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“The constellations pass away, like thieves, together with their beams, Before the all-beholding Sun.”

— The Rig Veda: Hymn 50 (L)

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John Bauer, illustration for Princess Tuvstarr, 1914.

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Bedouin woman of Palestine. Scanned from the book The World of Allah; 1983; David Douglas Duncan

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French archeologist Joseph Hackin exploring The Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 1931.

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Stanislaw Szukalski, Flower of Dreams, 1917

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Cree; Saskatchewan, Canada, around 1930. Paul Coze

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Eye of Horus neck tattoo on the mummified remains of an Egyptian woman who lived 3,000 years ago, found in Deir el-Medina, the village of tomb builders

Smithsonian, photo by Anne Austin

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Nikolai Dubovsky, Silence Has Settled (1890)

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ancient sundial. Nabta Playa, Egypt, 2007

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Ancient Egyptian stela (painted sandstone), depicting a priest named Siamun and a woman named Tanuy worshiping Anubis. Siamun holds up his hands in the traditional posture of adoration, greeting Anubis, who sits enthroned and holding the was-scepter (a symbol of power and control, especially over the forces of chaos and the desert). The cartouche at right identifies the reigning pharaoh as Menkheperure, the throne name of Thutmose IV (r. ca. 1400-1390 BCE, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom).

Dimensions: 45.6 cm (18 in) high x 59.1 cm (23.3 in) wide x 8.5 cm (3.3 in) thick. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA. Photo credit: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Anna-Marie Kellen.

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Two Egyptian masks of Anubis, the masks were worn by priests during funerary rites and represented Anubis as protector and embalmer

New Kingdom; Ramesside period - Third Intermediate Period

Egyptian Museum Cairo JE 55620; Louvre N 4096

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Sea view (1841) by Ivan Aivazovsky

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Baumriese in Thailand

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Alligator eye in light and dark By: William Vandivert From: Life Nature Library: Reptiles 1963