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Sphinx of Hatshepsut (ca. 1479–1458 BCE). This colossal sphinx portrays the female pharaoh Hatshepsut with the body of a lion and a human head wearing a nemes–headcloth and false beard. The sculptor has carefully observed the powerful muscles...

Representative statue of the Phyrigian Goddess Cybele, exhibited in the Museum Of Anatolian Civilizations. Ankara province, Turkey.

The Ecstasy of Saint Francis painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430- 1516 CE). Completed by 1480 CE. (Frick Collection, New York)

Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan by the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430- 1516 CE). c. 1500 CE. (National Gallery, London)

The Ogdoad of Hermopolis, depicted on the ceiling of the Temple of Dendera. In the top left are the god Hehu and goddess Hehut; to the right are Nu and Nut. In the bottom left are Amun and Amunet; to their right are Kek and Keket. (Cropped...

Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the ancient Egyptian crocodile god Sobek, constructed during the Ptolemaic period, 180–47 BCE.

Low-angle view of the columns at the Great Hypostyle Hall at the Karnak Temple, Egypt, built during the 19th Dynasty (c. 1290-1224 BCE).

The Crucifixion painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430- 1516 CE). Completed in the mid-1450s CE. (Museo Correr, Venice)

The San Zaccaria Altarpiece in Venice by the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430- 1516 CE). Completed c. 1505 CE.

The Lady at Her Toilet painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430- 1516 CE). Completed 1514 CE. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).