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an artistic painting on the side of a wall in a room with many different colors and designs

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Fresco of Landscape with blue Monkeys, Akrotiri Thera - Santorini, Greece

a statue of two men standing next to each other on top of a metal table

Bronze candelabrum | Etruscan | Classical | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

500-450 BCE. Etruscan Hercle and Menrva (Gk. Herakles and Athena). Menrva was an early italic Moon Goddess who morphed into Athena/Minerva. She wears a gorgon on her breastplate, helmet, skirt and boots, aiding Hercules who wears only an animal hide. Finial of a bronze candelabra.

an elaborately carved box with two dogs on it

Comb with Lions and Geometric Designs

6th-5th century BCE. Etruscan Ivory Comb with Lions and 'Greek Key' and other geometric decoration.

an old black and white photo of a statue

acropolis kore

Kore, circa 510 BC. Taken by the Acropolis Museum. Athens, Greece. S

a statue of a woman's head with braids in her hair

Marble Bust of a young girl with two ringlets of hair 2nd Century BC Hellenistic (Source: The British Museum)

an old black and white photo of a man with no shirt standing on a pedestal

kouros

kouros The Kritias boy, shortly before 480 BC. Taken by the Acropolis Museum. Athens, Greece. Scanned by Minolta Scan Dual IV.

three pieces of old metal with rust on them

Bronze double-ax heads. Middle Minoan III–Late Minoan I, ca. 1700–1450 BCE

two women in roman dress standing next to each other with one pointing at another woman's hand

the back view of an ancient statue with designs on it's body and neck

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The back view of a nude warrior, His himation preserved its colour, and its amazing plasticity. From a Corinthian workshop, ca 490 BC.

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By 250 A.D. Christian Prayer to Mary was widespread, rising to the level of liturgical prayer. In this beautiful Coptic papyrus, dated circa 250 A.D., is inscribed the following prayer: Under thy compassion we take refuge, Theotokos [Birthgiver-of-God]; do not disregard our prayers in the midst of tribulation, but deliver us from danger, O Only Pure, Only Blessed One.

an ancient statue of a woman holding a baby in her arms, possibly from egypt

Woman with Timbrel. Pottery figurine, heighth 10.5 cm. Cyprus 6th century BCE. Haifa Museum. The tambourine or timbrel (a frame skin-taut drum) is mainly a popular instrument used for accompaniment of song and dance. Let them praise his name with dancing... make melody to him with timbrel and lyre. (Psalm 149:2-4.) Archaeological finds indicated that it was an instrument mainly played by women.