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The figure is wearing a cylindrical skirt and is bringing her arms to her chest. Figurines of this type are known from Minoan shrines and are probably representing the Adorants. From Herakleion district, Crete. Late Minoan II-IIIA1...

The vase bears a black-painted linear decoration. Middle Minoan I Period (2100-1800 BCE). Made from clay. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).

This type of Mycenaean figurine is named after the similarity of its outlines to the letter Φ of the Greek alphabet. These figurines are usually found in Children's graves or in shrines and they might have represented deities, divine nursemaids...

The vessel is decorated with stylised argonauts or nautili (molluscs). This outstanding example of the mature phase of Mycenaean pottery presumably imitates a metal prototype. Perhaps from Attica, Late Helladic IIIA1 Period (1400-1350...

The painted decoration includes horizontal and vertical cross-hatched lines that may imitate straps used to hold comparable vessels of clay or wood. From a Cypriot workshop. Late Cypriot II Period (1450-1200 BCE). Made from clay...

The hydria, as its name indicates, was used almost exclusively for carrying water (Greek hydor), essential for everyday cleansing, ritual purifications and libations. 4th-century BCE. Made from bronze. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria)

The Raising of Lazarus, tempera and gold on panel by Duccio di Buoninsegna, c. 1310-11. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.

The 17th-century cabildo of Salta, Argentina. The cabildo was a local council established in towns during the Spanish colonial period.

A portrait of Antonio de Mendoza, the first viceroy of New Spain (Mexico and many surrounding territories) within the Spanish empire. He served from 1535 to 1550. (Museo Nacional de Historia, Mexico City)

The facade of the National Palace in Mexico City, once seat of the viceroy of New Spain when part of the Spanish Empire.