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Herculaneum Detail from painting of girl having her hair dressed, 1st century CE

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Herculaneum Detail from painting of girl having her hair dressed, 1st century CE

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Wall painting from Herculaneum, depicting a tragic actor resting after the play. The fresco is dated to the 1st century BCE. The objectis in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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Wall painting from Herculaneum, depicting a tragic actor resting after the play. The fresco is dated to the 1st century BCE. The objectis in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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Bronze bust of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, recovered from the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, 1st Century BC.

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Bronze bust of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, recovered from the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, 1st Century BC.

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Pair of Ancient Byzantine era gilded leather shoes from Egypt, c. 4th-7th century CE.

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Pair of Ancient Byzantine era gilded leather shoes from Egypt, c. 4th-7th century CE.

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A Roman mosaic on a dining room wall in the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum, Italy, 1st century AD

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A Roman mosaic on a dining room wall in the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum, Italy, 1st century AD

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Deccan south India Painting Of a Buraq 16th century

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Deccan south India Painting Of a Buraq 16th century

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Painting of a jellyfish, from the Shurinzu. Anonymous artist. Japan, 18th century

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Painting of a jellyfish, from the Shurinzu. Anonymous artist. Japan, 18th century

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Pair of glasses with case from 16th century Paris. Kunsthistorisches Museum

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Pair of glasses with case from 16th century Paris. Kunsthistorisches Museum

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Painting of a beauty. Korea, 19th century

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Painting of a beauty. Korea, 19th century

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Detail of an armor made in the 2nd half of the 16th century CE, in either France or Flanders. Now housed at the Louvre Museum

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Detail of an armor made in the 2nd half of the 16th century CE, in either France or Flanders. Now housed at the Louvre Museum

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A 1st century BCE gold earring from Taxila, in Pakistan. Now housed at the National Museum in New Delhi

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A 1st century BCE gold earring from Taxila, in Pakistan. Now housed at the National Museum in New Delhi

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Roman gold ring, showing the serpent and "knot of Hercules". The object dates to the 1st century CE.

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Roman gold ring, showing the serpent and "knot of Hercules". The object dates to the 1st century CE.

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Painting of a Dutchman with pipe. Japan, 18th century

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Painting of a Dutchman with pipe. Japan, 18th century

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Pair of white porcelain frogs. China, Qing dynasty, 19th century

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Pair of white porcelain frogs. China, Qing dynasty, 19th century

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Painting of Krishna and Radha dressed in each other's clothes. India, around 1830 CE.

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Painting of Krishna and Radha dressed in each other's clothes. India, around 1830 CE.

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Fragment of a paper playing card from Egypt, c. 13th-14th century CE.

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Fragment of a paper playing card from Egypt, c. 13th-14th century CE.

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Woman with short hair in the Fayum portrait. The painting dates from the Hadrianic period, dating to approximately the 2nd century CE.

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Woman with short hair in the Fayum portrait. The painting dates from the Hadrianic period, dating to approximately the 2nd century CE.

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Gold earrings from Taxila 1st-3rd century CE | Pakistan.

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Gold earrings from Taxila 1st-3rd century CE | Pakistan.

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Figurine of Hercules fighting the Hydra. Germany, 18th century

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Figurine of Hercules fighting the Hydra. Germany, 18th century

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“Mural painting called ‘the Investiture’”

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“Mural painting called ‘the Investiture’”

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