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The egg and dart ornamentation is a common feature of Classical architecture, used especially to decorate a cornice. This example comes from the 5th century BCE Temple of Apollo on Delos.

A statue of a comic actor in the costume of Old Silenus, a companion and teacher of Dionysos, the god of wine. He holds a drum and has an empty wine skin over his shoulder. 2nd-1st century BCE, Delos. (Site Museum, Delos)

A diagram of the Imperial Fora of Rome. In the centre is Trajan's Forum and above it the semicircular-fronted Trajan's Market. On the left is the Basilica Ulpia. To the right is the Forum of Augustus and below it Caesar's Forum. On the far...

Statue of Ameneritis. Alabaster. Boulak. Drawn by G. Bénédite. The head of Ameneritis is covered with the full-bottomed wig worn by goddesses. She holds a whip in her left hand and a sort of purse in her right; there are bangles upon her...

Statue of Rameses II. In the Egyptian Museum, Turin. Granite. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. From A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez (1883).

Sphinx in black granite; from Tanis. Drawn by G. Bénédite. From A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez (1883).

Sebek-hotep III. Colossal statue in red granite. Height nine feet. Louvre. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. From A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez (1883).

Statue of Chephren. Height five feet seven inches. Boulak. Drawn by G. Bénédite. From A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez (1883).

Gateway and boundary wall of an Egyptian temple; restored by Ch. Chipiez. From A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. I by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez (1883).

Ram, or Kriosphinx, from Karnak. From A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. I by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez (1883).