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Ceide Fields Visitor's Centre
The Ceide Fields Interpretative Centre was opened in 1993 CE and received the Europa Nostra Diploma of Merit in 1997 CE. This impressive pyramid-shaped building is a 60 ft high, multi-award-winning centre, which explains the background and...
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Acropolis in Athens (Artist's Impression)
An artist's impression of what the Athenian Acropolis may have looked like at the time of classical Greece. From the game Old World.
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Red-figured Hydria - Dance Training Session
Red-figured hydria (water-jar) displaying a dance-training (gymnopaida) session. Two young girls practice dancing under the supervision of a female and a male tutor. The girls wear short tunics (chiton) and take identical steps towards each...
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Battista Sforza by Piero della Francesca
A portrait of Battista Sforza (l. 1446-1472 CE), Duchess of Urbino, by the Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca (d. 1492 CE). c. 1470 CE. (Uffizi, Florence)
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Drawing Showing Mathematical Perspective Applied to the Human Head by Piero della Francesca
A drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca (c. 1420-1492 CE) showing his theories of mathematical perspective applied to representing the human form. From De prospectiva pingendi.
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An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races
Original edition of Arthur de Gobineau's (1816-1882 CE) An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races. 1853 CE. Library of the National Museum of Natural History, Paris.
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The Flagellation of Christ by Piero della Francesca
The painted panel the Flagellation of Christ by the Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca (c. 1420-1492 CE). c. 1455 CE. (National Gallery of Marche, Urbino)
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Jacopo Galli's Garden in Rome
The pen and ink on paper drawing of Jacopo Galli's Garden in Rome by Martin van Heemskerck. Galli was a famous collector of antiquities during the Renaissance. c. 1532-5 CE. (Staatliche Museen, Berlin)
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Bacchus by Michelangelo
The marble statue of Bacchus by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE). c. 1497 CE. (Bargello, Florence)
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Priest-king from Mohenjo-daro
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.
