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Mosaics on walls of the temple of the goddess Innin    
(Ishtar, Astarte) in Uruk. Coloured mosaic pegs form   
zig-zag designs and lozenge shapes. Around 3000 BCE
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Mosaics on walls of the temple of the goddess Innin (Ishtar, Astarte) in Uru...

Byzantine church at Kursi. Because of its situation
on the northern shore of Lake Genezareth, it may
well be the town where fishermen lived in Jesus' time.
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Byzantine church at Kursi. Because of its situation on the northern shore of Lak...

Lykurgos, Ambrosia and Dionysos. Lykurgos was a        
mythical king who tried to prevent the spreading of    
the Dionysian cult and chased the young god from       
Thrace.In a fit of madness, sent by Zeus, Lykurgos     
killed his own son. From Herculaneum. Inv.9988
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Lykurgos, Ambrosia and Dionysos. Lykurgos was a mythical king who tried...

Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) on a throne supported
by griffins. From the mosaic floor of the cathedral    
of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built    
under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated    
in 1088. The mosaic floor was completed in 1166.       
See also 40-11-24/36-46
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Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) on a throne supported by griffins. From the m...

Emperor Karl V (1500-1558), after a lost               
portrait by Titian. Mosaic in a wooden                 
frame by Valerio and Vincenzo Zuccherini.              
Size: 25.8 x 22.6 cm                                   
Inv. P 3055
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Emperor Karl V (1500-1558), after a lost portrait by Titian. Mos...

Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) on a throne borne by griffins.
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Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) on a throne borne by griffins.