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Dionysos sanctuary, Delos, monumental phallus with     
a relief of the phallus-bird, a symbol of the God,     
carried in procession or drawn on a chariot during     
Dionysian rites. Inscription says monuments were       
donated by Karystos, son of Asbelos. Around 300 BCE
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Dionysos sanctuary, Delos, monumental phallus with a relief of the phallus-...

Landscape near Thebes, Boeotia. The Sphinx sancturay   
was located here.
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Landscape near Thebes, Boeotia. The Sphinx sancturay was located here.

Lake Stymphalos where Herakles fought the Stymphalian  
birds, one of the labours ordered by King Augias.
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Lake Stymphalos where Herakles fought the Stymphalian birds, one of the labour...

Stamp used for minting                                 
silver tetra drachma.
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Stamp used for minting silver tetra drachma.

Stamp used for minting                                 
silver tetra drachma.
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Stamp used for minting silver tetra drachma.

Athenian silver tetra drachma                          
with owl on the reverse side.
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Athenian silver tetra drachma with owl on the reverse...

Ostriches. Detail of the Big Game Hunt, mosaic         
in the ambulatory of the Villa del Casale,             
Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy (3rd-4th CE).
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Ostriches. Detail of the Big Game Hunt, mosaic in the ambulatory of the...

Ostriches. Detail of the Big Game Hunt, mosaic         
in the ambulatory of the Villa del Casale,             
Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy (3rd-4th CE).
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Ostriches. Detail of the Big Game Hunt, mosaic in the ambulatory of the...

Oldest known Roman eagle in a laurel wreath.           
Church of Dodici Apostoli, side walls of the           
arcades. Rome, Italy.
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Oldest known Roman eagle in a laurel wreath. Church of Dodici Apostol...

Gold pendant, enamelled, showing a sparrow with        
a flower in its mouth. Fatimid period, 11th            
Thin gold plates on a silver core, H: 4 cm
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Gold pendant, enamelled, showing a sparrow with a flower in its mouth....

Minaret of Shellah, the cemetery of the Merinid        
sultans in Rabat. The minaret was built under sultan   
Abu Hassan, the last Merinid ruler to be buried in     
Shellah in 1351.
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Minaret of Shellah, the cemetery of the Merinid sultans in Rabat. The mi...

Ivory pyxis of Prince al-Mughira,top-view with lions.
from the Madinat al-Zahra, Cordoba, Spain, 986 CE
H: 17,6 cm
Inv. 4068
See also 02-01-02/6,7,8.
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Ivory pyxis of Prince al-Mughira,top-view with lions. from the Madinat al-Zahra...