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The resurrection of the dead. Detail from the book of hours, Bruges c. 1430-1445. Collection: Walters Art Museum, W.239, fol. 85v
Falling stars. Detail from the Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470. Collection: Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 47r.
Carved sard plaque from a bracelet. Depicting a sphinx with a cartouche of King Amenhotep III. Culture: Egyptian. Date: c. 1390-1352 BC. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A page from the "Kalīla wa-Dimna" by Ibn al-Muqaffa (a book containing a collection of fables), illustrating the King of the Crows conferring with his political advisors. c. 1210 AD.
Giant Octopus by Ulisse Aldrovandi, Animali, vol 4,16th century. Medium: Watercolor. Collection: Universita di Bologna.
Figure of the goddess Taweret, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1500 - 1391 BC. Medium: Amethyst. Credit: Private Collection - Phoenix Ancient Art.
Ra Horakhty by Sarah Marie, 2016. Ra was the ancient Egyptian deity of the sun. Ra was believed to rule in all parts of the created world: the sky, the Earth, and the underworld.
Killer Cat by Johannes Fijt aka Jan Fyt (Belgian-Flemish, 1611-1661, b. Antwerp, Belgium, d. Ibid).Medium: Oil on Canvas.
Armour for Man and Horse. Date: ca. 1480. Maker/Artist: Possibly Ulrich Rämbs. Place of origin: Germany. The Wallace Collection.