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Bagan, balloons starter flying over ancient temples

Myanmar, Mandalay Division, Bagan, tourists start flying over ancient temple ruins at sunrise in hot air balloons.Bagan is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar)

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Greek sculpture art (Olympia and Pergamon), wood engravings, published 1897

Greek sculpture art from Olympia and Pergamon, Greece: 1) East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, c. 470 - 456 BCE (Archaeological museum of Olympia); 2) Nike, statue from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, about 420 BC (Archaeological museum of Olympia); 3) Head of Deidameia from the West Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, c. 470 - 456 BCE (Archaeological museum of Olympia); 4) Metope with Atlas retrieving the Apples of Hesperides for Hercules, relief from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, 470-457 BC; 5) Head of Apollon from the West Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, c. 470 - 456 BCE (Archaeological museum of Olympia); 6) Hermes and the Infant Dionysos by Praxiteles, ca. 340 BC (Archaeological museum of Olympia); 7) Zeus fighting three Giants, Detail of a relief from the Pergamon Altar (today Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany); 8) Bronze head of a boxer (about 330 - 320 BC), found at Olympia (today National Archaeological Museum of Athens); 9) Athena and Nike fight Alkyoneus (left), Gaia rises up from the ground (right), Detail of a relief from the Pergamon Altar (today Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany). Wood engravings, published in 1897

Gods Of Healing

Asclepius or Aesculapius, the ancient Greek god of medicine, with the snake-entwined staff which has come to symbolise the medical profession, circa 1700. On the left is his son Telesphorus or Telesphoros, a hooded dwarf who presides over convalescence. A statue from the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne (or alle Valle) in Rome, drawn and engraved by Nicolas Dorigny. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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