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Gorgon's head. Application from a harness breast-plate, silver, gilded (5th BCE). Goljamata Mogila, Duvanli
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Gorgon's head. Application from a harness breast-plate, silver, gilded (5th BCE)...

Drinking vessel with horse-shaped end. Silver rhyton (5th-4th BCE), from Basova Hill, Duvanli.
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Drinking vessel with horse-shaped end. Silver rhyton (5th-4th B...

Heracles fighting the Nemean lion. Relief from a silver harness (350-300 BCE). Treasure of Panagjuriste.
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Heracles fighting the Nemean lion. Relief from a silver harness (3...

Three-headed rider with axe. Marble plate (1st CE), from Plovdiv.
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Three-headed rider with axe. Marble plate (1st CE), from Plovdiv.

Hermes riding on a ram. Marble statuette (2nd-3rd CE) from Mlamolovo, Kjustendil.
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Hermes riding on a ram. Marble statuette (2nd-3rd CE) from Mlamolovo, Kjustend...

Diana riding on a deer. Marble (3rd-2nd BCE) from Sadina, Popovo.
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Diana riding on a deer. Marble (3rd-2nd BCE) from Sadina, Popovo.

Bronze helmet with relief of griffin (5th BCE).
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Bronze helmet with relief of griffin (5th BCE).

Detail from the facade of the East Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal. A large, trapezoid motif crowned with the head of an owl, an animal associated with death in Maya lore (7th-10th CE).
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Detail from the facade of the East Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns,...

Facade of the North Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal. The frieze above the room entrances consists of frets, human figures, Mayan huts and the feathered serpent, Mayan symbol of the god Kukulcan (7th-10th CE)
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Facade of the North Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal. The frieze above...

The head of Kukulcan, god of the winds, protrudes from the fangs of the feathered serpent in the frieze of the North Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal. The feathered serpent is the symbol of the God Kukulcan in Mayan lore (7th-10th CE).
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The head of Kukulcan, god of the winds, protrudes from the fangs of the feather...

The Governor's Palace, Uxmal. The building is 100 m long and 9 m high and has 24 chambers under an ornate frieze with a cornice like an undulating snake. Rain- god Chac appears between geometric ornaments. A double- headed jaguar, symbol of death, in the foreground.
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The Governor's Palace, Uxmal. The building is 100 m long and 9 m high and ha...

Maya Arch in the facade of the Palace of the Governor, Uxmal. The triangular Maya arches are false arches, consisting of corbeled stone slabs meeting at the summit in a point. The cornice of this arch is formed by an undulating snake (7th-10th CE).
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Maya Arch in the facade of the Palace of the Governor, Uxmal. The triangular Ma...