: 31 1/2 x 40 in. (80 x 101.6 cm)

Tintoretto: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba 1545 CE, oil on canvas, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

A memorial Armenian cross-stone or khachkar, Vagharshapat, Armenia. 10th century CE.

Silver penny of Alfred the Great (r. 871-899 CE), minted in Wessex. British Museum, London