Carcass of the lion.

And, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion.

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Wow

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Odilon Redon, The Three Fates, 1900, oil on wood, 32.4 x 23.8 cm, MoMA, New York. Source

This is Odilon Redon’s take on the Fates of classic Greek mythology. The figure closest to the viewer holds a staff with what appears to be a white thread wrapped around its peak, which we can safely presume represents the famous thread of life.

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Let us give dear Maxfield Parrish an encore, shall we? Here is his piece, Sleeping Beauty (ca.1912).

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Daniel in the Lions’ Den, David Teniers the Younger, 1650s

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Egyptian Polychrome Cartonnage Section Depicting the Apis Bull, Third Intermediate Period, 1050-525 BC

Mummified, reclining on a bier, wearing a beaded shroud and four strand bead necklace, a solar disk between his horns and flail raised at his side. The falcon, Horus, is perched in front; twelve columns of text.

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Gangasagar Fair by Abhijit Banerjee

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“You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret — you return to the beauty you have always been.” ~ Aberjhani

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Marble female figure Period: Final Neolithic Date: 4500–4000 B.C. Culture: Cycladic

The Met

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artist and model unknown

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beuys sibirische symphonie

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Tombstone River by porbital

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This beautiful bronze and silver sundial was made around 1700. If you were to flip it over, you’d find etchings of the signs of the zodiac.

“Equatorial Sundial,” c. 1700, made by Johan Martin

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Gold Disc with Bees, 700-600 BCE. Collection of Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University