Denise Levertov, from Life in the Forest: Poems; “Epilogue,” written c. 1978 (x)
Pair of ancient Egyptian rings (gold with glass, lapis lazuli, and carnelian inlay) depicting lotus flowers. Artist unknown; ca. 1400-1200 BCE (18th or 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.
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Zeus Ammon, Greek original 5th century BC, Glyptothek Museum, Munich.
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