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1st European map of Tenochtitlan, capital of Aztec Empire, made in 1524 CE.

Mural of city made by Diego Rivera in 1945. City was built on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco, left Hernán Cortes' men in awe and many of them wondered if they were dreaming.

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Roman Marble Sculpture of Jupiter; 80-100 AD, from Rome, Italy.

Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio-Clementino 🇮🇹

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Ceramic Dish, Iznik Pottery, 1585-90 CE, from Ottoman period (Iznik - Türkiye)

The Al Thani Collection, Kuwait

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Figure of a dancer-acrobat painted on an ostrakon, 1400 BC.

Egyptian Museum, Torino - Italy

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A Roman mosaic from Pompeii (1st Century BC), with a central scene depicting doves drinking from a large golden basin, surrounded by an ornate border. A really beautiful piece of ancient mosaic art.

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An erotic fresco of the Greek myth of 'Leda and the swan', discovered in Pompeii. (late 2nd - early 1st Century BC)

In Greek mythology the God Zeus takes the form of a swan and seduces or rapes Leda.

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“You are creating gods and heavens for yourself because you do not want to admit that you are mortal.”

- Attila the Hun

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Fresco from Pompeii showing a wounded Aeneas who has his wounds dressed.

Roman medicine had its high level especially in legions. Celsus, a Roman scholar in 1st century CE, claims that military doctors knew human anatomy much better than their colleagues in private practice.

Minoan Fresco; from Crete, Greece. Dated 1600-1500 BC.

Ancestor of Roman garden painting, this magnificent fresco of the "house of the lilies".

Herakleion Archaeological Museum, Crete

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