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A facsimile of a painting from the Tomb of Sennedjem, in Deir el-Medina. The painting depicts a cat killing a serpent, and is associated with a sequence in the Egyptian Book of the Dead. The original painting was made c. 1295–1213 BCE. The...

This terracotta figurine of Cybele depicts her seated on a throne with a lion on her lap. She wears a mural crown which symbolises her patronage over the city and its defensive walls. A patera (libation-bowl) and tympanon (hand-drum) are...

Terracotta group of Zeus carrying Ganymede from Troy to Olympus. Corinthian workshop, beginning of 5th century BCE. Olympia Archaeological Museum, Greece.

A 2nd-century CE Roman statue group of two sighthounds playing, discovered in 1774 CE in Monte Cagniolo, Italy. The group was once nicknamed "The Townley Greyhounds", after their owner Charles Townley. However, the dogs depicted are not proper...

A photorealistic reconstruction of Roman emperor Commodus (r. 180-192 CE). Made using Artbreeder, a neural net tool.

Card showing an angel paddling in a small boat called "Hearts Delight", 1890 CE. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Lupercalian festival in Rome: Cupid and Personifications of Fertility encounter the Luperci dressed as dogs and goats, a pen and ink drawing by the Circle of Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610 CE).

Cupid on a Dolphin, painting by Erasmus Quellinus II, 1630 CE. Museo del Prado, Madrid.

Saint Valentine kneeling in supplication, painting by David Teniers III, 1677 CE.

Part of a mosaic pavement depicting Atalanta on horseback hunting a lion. The lion and the end of the Greek inscription giving Atalanta's name are missing. From a Roman Villa at Halicarnassus, 4th century CE. British Museum, London.