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Deer hunt, detail of a wall painting from level III, Çatal Höyük, Turkey, ca. 6000 BCE. Museum of Anatolian Civilization, Ankara. -
Corbel-vaulted gallery in the circuit wall of the citadel, Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400–1200 BCE. -
Corbel-vaulted gallery in the circuit wall of the citadel, Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400–1200 BCE.
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Koran page with the beginning of surah 18, 9th or early 10th century. Ink and gold on vellum, 7¼″ × 10¼″. Chester Beatty Library and Oriental Art Gallery, Dublin.
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Koran page with the beginning of surah 18, 9th or early 10th century. Ink and gold on vellum, 7¼″ × 10¼″. Chester Beatty Library and Oriental Art Gallery, Dublin. -
Seated Buddha and hollow stupas on the highest of the three circular terraces of Borobudur, Java, Indonesia, ca. 800. -
Athens, Greece, during the Late Geometric period, around 760-750 BC. -
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Portrait statue of Mentuemhet, from Karnak, Egypt, 26th Dynasty, ca. 660–650 BCE. Granite, 4′ 5″ high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. -
Early Byzantine- Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, aerial view of Hagia Sophia (looking north), Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, 532–537. -
Apulu (Apollo of Veii), from the roof of the Portonaccio temple, Veii, Italy, ca. 510–500 BCE. Painted terracotta, 5′ 11″ high. Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome. -
The Great Stupa - Great Stupa (looking east), Sanchi, India, third century BCE to first century CE. -
Triumph of Shapur I over Valerian, rock-cut relief, Bishapur, Iran, ca. 260 CE.
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