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Relief block from a temple of Amenemhat I

Relief block from a temple of Amenemhat I

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"Amduat" Papyrus of Henettawy, daughter of Isetemkheb

"Amduat" Papyrus of Henettawy, daughter of Isetemkheb

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Architectural Fitting (Gong), bronze, China

Architectural Fitting (Gong), bronze, China

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Ceiling Decoration, Tomb of Tjay

Ceiling Decoration, Tomb of Tjay

Charles K. Wilkinson From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes New Kingdom Public domain photograph of archaeological object, ancient Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fragment of Inscription, Pyramid Temple of Amenemhat I

Fragment of Inscription, Pyramid Temple of Amenemhat I

Unknown Copyist [member of the MMA Egyptian Expedition] From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North Middle Kingdom

Papyrus inscribed with six "Osiris Liturgies"

Papyrus inscribed with six "Osiris Liturgies"

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Painted Plaster Pavement Fragment, New Kingdom, Egypt, 1550  -1070 BC

Painted Plaster Pavement Fragment, New Kingdom, Egypt, 1550 -1070 BC

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Box inlay with a geometric pattern

Box inlay with a geometric pattern

Public domain photo of a 3d object, Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Ceiling Decoration, Upper Egypt, Metmuseum

Ceiling Decoration, Upper Egypt, Metmuseum

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

New Year Gift: Shield, Upper Egypt, Metmuseum

New Year Gift: Shield, Upper Egypt, Metmuseum

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

One Plaque of a Roman Military Diploma

One Plaque of a Roman Military Diploma

A bronze book cover with a text, Rome, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Threshold pavement slab with a carpet design

Threshold pavement slab with a carpet design

Public domain photo of Assyrian sculpture, ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Architectural Fitting (Gong), bronze, China

Architectural Fitting (Gong), bronze, China

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Mummy Wrapping with Spells and Vignettes from the Book of the Dead

Mummy Wrapping with Spells and Vignettes from the Book of the Dead

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Apotropaic Wand, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2040 – 1640 BC

Apotropaic Wand, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2040 – 1640 BC

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Man Confronting a Hyena, Tomb of Amenemhab

Man Confronting a Hyena, Tomb of Amenemhab

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Fragment of an Inscribed Architrave, Tomb of Amenemhat Surer

Fragment of an Inscribed Architrave, Tomb of Amenemhat Surer

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Glass mosaic relief fragment, Egypt, Greco-Roman Period 332 BCE – 642 CE

Glass mosaic relief fragment, Egypt, Greco-Roman Period 332 BCE – 642 ...

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Mummy Wrapping with Spells and Vignettes from the Book of the Dead

Mummy Wrapping with Spells and Vignettes from the Book of the Dead

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Ceiling Decoration - Public domain dedication image

Ceiling Decoration - Public domain dedication image

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Cartonnage, Egypt, Third Intermediate Period (1070–664 BC)

Cartonnage, Egypt, Third Intermediate Period (1070–664 BC)

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Coffin Lid of Tawaher, Late Perod, Ancient Egypt, 664 BC - 332 BC

Coffin Lid of Tawaher, Late Perod, Ancient Egypt, 664 BC - 332 BC

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Shroud, Egypt, Greco-Roman Period, 332 BCE – 642 CE

Shroud, Egypt, Greco-Roman Period, 332 BCE – 642 CE

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Cylinder Bead Inscribed for Ahmose-Nefertari

Cylinder Bead Inscribed for Ahmose-Nefertari

From Egypt New Kingdom Public domain photograph of an archaeological object, Ancient Egyptian, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cylinder Bead Inscribed for Ahmose-Nefertari

Cylinder Bead Inscribed for Ahmose-Nefertari

Public domain photo of a seal, Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Offerings, Tomb of Nebamun - Public domain dedication image

Offerings, Tomb of Nebamun - Public domain dedication image

Charles K. Wilkinson From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes New Kingdom Public domain photograph of archaeological object, ancient Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fragmentary Model of a Weavers Shop

Fragmentary Model of a Weavers Shop

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Book of the Dead of Khamhor - Public domain museum image. A piece of old paper with writing on it

Book of the Dead of Khamhor - Public domain museum image. A piece of o...

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Outer coffin of the Child Myt - Public domain museum image. A white chest sitting on top of a wooden stand

Outer coffin of the Child Myt - Public domain museum image. A white ch...

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Mummy Wrapping with Spells and Vignettes from the Book of the Dead

Mummy Wrapping with Spells and Vignettes from the Book of the Dead

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Panel with a tree pattern - Public domain museum image. A wooden box with carvings on the sides

Panel with a tree pattern - Public domain museum image. A wooden box w...

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Provisions from Nubia Stored in the Temple, Tomb of Rekhmire

Provisions from Nubia Stored in the Temple, Tomb of Rekhmire

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Wall Fragment with Grotesques - Public domain museum image. A wall hanging with a red and gold design

Wall Fragment with Grotesques - Public domain museum image. A wall han...

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Sarcophagus with a Greek Physician

Sarcophagus with a Greek Physician

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Relief fragment with the Son of Re name of Amenemhat I

Relief fragment with the Son of Re name of Amenemhat I

From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Pyramid Temple of Amenemhat I, MMA excavations, 1908–09 Middle Kingdom

Nesting Birds, Upper Egypt, Metmuseum

Nesting Birds, Upper Egypt, Metmuseum

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Ornament or Carding Comb, Egypt, 11th century BCE

Ornament or Carding Comb, Egypt, 11th century BCE

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Mummy with a Painted Mask Depicting a Woman Holding a Goblet

Mummy with a Painted Mask Depicting a Woman Holding a Goblet

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Weefselfragment met tabula sculpture, Asia

Weefselfragment met tabula sculpture, Asia

Zeer fijn geweven tabula met bruine figuren, opgeplakt op niet-bijbehorend naturelkleurig linnen. In een vierkant staat Dionysos tussen twee satyrs met muziekinstrumenten. Aan zijn voeten liggen drie maenaden. ... More

Byzantine Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa

Byzantine Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa

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Sarcophagus with a Greek Physician

Sarcophagus with a Greek Physician

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Weefselfragment met versiering in tapijtwerk

Weefselfragment met versiering in tapijtwerk

Naturelkleurig linnen weefselfragment met in donkerblauwe wol in het midden een cirkel met brede rand met een slingermotief in vliegende draadtechniek. Centraal in de cirkel een knoop omgeven door vier vazen wa... More

Plaque with the Annunciation - Public domain museum image. A painting of an angel and a woman

Plaque with the Annunciation - Public domain museum image. A painting ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Annunciation is a biblical event in which the angel Gabriel appea... More

Two Bodhisattvas, Kizil kingdom, Buddhist painting

Two Bodhisattvas, Kizil kingdom, Buddhist painting

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Traveling triptych, copper alloy, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Traveling triptych, copper alloy, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Adoration of the Shepherds and Adoration of the Magi

Adoration of the Shepherds and Adoration of the Magi

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Plaque with Christ Receiving Magdeburg Cathedral from Emperor Otto I

Plaque with Christ Receiving Magdeburg Cathedral from Emperor Otto I

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Weefselfragment met clavus sculpture, Asia

Weefselfragment met clavus sculpture, Asia

Naturelkleurig linnen weefselfragment met opgenaaide clavus eindigend in een ovaal. In het ovaal een menselijke figuur in een geel gewaad met nimbus op een rode grond; in de clavus een figuur met lichtblauw en ... More

Diptych with tabernacle frames - Public domain museum image. A pair of paintings of jesus on a cross

Diptych with tabernacle frames - Public domain museum image. A pair of...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Head of a Buddha, Kizil kingdom

Head of a Buddha, Kizil kingdom

Kizil kingdom Public domain photograph of museum object, China, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mosaic Fragment with Three Birds and a Tree

Mosaic Fragment with Three Birds and a Tree

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Weefselfragment in tapijtwerk sculpture, Asia

Weefselfragment in tapijtwerk sculpture, Asia

Naturelkleurig linnen weefselfragment met drie ingeweven ovale motieven met centraal op een rode grond een wit gestileerd plantmotief, waar omheen een gele en groene rand. Bovenaan gebogen lijnen in rood en gee... More

Tablet with Design for a Carpet, Qing Dynasty

Tablet with Design for a Carpet, Qing Dynasty

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Two Bodhisattvas, Kizil kingdom, Buddhist painting

Two Bodhisattvas, Kizil kingdom, Buddhist painting

Kizil kingdom Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Papyrus Fragment of a Letter from Euprasius to Epiphanius

Papyrus Fragment of a Letter from Euprasius to Epiphanius

Public domain photo of a 3d object, Coptic, Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Belt Buckle and Ornamental Plaques

Belt Buckle and Ornamental Plaques

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Belt Buckle and Ornamental Plaques

Belt Buckle and Ornamental Plaques

A green and gold bracelet with a green and gold pattern, China, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Fragment van een tunica met tabula en clavus

Fragment van een tunica met tabula en clavus

Linnen fragment van een tunica met ingeweven tabula en clavus in zwart. De clavus heeft een decoratie van dieren, o.a. lopende en springende leeuw, een zwevende figuuren een van elkaar afgewend vogelpaar. De cl... More

Weefselfragment met twee clavi - Public domain dedication image

Weefselfragment met twee clavi - Public domain dedication image

Linnen weefselfragment met twee opgenaaide veelkleurige (blauw, rood, lichtblauw, roze, groen, geel, lichtgroen en oker) clavi met op een donkerblauwe of rode grond beurtelings naar links en naar rechts steiger... More

Ceramic Qajar Dado Tile - Public domain museum image. A decorative box with a painting of a deer

Ceramic Qajar Dado Tile - Public domain museum image. A decorative box...

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Case (Inrō) with Design of Tortoise Swimming above Water Weeds (obverse);  Bamboo stems, Vines (reverse)

Case (Inrō) with Design of Tortoise Swimming above Water Weeds (obvers...

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Triptych with the Nativity and the Annunciation

Triptych with the Nativity and the Annunciation

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Annunciation is a biblical event in which the angel Gabriel ... More

Pommel Plate for a Saddle in the Style of the Late Middles Ages

Pommel Plate for a Saddle in the Style of the Late Middles Ages

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Nativity, 18th century - Public domain museum image. A gold plate with a painting of a man and woman

Nativity, 18th century - Public domain museum image. A gold plate with...

Public domain photo of a golden object, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John from BL Add 40618, f. 49v - Public domain medieval manuscript

John from BL Add 40618, f. 49v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Evangelist miniature of John; part of a programme of modernisation of an eighth-century Irish pocket Gospelbook, possibly carried out at Winchester or Canterbury, added to the volume in the tenth century. Image... More

Panel with Coat of Arms - Public domain museum image. A picture of a cartoon character on a stained glass window

Panel with Coat of Arms - Public domain museum image. A picture of a c...

Alfred A. Bradbury Public domain photograph of stained glass window, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Obi with Repeating Floral Roundels and Birds

Obi with Repeating Floral Roundels and Birds

Public domain photo of Japanese costume accessory, classical or archaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Incipit of Luke's Gospel from BL Add 40618, f. 23

Incipit of Luke's Gospel from BL Add 40618, f. 23

The script is an eighth-century Irish minuscule. The original decorated initial has been erased (traces of its interlace can still be seen) and a 'modern' initial Q painted over it as part of a programme of mod... More

Chinese Panel with Chinese Zodiac

Chinese Panel with Chinese Zodiac

Public domain photo of a 3d object, Central Asia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Qur'an leaf in Muhaqqaq script - Public domain dedication image

Qur'an leaf in Muhaqqaq script - Public domain dedication image

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, classical or archaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Panel, Egypt, 8th Century CE (AD)

Panel, Egypt, 8th Century CE (AD)

Public domain photo of a golden object, Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Panel from a Door or Minbar - Public domain museum image. A wooden door with carvings on it

Panel from a Door or Minbar - Public domain museum image. A wooden doo...

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Part of a Buddhistic Sutra - Public domain dedication image

Part of a Buddhistic Sutra - Public domain dedication image

Public domain photo of Asian art painting, classical or archaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Khurasan Painted Dado Panels, Iran

Khurasan Painted Dado Panels, Iran

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Engraved Plaque, 11th century - Public domain museum photogrpaph

Engraved Plaque, 11th century - Public domain museum photogrpaph

Eastern Javanese period Public domain photograph of gold metal object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carolingian Gospel Book, page of illuminated manuscript

Carolingian Gospel Book, page of illuminated manuscript

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Khurasan Painted Dado Panels, Iran

Khurasan Painted Dado Panels, Iran

Public domain photo of a 3d object, Iran, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jean Gaspard Jules ou Johann Caspar Julius Gsell - Projet de verrière représentant une sainte

Jean Gaspard Jules ou Johann Caspar Julius Gsell - Projet de verrière ...

Projet de verrière représentant une sainte. Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carolingian Gospel Book, page of illuminated manuscript

Carolingian Gospel Book, page of illuminated manuscript

Public domain photo of a 3d object, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plaque with Christ enthroned with two Apostles

Plaque with Christ enthroned with two Apostles

Public domain photo of a 3d object, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panels from an Ivory Casket with the Story of Adam and Eve

Panels from an Ivory Casket with the Story of Adam and Eve

Public domain photo of a 3d object, Turkey, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dado Panel, 10th century - Public domain museum image. A stone plaque with a design on it

Dado Panel, 10th century - Public domain museum image. A stone plaque ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, classical or archaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Book Cover from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra

Book Cover from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutr...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Plaque with the Holy Women at the Sepulchre

Plaque with the Holy Women at the Sepulchre

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, classical or archaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Plaque with the Holy Women at the Sepulchre

Plaque with the Holy Women at the Sepulchre

Public domain photo of a 3d object, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fragment, Egypt, 11th Century CE (AD)

Fragment, Egypt, 11th Century CE (AD)

Made in Egypt Public domain photograph of archaeological object, Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Element from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas)

Element from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas)

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Dado Panel, 10th century - Public domain museum image. A stone block with a design on it

Dado Panel, 10th century - Public domain museum image. A stone block w...

Public domain photo of a 3d object, Iran, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panels from an Ivory Casket with the Story of Adam and Eve

Panels from an Ivory Casket with the Story of Adam and Eve

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, classical or archaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Element from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas)

Element from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas)

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King Songten Gampo as the incarnate Avalokiteshvara

King Songten Gampo as the incarnate Avalokiteshvara

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Element from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas)

Element from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas)

A painted wall panel with a vase and a snake, Iran, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fragment van een sierstrook in tapijtwerk

Fragment van een sierstrook in tapijtwerk

Linnen weefselfragment met ingeweven zijden versiering. Een bruine slingerende band vormt door vlechten een snoer van grote en kleine ovalen. De grote velden zijn beurtelings blauw en rood, waarop afwisselend v... More

Element from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas)

Element from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas)

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Embellished space filler from BL Or 2540, f. 4

Embellished space filler from BL Or 2540, f. 4

Text page in Arabic Naskhi script and an embellished panel as line filler. Image taken from f. 4 of Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5). Written in Hebrew in Arabic characters.

Space filler from BL Or 2540, f. 5v

Space filler from BL Or 2540, f. 5v

Text page in Arabic Naskhi script and a line filler. Image taken from f. 5v of Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5). Written in Hebrew in Arabic characters.

Embellished space fillers from BL Or 2540, f. 15v

Embellished space fillers from BL Or 2540, f. 15v

Text page in Arabic Naskhi script with embellished line fillers. Image taken from f. 15v of Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5). Written in Hebrew in Arabic characters.

Plaque with Christ in Majesty and the Four Evangelists

Plaque with Christ in Majesty and the Four Evangelists

Public domain photo of a Medieval 3d object, Europe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Evangelist St. Matthew is one of the four authors of the Gospels in the New Testament... More

『図像抄』〈十巻抄〉明王部諸尊|Iconographic Drawings of the Five Kings of Wisdom (Myōō-bu shoson)

『図像抄』〈十巻抄〉明王部諸尊|Iconographic Drawings of the Five Kings of Wisdom (Myō...

Public domain photo of Asian art painting, classical or archaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Arms from BL Hargrave 274, f. 274

Arms from BL Hargrave 274, f. 274

Detail of the Gill/Gyll arms in the lower border. Image taken from f. 274 of Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical l... More

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