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"Death of Orpheus" by Émile Lévy (1866), at @MuseeOrsay

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Giant mosaic called "Tree of Life" on the floor of the palace built by the Umayyad Caliph Hisham bin Abdulmalik in Jericho, Palestine.

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Bronze head of a man with a thick beard and a bandage in the curls of his hair and with a severe expression (detail). Greek, 460-450 BC. Reggio Calabria Museum (Magna Grecia Museum).

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The exquisite and elegant braided hair of the Caryatids. 421-406 BC. Erechtheion/Acropolis of Athens, Greece.

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The Procession of the Apis Bull, Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1879)

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A Temple of Minerva with a sacrifice before an altar by an unknown artist.

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To the Joust
Cesare Augusto Detti (1848–1914)

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Interior of the Temple of Pythian Apollo by Hugo Puzzuoli (2018)

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The ancient theatre of Epidavros, Peloponnese, Greece. 4th c.BC.

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"Sappho at Leucate" by Antoine-Jean Gros (1801).

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Landscape with Temple Ruins - Hubert Robert 1773.

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Ancient Theater at the Oracle of Delphi

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"Lament for Icarus" by Herbert James Draper (1898).