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Mamluk painting - "The Elephant Clock,"(1315 AD); Folio from Ingenious "The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices" by Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari, an Artukid Turkish scientist famous for his robots, from Syria.
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Nosering of a man wearing a jaguar mask; from the Moche People of Peru,
100-700 AD.
The Al Thani Collection, Kuwait
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Modern recreation of a Homo Erectus female; who lived around 2 million years ago.
Leiden Museum, Netherlands
Depiction of Patroclus climbing the angle of Troy's wall in Iliad book 16. The Late Bronze Age walls at Hisarlik do have a famous angle, as Homer so famously implied in the myth. Patroclus attempted it three times as Apollo beat him back.
400 Million Years of Evolution ...
Illustration: Dan Piraro
From Gujarat or Sindh, Mughal Empire, India: Box with Safavid decoration, 1600-1625 AD. Made of teak, veneered with rosewood, and inlayed with other woods, brass, stained green & white ivory. L: 11⅛ in. W: 8¼ D: 6¼ in.
Edric van Vredenburgh Collection being sold at Sotheby's.