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Saint Anne, an 8th or 9th century wall painting, painted al secco with tempera on plaster, found at the Faras Cathedral in Nubia National Museum in Warsaw

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Saint Anne, an 8th or 9th century wall painting, painted al secco with tempera on plaster, found at the Faras Cathedral in Nubia National Museum in Warsaw

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A fresco of Bishop Marianos and the Vrigin Mary, Faras Cathedral, Nubia . 11th century CE.

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A fresco of Bishop Marianos and the Vrigin Mary, Faras Cathedral, Nubia . 11th century CE.

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Fragment of a Roman wall painting with a Latin inscription from the 3rd century CE. The object was found on the remains of an amphitheater in ancient Viminacium in eastern Serbia.

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Fragment of a Roman wall painting with a Latin inscription from the 3rd century CE. The object was found on the remains of an amphitheater in ancient Viminacium in eastern Serbia.

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Horse Armour, from Rajasthan. Late 18th Century CE. made of several small square iron plates interlinked with chain mail. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.

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Horse Armour, from Rajasthan. Late 18th Century CE. made of several small square iron plates interlinked with chain mail. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.

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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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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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A gold plaque from Java, depicting Vishnu and Garuda. 9th century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Indonesia

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A gold plaque from Java, depicting Vishnu and Garuda. 9th century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Indonesia

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Ancient Roman slave-collar found in Rome with a bronze disc announcing the reward for returning the runaway slave to his or her master, Zoninus, 4th-6th century AD, National Museum of Rome, Baths of Diocletian, Rome

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Ancient Roman slave-collar found in Rome with a bronze disc announcing the reward for returning the runaway slave to his or her master, Zoninus, 4th-6th century AD, National Museum of Rome, Baths of Diocletian, Rome

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Su Hanchen, Children Playing on a Winter Day, 12th century, National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Su Hanchen, Children Playing on a Winter Day, 12th century, National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Woman in grief. Sandstone, From Sarnath, 2nd century CE. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.

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Woman in grief. Sandstone, From Sarnath, 2nd century CE. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.

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13th Century Medieval Murals at Angers Cathedral. These were painted over after a fire in 1451. During the Baroque Period, barriers were put up with a narrow crawlspace behind it, which is where this was found.

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13th Century Medieval Murals at Angers Cathedral. These were painted over after a fire in 1451. During the Baroque Period, barriers were put up with a narrow crawlspace behind it, which is where this was found.

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Pennannular brooch with beast-shaped terminals, part of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure, discovered in the late 1950s on an island in the Shetlands. From the latter part of the 8th century. National Museum of Scotland.

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Pennannular brooch with beast-shaped terminals, part of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure, discovered in the late 1950s on an island in the Shetlands. From the latter part of the 8th century. National Museum of Scotland.

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A set of ten carved jade eggplant-style snuff bottles placed in an octagonal wooden box. Qing dynasty, 18th century CE, now housed at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan

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A set of ten carved jade eggplant-style snuff bottles placed in an octagonal wooden box. Qing dynasty, 18th century CE, now housed at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan

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A Safavid medallion and animal carpet from Iran. 16th-17th century CE, wool pile on cotton, wool, and silk foundation, now housed at the Miho Museum in Japan

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A Safavid medallion and animal carpet from Iran. 16th-17th century CE, wool pile on cotton, wool, and silk foundation, now housed at the Miho Museum in Japan

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Image of Narasimha assassinating the demon Hirnyakashapu,8th century,national museum delhi india

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Image of Narasimha assassinating the demon Hirnyakashapu,8th century,national museum delhi india

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A bronze disc-armor with human figures and fantastic animals, found in the Picene necropolis of Pitino di San Severino in Italy. 6th-5th century BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of the Marche

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A bronze disc-armor with human figures and fantastic animals, found in the Picene necropolis of Pitino di San Severino in Italy. 6th-5th century BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of the Marche

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Vessel in the form of a tattooed man. Nazca culture, Peru, ca. 550-650 AD. Pottery with paint. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Vessel in the form of a tattooed man. Nazca culture, Peru, ca. 550-650 AD. Pottery with paint. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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An Anglo-Saxon agate finger-ring engraved with a runic inscription around the outside. 8th-10th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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An Anglo-Saxon agate finger-ring engraved with a runic inscription around the outside. 8th-10th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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“Mural painting called ‘the Investiture’”

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“Mural painting called ‘the Investiture’”

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Basalt sculpture of a painted eagle, found at a buried small temple in Mexico City . Central Mexico, Aztec Civilization, 1325-1500, Now at the Templo Mayor Museum in the city

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Basalt sculpture of a painted eagle, found at a buried small temple in Mexico City . Central Mexico, Aztec Civilization, 1325-1500, Now at the Templo Mayor Museum in the city

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