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Architectural Relief Depicting the Gigantomachy (Battle Between Gods and Giants), 3rd-2nd cent. BCE. Creator: Unknown

Architectural Relief Depicting the Gigantomachy (Battle Between Gods and Giants), 3rd-2nd century BCE.

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East Gate of the Great Stupa of Sanchi, 1890. Creator: Unknown

East Gate of the Great Stupa of Sanchi, 1890. One of the oldest stone structures in India, and important monument of Indian Architecture, commissioned by emperor Ashoka in the 2nd century BC the Sanchi complex flourished until 11th century. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

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Sleeping Endymion

Sleeping Endymion. Roman sculpture, after a Greek original of 2nd century BC. A fragment of a group of Selene and Endymion. According to Greek mythology, the Goddess Selene was in love with Endymion, a shepherd. She asked Zeus to grant him eternal sleep so that he would stay young and never leave her. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

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