Illustration of a piracy incident? On both sides of this attic kylix, the same two ships are depicted: a merchant one on left and a pirate or warship on right, with a possible ram. Vulci, 520-500 BCE. British Mus., nr. 1867,0508.963 [1950x1674]

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Different types of antique vessels discovered in Malta from the first century BCE. – 3rd century CE. The exhibition is located in Domus Romana in Malta. [1200x900]

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Lakshman cuts of the nose of Shurpanakha by a Murshidabad artist, c. 1780. Opaque watercolour on paper. British Library(800x1228)

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Aftaba (Ewer), 17th Century CE, From Kashmir. Made of silver and enamelled with green and blue colours in floral designs with a peacock on the top. On display at National Museum,New Delhi, India.[1592×1800]

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Jewelry of the Greek Dark Ages, 11th Century BCE, Kerameikos Museum [800×532]

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Mycenaean Funerary Eagle Necklace and Buttons from a Royal Burial, Late 16th Century BCE [800×1122]

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Art Deco grid above the doors to the Galerías Canalejas Food Hall at the Canalejas building in calle de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain, 1936 [1920x1216] [OC]

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Assyrian Horses and Horsemen of the Royal Chariot, Nimrud, 725BC [1920x1080] [OC]

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Acinaces | Achaemenid Empire | 550 - 330 BC | 24 Carat Gold | Exposed To The Public For The First Time In Hamedan (4096×4096).

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Advice for young lovers as to how, when and who to marry, printed in 1891 in New York City by J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company [1170x1240]

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Remains of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine in the Roman Forum in Rome. Built between 308-312 CE, the 35 metres high basilica was the largest building in the Forum (with an area of about 5,600 square meters), and the last Roman basilica built in the city [1024x1415]

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