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The two rock-cut temples of Abu Simbel (the Great Temple of Ramesses II and the Small Temple of his wife Nefertari) are situated on the west bank of the Nile in southern Egypt. As a result of the construction of the Aswan High Dam in the...

A c. 1898 landscape in oils, Bridge Across the Pond, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. The work is an example of Cézanne's preoccupation with representing the underlying essence or structure of Nature rather...

A c. 1876 painting in oils, Bathers at Rest, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Cézanne painted many variations of this scene throughout his career. The background landscape in this case is Mont Saint-Victoire...

A c. 1888-90 portrait in oils, Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Armchair by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Cézanne's wife, Marie-Hortense Fiquet (1850-1922), was a frequent sitter for the artist. This version uses...

A c. 1903 landscape in oils, Mont Sainte-Victoire, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Cézanne painted the mountain, located in southern France just east of Aix-en-Provence, almost 60 times in all kinds of views...

Greek philosopher Pyrrho of Elis, engraving from the book Illustrium philosophorum et sapientum effigies ab eorum numistatibus extractae by Girolamo Olgiati, 1580.

Marble head of a philosopher, early Roman copy (2nd century BCE) of a bronze Greek original from the 4th century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Corfu.

Replica of an Eleventh Dynasty model of Nubian archers arranged in 10 rows of four. Each archer is holding in one hand a bow and in the other a bunch of arrows. From a tomb in Asyut. Original from c. 2000 BCE. Archers formed the core of Nubian...

A 1888 landscape, Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Cézanne painted the mountain, located in southern France just east of Aix-en-Provence, almost 60 times in all kinds...

An 1890-94 still-life in oils, The Basket of Apples by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Cézanne was a master of looking at ordinary objects from multiple viewpoints, a technique that would be much copied in...