Images Dated 23rd February 2010

Winged Assyrian Bull

Winged, human-headed bull, from the facade of the Palace of King Sargon II, Khorsabad, Late Assyrian Period, c.725 BC (gypsum), One of two alabaster guardian genies called lamassu that assured the foundations of the world and those of the palace of Sargon of Assyria, at Khorsabad. Date: circa 725 BC

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BAKUNIN, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (1814-1876)

BAKUNIN, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (1814-1876). Russian revolutionary, founder of the international anarchism. Portrait of Bakunin, Russian

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1814, 1876, Aisa, Aleksandrovich, Anarchism, Bakunin, Founder, Historical, History, Import, International, Mikhail, Revolutionary, Russian

Barga, Italy

Barga. View from the mediaeval Tuscan town of Barga across the Serchio river valley, towards the summit of Pania Secca (1171 metres) in the Apuan Alps, Italy. This rugged range of mountains along the northern Tuscan coast is primarily made up of marble and other metamorphic carbonate rocks. The Apuan Alps is a leading source of high-grade, statue-quality white marble. Michelangelo used marble from nearby Carrara for his sculptures

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