Images Dated 16th May 2018 (#14)

Alexander the Great being beseeched to save an idol from destruction, 16th century
Alexander the Great being beseeched to save an idol from destruction, from the Persian Mughal school. From the British Museums collection, 16th century

Roman bronze of Alexander the Great on horseback, probably from Rome. From the British Museums collection

Western inuit wooden mask, 19th century
Western inuit wooden mask, North American. From the British Museums collection, 19th century

Inuit arrowshaft straightener
Western Inuit ivory arrowshaft straightener, engraved with a scene of shamanism or hunting magic; North American. From the British Museums collection

Ivory arrow straightener in the form of a bear with engraved pictographs, North American. From the British Museums collection

Inuit carving of a human figure, 19th century
Western Inuit ivory carving of a human figure, probably a shamans charm. From the British Museums collection, 19th century

Native American gold condor from Columbia, pre Columbian period, from the British Museums collection

Haida tribe Native American figure of a medicine man
Haida tribe Native North American wooden figure of a shaman prepared for burial. The inscription says: This man was lost in the woods. He fell and broke both legs and was found as represented here

Maya culture Mexican stone mask
Pre-Columbian Maya culture Mexican stone mask, from the British Museums collection

Pre-Columbian gold mask from Columbia
Gold mask from Columbia, from the pre-Columbian period. From the British Museums collection

Native American gold condor from Columbia, pre Columbian period, from the British Museums collection

Native American copper mask representing a killer whale, 19th century
Pacific North-Western Native American mask representing a killer whale, made from scrap copper, from the British Museums collection, 19th century

Carving of an Inuit whale-hunt on an ivory snow-knife, 19th century
Carving of a Western Inuit whale-hunt on an ivory snow-knife made from walrus tusk. From the British Museums collection, 19th century

Wooden figures of men and women from north-east Peru, in the upper amazon basin, currenly from the British Museums collection

Sound Native American maternal statuette, from British Columbia, from the British Museums collection

Head of Haida Native American Ancestor-figure, from the pacific north-west coast of America, from the British Museums collection

Inuit hunting scene
Western Inuit hunting scene engraved on a walrus tusk, from the British Museums collection

Syrian Eye-goddess
Alabaster Syrian Eye-goddess from Tell Brak, from the British Museums collection

Detail of an early Sumerian stone tablet
Detail of Sumerian stone tablet with some of the oldest characters found on stone, from early Babylonia. From the British Museums collection

A styrite Syrian lion-bowl, 10th century BC
A styrite Syrian lion-bowl, stopper for a vase that acts as a cup, from the British Museums collection, 10th century BC

The Ram in a Thicket, from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600-c2400 BC
Detail of the Ram in a Thicket, from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600-c2400 BC. One of an almost identical pair discovered by Leonard Woolley in the Great Death Pit

Statue of the Sumerian King Gudea, ruler of Lagash, c2130BC. From the British Museums collection

Bronze figurine of a warrior, Canaanite, c2000-c1700 BC. Figurine wearing a broad belt fastened with a pair of ribbons, suggesting that he is a warrior

Bronze figure of a Canaanite deity, 16th century BC
Bronze figure of a Canaanite deity wearing a conical cap, from the British Museums collection, 16th century BC

Phoenician bronze of a man with animals for sacrifice, 8th century BC
Phoenician bronze of a man with animals for sacrifice, found in the Burnt Palace at Nimrud, from the British Museums collection, 8th century BC

Phoenician ivory panel from a piece of furniture, 8th century BC
Phoenician ivory panel from a piece of furniture, probably made for export to Egypt. Found at the Burnt Palace in Nimrud, from the British Museums collection, 8th century BC

Phoenician ivory panel from a piece of furniture, probably made for export to Egypt. Found at the Burnt Palace in Nimrud, from the British Museums collection

Phoenician ivory of a woman at a window, 8th century BC
Phoenician ivory panel depicting a womans head and shoulders wearing an Egyptian wig and necklace, looking through a window. Found at the North West Palace at Nimrud

Phoenician ivory head found at the Burnt Palace in Nimrud, 8th century BC
Phoenician ivory head of a woman (?): found at the Burnt Palace in Nimrud. From the British Museums collection, 8th century BC

Map of the World, probably from Sippar, southern Iraq, Babylonian, c700-c500 BC. This tablet contains both a cuneiform inscription and a unique map of the Mesopotamian world

Archaic hebrew script from the lintel of a tomb, c. 8th century BC
Archaic hebrew script from the lintel of a tomb near Silwan, Jerusalem. It records that this is the tomb of a Royal Steward

Limestone stela carved withSouth Arabian inscription in Sabaean, 2nd century BC
Limestone stela carved with three lines of South Arabian inscription in Sabaean; for the building by Wahab athat son of Alfaqum and his sons of an aqueduct to irrigate their palm grove

Ivory Phoenician figurine of a woman, 8th century BC
Ivory Phoenician figurine of a woman, possibly Astarte, found in the Burnt Palace in Nimrud, from the British Museums collection, 8th century BC

Detail of a lion-hunt on the inside of a bronze bowl, 8th century BC
Detail of a lion-hunt on the inside of a bronze bowl, either Syrian or Phoenician, found at Ashurbanipals Palace in Nimrud. From the British Museums collection, 8th century BC

Skull from Jericho, modelled with plaster and shells. It was probably kept in the home, and used for ancestor-worship. From the British Museums collection

Calcite statuette showing two humans in an embrace, 30th century BC
Calcite statuette showing two humans in an embrace from the Judean Desert (Ain Sahri rock shelter) From the British Museums collection, 30th century BC

The Sumerian Blau Tablet, 30th century BC
The Blau Tablet, a Sumerian tablet with archaic characters that are almost the oldest found on stone, from the British Museums collection, 30th century BC

Clay model of a sheeps liver, Old Babylonian, c1900-1600 BC. Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq
Clay model of a sheeps liver, Old Babylonian, about 1900-1600 BC. Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq. The Babylonians believed that the world was controlled by gods

The Kane Expedition in the Ice of Smith Sound. Artist: Anonymous
The Kane Expedition in the Ice of Smith Sound. From a private collection

Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), 1861. Artist: Anonymous
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), 1861. From a private collection

Portrait Richard II of England, ca 1390. Artist: Anonymous
Portrait Richard II of England, ca 1390. Found in the collection of the Westminster Abbey, London

Vespasian hearing from one of his generals of the taking of Jerusalem by Titus, 1866. Found in the collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Art

View of Bakhchisaray, ca 1845. Artist: 19244, James (active Mid of 19th cen. )
View of Bakhchisaray, ca 1845. From a private collection

Snake and Eye (from The Kneph. Official Journal of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry), End of 19th cen.. From a private collection

Map of the Environs of Sevastopol, 1854. Artist: Wyld, James (1812-1887)
Map of the Environs of Sevastopol, 1854. From a private collection

Portrait of Ilya Mikhaylovich Miklashevsky, 1844. Artist: Wright, Thomas (1792-1849)
Portrait of Ilya Mikhaylovich Miklashevsky, 1844. From a private collection

Viev of Erzurum, 1878. Artist: Willmore, Arthur (1814-1888)
Viev of Erzurum, 1878. From a private collection

Viev of Erzurum, 1878. Artist: Willmore, Arthur (1814-1888)
Viev of Erzurum, 1878. From a private collection

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