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Haraz mountains, Yemen.

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Liang Fu (Chinese, 1993) - Reflections of Nothing (2024)

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Nanquan said to a Buddhist lecturer "What Sutra are you lecturing on?" The Buddhist replied, "The Nirvana Sutra." Nanquan said, "Won't you explain it to me?" The Buddhist said, "If I explain the sutra to you, you should explain Zen to me." Nanquan said, "A golden ball is not the same as a silver one." The Buddhist said, "I don't understand." Nanquan said, "Tell me, can a cloud in the sky be nailed there, or bound there with a rope?"

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Лик Пресвятой Богородицы. Фрагмент византийской иконы. Кипр.

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etruscan ring of gilded silver decorated with a winged lion, a siren, and a flying scarab beetle, italy c. 500s-400s b.c.

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Russian girls playing the traditional Lapta (similar to baseball) during the exile in China 1920-1930s

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Rattle Tlingit; Sitka, Alaska, 19th c The appearance of double-headed eagles in native Alaskan art coincides with the arrival of Russian fur-trappers and Russian Orthodoxy

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by lind4893

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Jackson Yee | © Nick Yang Marie Claire China (March 2025)

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Arab woman (coffee bearer) in Cairo, Egypt, by John Frederick Lewis, 1857

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Gold pendant necklace with icons, decorated with pearls and precious stones. Byzantine, 11th - 12th century with Russian additions made in the 13th century

from The Kremlin Museums

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Orava Castle, Slovakia

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Kees van Dongen (1877 - 1968)