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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.