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Gold ring depicting <n>King Akhenaten</n> and <n>Queen Nefertiti</n>, Egypt, <n>Amarna Period</n>, ca. 1353–1336 BC.

Silver <n>Libation Vessel of Manuwai</n> from the tomb of the three foreign wives of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C.

The <n>Dendera Zodiac</n>, an <n>Ancient Egyptian</n> bas-relief from the <n>Temple of Hathor</n> in Dendera.

Sculptor <n>Gutzon Borglum</n>'s carving of <n>Abraham Lincoln</n> at <n>Mount Rushmore</n>, c. 1937.

A 2nd century <n>Snail brooch</n>. Photo via <n>Maya Bouci</n>.

<n>La bagnante</n>, a marble sculpture by <n>Alessandro Puttinati</n> (1844).

The <n>Aztec Sun Stone</n> on display in Mexico City, 1886. Photo by <n>New York State Archives</n>.

Model <n>Kendall Jenner</n> photographed by <n>Chris Colls</n> for <n>Elle US</n>, June 2018.

<n>Teobert Maler</n> with a carved stone from the mausoleum of the high priests at <n>Chichén Itzá</n>, 1892.

<n>Etruscan</n> <n>silver-gilt ring</n> from the <n>Archaic</n> period, late 6th–early 5th century B.C.

A stone carving associated with the brand <n>HOMER HELIOS</n>.

<n>Musical Accumulation and Sitting</n> by <n>Armand Pierre Fernandez</n> in Milan, created for the 1973 <n>XV Triennale di Milano</n>.

A sterling silver and mother of pearl <n>Caviar Spoon</n> by <n>Christoph Widmann</n>.

The <n>Hellenistic</n> sculpture <n>Winged Victory of Samothrace</n>, created between 200-190 B.C.

Roman gold and garnet earrings, 1st century A.D., from the <n>Toledo Museum of Art</n> collection.

A <n>Mace or staff head</n> made from volcanic stone. From Costa Rica, dated 1-500 AD.

The <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n>, c. 1880. Photo by the <n>Zangaki Brothers</n>.

<n>Art Nouveau</n> sterling silver repoussé hand mirror, c.1904, by maker <n>Henry Matthews</n>.

Consecrated sword given to <n>King John III Sobieski</n> by <n>Pope Innocent XI</n> in 1684. Housed at <n>Wawel Royal Castle</n>.

A collection of <n>Ashanti gold weights</n> created by the <n>Akan people</n> of Ghana.

<n>Seraphim</n>, a 12th-century white stone relief from Vladimir, Russia.

The <n>Philae Temple Complex</n> in Aswan, partially submerged in the Nile flood before 1968.

<n>Finger ring with a running dog, H1813</n>, a gold <n>Roman Imperial</n> ring from the 1st-3rd century AD.

An installation at the <n>Jean-Paul Gaultier</n> showroom. Photo by <n>James Bort</n>, 2009.

<n>The Winged Victory of Samothrace</n> at the <n>Musée du Louvre</n>. Photo by <n>Nicolas Bousser</n>.

Album art for <n>Haunted Castle</n> by <n>French Police</n>. Artwork by <n>Brian Flores</n>.

Cast brass <n>Akan Ashanti Goldweights</n> from the collection of the <n>Victoria and Albert Museum</n>.

<n>The Ruins of St. Vitus Cathedral</n>, a 2017 digital illustration by <n>Johnny Renquist</n>.