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Serapis Depicted as Pluto
The Egyptian deity Serapis, with a modius on the head, is depicted as Pluto. Next to him stands the three-headed dog Cerberus, guardian of Hades and the Greek underworld. From the Roman Villa of Chiragan, France. (Musée...
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El Carambolo Treasure (Tartessos)
7th century BCE pectoral (brooch on the chest) from the Tartessian Culture. Archaeological Museum of Seville.
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Inca Textile Bag
An Inca textile bag with typical tassle decoration. (Lombards Museum)
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Inca Geometric Textile Motif
A detail from an Inca textile showing a geometric cross design. (Museo de America, Madrid)
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Inca Tunic
An Inca royal tunic with the typical geometrical designs and colours favoured by Inca weavers. (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collections, Washington D.C.)
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Nimrud Ivory Supine Bull
An exquisitely carved plaque of a supine bull. Note the black burn mark. Probably, this was part of a group which once supported an ivory tray. Neo-Assyrian period, 9th-7th centuries BCE. From Nimrud, Mesopotamia, Iraq...
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Nimrud Ivory Plaque
Carved ivory plaque of an Egyptian-looking woman. Note the black burn marks. Neo-Assyrian period, 9th-7th centuries BCE. From Nimrud, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
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Human Sacrifice, El Tajin
A relief panel from the south ballcourt of El Tajin, Veracruz showing two players holding down and extracting the heart of a third player. A skeletal figure rises from a pot on the left side. 700-900 CE.
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Staircase, Pyramid of the Niches
The eastern facade with stairway of the Pyramid of the Niches, El Tajin, Veracruz, 6th century CE.
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El Tajin
The central plaza of El Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The 6th century CE Pyramid of the Niches is on the right.
