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Beykoz Cam ve Billur Müzesi, İstanbul

Cy Twombly - Untitled, 1968, oil-based house paint and wax crayon on canvas, 172.4 x 218.4 cm

An elaborate pebble mosaic from Aegae Palace in Vergina, Macedonia, Greece. Built by Philip II (c. 359-336 BC), father of Alexander the Great, it is one of the largest and most spectacular Hellenistic mosaics known.

photocredit: 17th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Greece

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Stunning mosaic from the floor of the triclinium (dining room) of Hadrian's Villa, residence of Emperor Hadrian outside Rome

Altes Museum, Berlin

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A bronze wolf which would have decorated the lengthwise beams on a Roman ship. The wolf was made using the lost-wax technique and dates to between 37 and 41 CE. The ring had no function other than decorative, used on occasions to hang garlands. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome)

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Drakensberg Cave, San Rock Art, South Africa, ca. 500 BCE

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Gold signet ring inscribed with Linear A writing, Minoan, 1700-1600 BC

from The Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete

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Roman marble statue of a pair of dogs, 2nd century AD

British Museum

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Detail of a glazed-brick panel from the Achaemenid city of Susa, depicting a Persian archer. The Foundation Charter of the Susa palace states that the baked bricks at the palace, dating back to around 510 BCE, were the work of the Babylonians, who perfected this glazed brick bas-relief style in Babylon. Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Photo by Babylon Chronicle

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Full-sized replica of the Rosalila temple from the Mayan site of Copan. Built by King Moon Jaguar in 571 CE, it was discovered almost intact buried underneath a larger, later phase of the temple. Vents in the exterior were designed so smoke from incense being burned inside the shrine would interact with the stucco sculpture of the exterior.

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The Dabous Giraffes - neolithic petroglyphs found in Saharan Niger estimated to be 6,000 to 8,000 years old. The bigger of the two giraffes is 5.4 meters long and is the largest known petroglyph in the world.