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Temple Exterior, Khajuraho
From a wall of one of the temples at Khajuraho. The bottom half has gods such as Ganesha and Agni while the top half has snapshots of human life. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th CE

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Figure Untying Ankle Bells, Khajuraho
Some help is always appreciated when tying on (or untying) those heavy anklets bells. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th CE.

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Rati & Kamadeva, Khajuraho
Kamadev, the god of love, and his wife Rati. Kamadev holds his sugarcane-and-bees-stringed bow and flower-tipped arrow. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th CE.

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Surya Figure, Khajuraho
Surya, the Sun God. He holds lotuses, a mace, and a water pot. Not visible clearly in this picture is a also a time wheel that's in one of his bottom left hands. He wears a breastplate. His charioteer, Aruna, sits at the front. Khajuraho...

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Ganesha Figure, Khajuraho
Ganesha dancing, his pendulous belly moving with the beats of the drummer almost hiding behind. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th CE.

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Vishkanya Figure, Khajuraho
Vishkanya. They were courtesans, brought up since they were little on increasing doses of poison. A grown Vishkanya would be fatal to anyone getting too close, and they were, therefore, often used as honey traps by the state. Khajuraho, Madhya...

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Agni figure, Khajuraho
Agni, the fire god. He holds a sacrificial altar, the Vedas, and a water pot, and is surrounded by four smaller fires, their skeletal forms showing the effect they have on humans. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th CE.

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Pharaoh Akhenaten, Cairo Museum
A small bust of Akhenaten (r. 1353-1336 BCE), pharaoh of Egypt in the 18th Dynasty. He is wearing the crown of Egypt.
Cairo Museum.

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Tarascan Incense Burner
An incense burner of a deity with a headdress of the rain god Tlaloc. Produced by the Tarascan civilization which flourished in western Mexico between 1350 CE and 1522 CE. (Snite Museum of Art, Indiana)

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Alexander the Great, Ptolemaic Coin of Alexandria
A silver coin of Alexandria depicting Alexander the Great. Reign of Ptolemy I (366 BCE – 282 BCE). (British Museum, London)