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One of the more than 200 painted Jornada Mogollon faces, or masks, at Hueco Tanks in Texas, this star-eyed pictograph incorporates an unusual green-blue pigment possibly derived from ground turquoise or a cuprous mineral. C. 200 CE-1450 CE

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One of the more than 200 painted Jornada Mogollon faces, or masks, at Hueco Tanks in Texas, this star-eyed pictograph incorporates an unusual green-blue pigment possibly derived from ground turquoise or a cuprous mineral. C. 200 CE-1450 CE

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Pictograph known as the White-Horned Dancer located in the Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site near El Paso, Texas dating back to the Jornada Mogollon period, around 600 to 1450 AD.

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Pictograph known as the White-Horned Dancer located in the Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site near El Paso, Texas dating back to the Jornada Mogollon period, around 600 to 1450 AD.

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Turquoise armband created 1000-1450 CE by the Jornada Mogollon people, placed in a cave in the Hueco Mountains near El Paso. Courtesy Texas Archeological Research Lab, The University of Texas at Austin.

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Turquoise armband created 1000-1450 CE by the Jornada Mogollon people, placed in a cave in the Hueco Mountains near El Paso. Courtesy Texas Archeological Research Lab, The University of Texas at Austin.

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A Mixtec collar from the Tomb 7 of Monte Alban in Oaxaca, Mexico, made of gold, turquoise, coral and pearl. 14th century CE, now housed at the Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca

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A Mixtec collar from the Tomb 7 of Monte Alban in Oaxaca, Mexico, made of gold, turquoise, coral and pearl. 14th century CE, now housed at the Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca

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Openwork Necklace from Georgia c.100-250 CE: this entire necklace has an openwork design, and the chain is studded with garnets; petal-shaped pieces of garnet and turquoise also decorate the medallion in the center

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Openwork Necklace from Georgia c.100-250 CE: this entire necklace has an openwork design, and the chain is studded with garnets; petal-shaped pieces of garnet and turquoise also decorate the medallion in the center

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Turquoise armband, 700–1450 CE placed in a cave in the Hueco Mountains near El Paso Courtesy Texas Archeological Research Lab, The University of Texas at Austin.

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Turquoise armband, 700–1450 CE placed in a cave in the Hueco Mountains near El Paso Courtesy Texas Archeological Research Lab, The University of Texas at Austin.

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The Porcelain Room of the Santos Palace in Lisbon, Portugal, is famous for its ceiling, laid out between 1664 and 1687 CE with more than 250 Chinese porcelain plates, almost all of them decorated in blue and white

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The Porcelain Room of the Santos Palace in Lisbon, Portugal, is famous for its ceiling, laid out between 1664 and 1687 CE with more than 250 Chinese porcelain plates, almost all of them decorated in blue and white

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A pendant from Paquimé in Mexico, 1200-1450 CE. The pendant is largely covered with a mosaic of more than 170 turquoise tiles, several hematite fragments, and a small copper rectangle. Now housed at the the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City

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A pendant from Paquimé in Mexico, 1200-1450 CE. The pendant is largely covered with a mosaic of more than 170 turquoise tiles, several hematite fragments, and a small copper rectangle. Now housed at the the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City

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A Chancay manta from Peru, made of cotton/wool textile, 1000-1476 CE, now housed at the Arizona State Museum. The manta is rich red in color with polychrome feline motifs , and was used possibly as a blanket, wrap-around skirt, or wall hanging

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A Chancay manta from Peru, made of cotton/wool textile, 1000-1476 CE, now housed at the Arizona State Museum. The manta is rich red in color with polychrome feline motifs , and was used possibly as a blanket, wrap-around skirt, or wall hanging

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Detail view of some of the enigmatic pictograms stamped in a spiral on the Phaistos Disc, side A, possibly from the middle-late Minoan Bronze Age . One of the most iconic artifacts of the Minoan civilization, its purpose and original place of manufacture remain disputed...

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Detail view of some of the enigmatic pictograms stamped in a spiral on the Phaistos Disc, side A, possibly from the middle-late Minoan Bronze Age . One of the most iconic artifacts of the Minoan civilization, its purpose and original place of manufacture remain disputed...

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Detail of one long side of Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, a Minoan limestone sarcophagus from c. 1400 BC, 54" long, excavated from a tomb at Hagia Triada, Crete. Coated in plaster and painted in fresco on all faces, It is the only limestone sarcophagus of its era discovered to date...

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Detail of one long side of Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, a Minoan limestone sarcophagus from c. 1400 BC, 54" long, excavated from a tomb at Hagia Triada, Crete. Coated in plaster and painted in fresco on all faces, It is the only limestone sarcophagus of its era discovered to date...

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A mid 18th century CE desk and bookcase from Mexico, made of inlaid woods and incised and painted bone, maque, gold and polychrome paint, and metal hardware. Now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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A mid 18th century CE desk and bookcase from Mexico, made of inlaid woods and incised and painted bone, maque, gold and polychrome paint, and metal hardware. Now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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A painted round table from one of the dining rooms at villa Moregine in Pompeii. The table has a marble top from the centre of which water flowed to enhance the dining experience. The beds were faced with marble, and a small channel ran around inside them and was fed by 14 water jets

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A painted round table from one of the dining rooms at villa Moregine in Pompeii. The table has a marble top from the centre of which water flowed to enhance the dining experience. The beds were faced with marble, and a small channel ran around inside them and was fed by 14 water jets

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The honeycombed octogonal dome of muqarnas developed from a central star is a master work that covers the Hall of the Two Sisters, by the court of the Lions, in the Nasrid palaces of the Alhambra de Granada, the last kingdom of Al-Andalus in Spain. Built around 1350 AD...

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The honeycombed octogonal dome of muqarnas developed from a central star is a master work that covers the Hall of the Two Sisters, by the court of the Lions, in the Nasrid palaces of the Alhambra de Granada, the last kingdom of Al-Andalus in Spain. Built around 1350 AD...

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Figurine from Georgia c.300-200 BCE: this figurine was decorated with gold jewelry, wrapped in a burial shroud, and then buried in its own miniature "grave" beneath an ancient temple

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Figurine from Georgia c.300-200 BCE: this figurine was decorated with gold jewelry, wrapped in a burial shroud, and then buried in its own miniature "grave" beneath an ancient temple

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