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Mythology


Mythology



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Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Young woman wearing a laurel wreath,holding a mask of the God Pan or a satyr. She may be Melpomene,the muse of tragedy, or merely part of a frieze in honour of the God Dionysos. Limestone from Petra,1st half 1st CE,
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Young woman wearing a laurel wreath,holding a mask of the God Pan or a satyr....

Fragment of a textile border for a cavalier's sleeves or collar of a coat.Velvet,pearls,silk embroidery. A circle of pearls encloses a winged horse; ribbons on the horse's legs and neck show the emblems of Sassanid royalty. E 29210
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Fragment of a textile border for a cavalier's sleeves or collar of a coat.Velv...

Fragment of a textile border for a cavalier's sleeves or collar of a coat.Velvet,pearls,silk embroidery. A circle of pearls encloses a winged horse; ribbons on the horse's legs and neck show the emblems of Sassanid royalty. Detail of the horse. E 29210
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Fragment of a textile border for a cavalier's sleeves or collar of a coat.Velv...

En Dor, Israel - According to the Bible, the wise woman or witch of En Dor predicted here doom and death to King Saul before the battle of Gilboa (I Sam. 28:7)
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En Dor, Israel - According to the Bible, the wise woman or witch of En Dor...

Mosaic showing a centaur,from a house in Sepphoris, capital of Roman Galilee.
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Mosaic showing a centaur,from a house in Sepphoris, capital of Roman Galil...

Clay model of a liver (fragment) inscribed with magic formulae used in devination. From Hazor
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Clay model of a liver (fragment) inscribed with magic for...

Oil lamp decorated with a Gorgon's head.
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Oil lamp decorated with a Gorgon's head.

Jug with black-figured winged gazelle Painted terracotta, Late Iron Age. From Cyprus
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Jug with black-figured winged gazelle Painted terracotta, Late...

Jug with black-figured swan. Painted terracotta, Late Iron Age. From Cyprus
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Jug with black-figured swan. Painted terracotta, Late...

Jug with black-figured bird. Painted Terracotta, Late Iron Age. From Cyprus
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Jug with black-figured bird. Painted Terracotta, Late...

Jug with black-figured gazelle. Painted terracotta, Late Iron Age. From Cyprus
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Jug with black-figured gazelle. Painted terracotta, Late...

Lions and Sphinxes in high relief. Box carved from one piece of ivory. Early Iron Age - from Megiddo, Israel Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
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Lions and Sphinxes in high relief. Box carved from one piec...