The Museum's Rotunda (1915). With terra cotta roof tiles, self-supporting dome and 90x90-foot interior, it's one of Philadelphia's achitectural wonders.			Aphrodite, Greek goddess of the sea and of erotic love, wrings the sea water from her hair. Marble statuette, ca 150-100 BC, eastern Libya.
		After ruining all his weapons on the Nemean Lion's impervious hide, Heracles must choke the monster to death. Attic Red Figure Stamnos, ca. 490 BC.			Bodhisattva of compassion. Bodhisattvas are enlightened beings who have renounced Nirvana to help others find salvation. China, 1115-1368 AD.
		Crystal sphere, from China. Weighing 49 pounds, it is believed to be the second largest in the world.			Explorer William Furness (nephew of Frank Furness) displays his back tattoos, acquired in Yokohama in 1893 while on a Museum expedition to Borneo
		Athapaskan mask of Blueberry Woman, who, according to legend, used blueberry picking as a cover for dancing.			Young Tibetan woman. Photograph ca. 1898 by Th. Paar, Darjeeling. From the Museum Archives.
		Mask for the deceased, Egypt, 300 BC. The golden color of the flesh may represent the immortal flesh of the Egyptian gods.			Face of a man. Subtle relief in limestone, 664-525 BC, from the palace of Merenptah at Memphis, Egypt.
		"Jeune negresse de la Haute-Egypte." Photograph by Bonfils, 1890s.			Tamil man, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), ca. 1898. Photograph from the Museum Archives.
		Egyptian mummies.			Egyptian cat, 945-712 BC. Hollow cast bronze with gold leaf applied to eyes, its interior is large enough to have contained a cat mummy.
		Gold pendant from Panama, 700-900 AD, made from the lost wax process.			A man at a banquet raises his cup. From the mosaic panel on the Bull-headed Lyre, one of the treasures of the Royal Tombs of Ur, ca. 2650 BC

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