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Christ's Baptism, Baptistery of the Arians, Ravenna c.AD 400 |
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Emperor Trajan (c.AD 53-117) making sacrifice before battle, Rome |
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Alexander the Great 356-323 BC, marble, Roman |
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Warrior, bronze, Etruscan, 5th century BC |
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Hunting boar, Attic krater 4th century BC |
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Gorgon Head, terracotta, Etruscan, 7th century BC |
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Tragic mosaic mask, Roman 1st century BC |
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Girl with stylus, perhaps Sappho, Pompeii, AD 55-79 |
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Persian noble, Apadana stairway, Persepolis 465 BC |
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Man from Tomb of the Auguns, Tarquinia, Etruscan, 6th century BC |
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Archers of Darius I of Persia, Susa c.500 BC |
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An early mosaic of the Baptism of Christ (c.6 BC-AD 30) by his cousin John the Baptist.
The River Jordan is personified as a bearded river god witnessing the scene and the dove
above Christ's head represents the Holy Spirit, which descends as a voice from the heavans
and declares: "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased."
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