Cyrus Cylinder

Drawing of interior of bowl with scene of seated woman and three female musicians playing a double pipe, lyre, and a frame drum or cymbals, and several women holding hands and dancing.

Bronze Bowl with Musicians

Bronze bowl with musicians, Cyprus, late 9th or early 8th century BCE. The engraved scene shows musicians and dancers. In this bronze bowl, five inches in diameter, three female musicians are playing…

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Photograph of sailor grabbing and kissing a woman in a busy city street with people and buildings in background.

V-J Day in Times Square. August 14, 1945

Alfred Eisenstaedt shot one of the most iconic photographs of the twentieth century in Times Square, where crowds were gathering to watch the electric news ticker for an anticipated announcement by U…

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Drawing of figure crouched down next to central altar and winged sphinx, under set of parallel lines.

Ivory Box with Ritual Scene

This ritual scene was carved twice on a cylindrical ivory box from Hazor, about 2.7 inches high and 2.2 inches in diameter (7 × 6 cm). A kneeling man raises his hands in prayer toward a stylized tree…

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Cyrus Cylinder

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