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Medallion with Ganymed sacrificing at an altar.        
Plaster, diameter: 14 cm                               
From the Treasure of Begram, Afghanistan, Room 13      
MG 194
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Medallion with Ganymed sacrificing at an altar. Plaster, diameter: 14 cm...

Buddha, sitting in meditation, panel of a portable     
altar, wood, with traces of paint.                     
Size: 26 x 11 x 5 cm                                   
From Dulduz Aqur (Kucha), 6th-end 7th CE
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Buddha, sitting in meditation, panel of a portable altar, wood, with traces...

Solar and lunar gods. Watercolour copy of a mural      
from the Fundukistan monastery, niche K, Ghorband      
Valley, Afghanistan.   H: 58 cm, L: 54 cm              
MG 24018
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Solar and lunar gods. Watercolour copy of a mural from the Fundukistan mon...

Solar and lunar gods, 58 x 44 cm                       
Watercolour copy of a mural from the Fundukistan       
monastery, niche K, Ghorband Valley, Afghanistan.      
7th CE                                                 
MG 24018
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Solar and lunar gods, 58 x 44 cm Watercolour copy of a mu...

Portrait of Emperor Jahangir (1569-1627),holding the
portrait of his father, Emperor Akbar (1542-1605)
Watercolour on paper, 20,2 x 16 cm
School of Jahavgu, early 17th           3673 b
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Portrait of Emperor Jahangir (1569-1627),holding the portrait of his father, Emp...

Earthenware plate with graphite                        
painting on red ground (formerly                       
white inlays) from a tumulus at                        
Gomadingen, Germany.                                   
Diameter: 55 cm
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Earthenware plate with graphite painting on red ground (...

Small altars and benches in a recess in the Hagar Qim  
temple complex in Malta. Hagar Qim is built of         
vertically arranged monoliths, some between 4 and 7 m  
high and weighing up to 20 tons (4th mill. BCE).
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Small altars and benches in a recess in the Hagar Qim temple complex in Malta....

Small altar and "window-stone" in Hagar Qim Temple,    
Malta. Such openings connect the various oval rooms    
in the Neolithic temples on Malta (4th mill. BCE)
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Small altar and "window-stone" in Hagar Qim Temple, Malta. Such openings con...

An altar in the Tarxien temple complex, situated       
in a busy suburb of the town of Tarxien, Malta.        
Tarxien Temple consists of four individual temples;    
walls and altars are decorated with spiral ornaments   
(4th mill. BCE).
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An altar in the Tarxien temple complex, situated in a busy suburb of the...

Altar room at Tarxien temple. The stones lining        
the platform are decorated with a spiral ornament      
(4th mill. BCE).
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Altar room at Tarxien temple. The stones lining the platform are decorat...

Altar room at the Tarxien Temple, Malta. The           
temple complex, situated in a busy suburb of           
the town of Tarxien, is famous for its finely          
polished stone and spiral ornaments (4th mill. BCE).
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Altar room at the Tarxien Temple, Malta. The temple complex, situated...

Men carrying fruit and food for the deceased.          
Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht,         
scribe and priest under Pharaoh Tuthmosis IV           
(18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery         
of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Men carrying fruit and food for the deceased. Detail of a wallpainting...