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On a dark surface lie a desiccated frog with folded limbs and a beige corduroy drawstring pouch with a pink ribbon.

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Dried frog and a cloth pouch with a pink ribbon

Engraving of a nude woman seen from behind in an arched niche, pouring liquid from a jug into a glass, captioned Temperantia.

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Temperantia, allegory of virtue as a nude woman with a jug and a glass

Temperantia. Remember the name. Strange as it may seem, the goddess of virtue is often depicted as a nude female figure pouring liquid into a glass.

The five-year-old Dauphin of France, Louis, the future Louis XIV, and his three-year-old younger brother Philippe of Orléans, together with the sweetest curly-haired little Bolognese

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The five-year-old Dauphin of France, Louis, the future Louis XIV, and his three-year-old younger brother Philippe of Orléans, together with the sweetest curly-haired little Bolognese

When you are already decomposing but still taking selfies

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When you are already decomposing but still taking selfies

All that this splendour lacks is Jared Leto and Perseus in a Phrygian cap with the head of Medusa

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All that this splendour lacks is Jared Leto and Perseus in a Phrygian cap with the head of Medusa

Jennifer Lopez and the lid of an alabaster jar in the form of a royal woman's head in a Nubian-style wig, reign of Akhenaten, 1340 BC, Metropolitan Museum

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Jennifer Lopez and the lid of an alabaster jar in the form of a royal woman's head in a Nubian-style wig, reign of Akhenaten, 1340 BC, Metropolitan Museum

Mr Rodriguez and Princess Nefertiabet, 2590 BC, the Louvre

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Mr Rodriguez and Princess Nefertiabet, 2590 BC, the Louvre

Cara Delevingne and Tutankhamun on the Throne, 1323 BC, from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

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Cara Delevingne and Tutankhamun on the Throne, 1323 BC, from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Emily Blunt and a Golden Crown of the Ptolemaic Era, 2nd Century BC, from the Brooklyn Museum

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Emily Blunt and a Golden Crown of the Ptolemaic Era, 2nd Century BC, from the Brooklyn Museum

Lupita Nyong'o and Predynastic Egyptian Combs of 3800 BC, with a Ceramic Dress of 2550 BC from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Lupita Nyong'o and Predynastic Egyptian Combs of 3800 BC, with a Ceramic Dress of 2550 BC from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Ryan Murphy and the Golden Cylindrical Amulet of 1800 BC from the British Museum

NB! · Archaeology · London · Museums

Ryan Murphy and the Golden Cylindrical Amulet of 1800 BC from the British Museum

Salma Hayek and a Portrait from a Romano-Egyptian Mummy of the 1st Century AD in the Metropolitan Museum

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Salma Hayek and a Portrait from a Romano-Egyptian Mummy of the 1st Century AD in the Metropolitan Museum

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