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The marble statue of Bacchus by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE). c. 1497 CE. (Bargello, Florence)

Priest-king statue, Indus Valley Civilization. The statue is 17.5 cm high and carved from steatite a.k.a. soapstone. It was found in Mohenjo-daro in 1927 CE. It is on display in the National Museum, Karachi, Pakistan.

Archaeological site of Harappa in modern-day Pakistan, one of the best-known cities of the Indus Valley Civilization.

Archaeological site of Mohenjo-daro in modern-day Pakistan, one of the best-known cities of the Indus Valley Civilization.

Adam and Eve, a print engraving by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528). 1504 CE. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Mohenjo-daro is one of the best-known cities of the Indus Valley Civilization. In the city, there was a great public bath, surrounded by a courtyard, with steps leading down into it.

Map of the Indus Valley Civilization, Mature Harappan Phase

A portrait of the Italian Dominican friar Annio da Viterbo (c. 1432 - 1502 CE). Besides being a scholar, Annio was infamous as a forger of classical texts and inscriptions. (Museo Civico, Viterbo, Italy)

Relief depicting the Egyptian war-god Montu, from his temple in el-Tod. 11th Dynasty (c. 2115-1991 BCE). (Louvre Museum)

A limestone relief depicting a vulture (possibly the goddess Nekhbet) and a rearing cobra (representing Wadjet) perched on a basket. Nekhbet and Wadjet were known as the "Two Ladies", representing Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt respectively...