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Two hunters cooking a meal,mosaic from the Villa del Casale,Piazza Armerina,Sicily,Italy (3rd-4th CE)
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Two hunters cooking a meal,mosaic from the Villa del Casale,Piazza Armerina,S...

Hunting stag with a net.Mosaic from the Villa del Casale,Piazza Armerina,Sicily,Italy. 3rd-4th CE.
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Hunting stag with a net.Mosaic from the Villa del Casale,Piazza Armerina,S...

Door panel of teak wood, showing two horses-heads among arabesques. Fatimid period, 11th Wood, 33 x 21,5 cm Inv. 3391
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Door panel of teak wood, showing two horses-heads among arabesques....

The ascension of the Prophet Mohammed,from a book by the poet Nizami, 1504.
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The ascension of the Prophet Mohammed,from a book by the poet Nizami, 1504.

"Principal Square in Grand Cairo, with Murad Bey's Palace",Egypt, around 1801. A column of soldiers crossing a large square surrounded by buildings with domes and minarets. Other people are in the square in the distance. From: "Views in Egypt, Palestine, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire",1801 - 1804.ID: 762h2 pp 52-53
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"Principal Square in Grand Cairo, with Murad Bey's Palace",Egypt, around 1801. A...

"First and second pyramid of Gizah, Ancient Memphis", Egypt, around 1801. A view of two of the pyramids of Gizeh with groups of men riding or sitting talking. From "Views in Egypt, Palestine and other parts of the Ottoman Empire", London, 1801-1804. ID: 762h2 pp 14-15
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"First and second pyramid of Gizah, Ancient Memphis", Egypt, around 1801. A view...

"Head of the colossal sphinx", Egypt, around 1801. From "Views in Egypt, Palestine and other parts of the Ottoman Empire", London 1801 - 1804. ID: 762.h.2, pp 22-23
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"Head of the colossal sphinx", Egypt, around 1801. From "Views in Egypt, Palest...

Bronze statuette of a rider, Achaemenid, 5th-4th century BCE, a rare representation of a Persian horseman. He wears a short Iranian sword, an akinakes, known from Achaemenid art, particularly from reliefs at Persepolis. The use of trousers is Median, or Parthian of the third to second century and makes it difficult to date the figurine. ANE,117760
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Bronze statuette of a rider, Achaemenid, 5th-4th century BCE, a rare representat...

Hunters or warriors on horseback. Harness plate, silver, gilded (400-350 BCE). From Letnica, Bulgaria.
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Hunters or warriors on horseback. Harness plate, silver, gilded (400-350 BCE)....

Votive stele of a Thracian horseman found near the village of Zlatna Panega, Lovech district, Bulgaria; 2nd-3rd century CE.
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Votive stele of a Thracian horseman found near the village of Zlatna Panega, Lov...

Stone relief of a soldier on a horse from the palace of King Kapara, Aramaean, from Tell Halaf, north-east Syria, mid-10th century BCE. The relief comes from the Aramaean city of Guzana (Now Tell Halaf) and was one of 187 reliefs from the base of the south wall of Kapara's palace, carved in black basalt. ANE 117102
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Stone relief of a soldier on a horse from the palace of King Kapara, Aramaean, f...

Perforated baton with horse and fish engravings, Late Magdalenian, about 12,500 years old. Antler batons first appeared in the early Upper Palaeolithic of western Europe about 35,000 years ago. By the Late Upper Palaeolithic Magdalenian period, about 14,000-10,000 years ago, they were in common use and often richly decorated. Tthe use or uses of batons are not known. It was once thought that they must have been symbols of power, because of the decoration. However, they could also have been used in making string and rope, for softening leather straps or as parts of roping systems used in hunting. This baton from La Madeleine is made on the main stem of the antler from which the branches or tines have been cut off. It has two holes surrounded by deep grooves. Like many batons, this example is decorated with animals. On the right end facing left is a male horse, his feet coming together and tail flying as he runs. Two fish, one overlapping the head of the horse, swim towards the perforated end. On the opposite a shoal of fish fill the middle area. Each fish is infilled with lines. Such infilled fish and horses are typical of the later Magdalenian. P&EE, Sieveking Catalogue no. 312
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Perforated baton with horse and fish engravings, Late Magdalenian, about 12,500...