Holy Mountaineering

Austin Osman Spare (1888–1956), “The New Eden”

Greek votive relief of Selene with a crescent on her head, around her seven stars, and the signs of the zodiac

2nd - 3rd century CE

Egyptian "Hounds and Jackals"-game board

The board features 58 holes (29 on each side), used for placing game pieces (either hounds or jackals). Some of these holes have hieroglyphs next to them, such as 𓄤 nfr - good and 𓍶 šn - protection, with the latter being the goal and lines connecting them. It is thought that the game would be played like Chutes and Ladders today, with two players moving their pieces according to the rolled number to reach the end.

Late period, Dynasty 26, 664 - 525 BCE

Red-figure kylix with youth and his lover (interior) and youths and men in athletic activities (exterior), attributed to the Carpenter Painter

Greek (manufactured at Athens) Archaic Period, c. 510-500 B.C.

terracotta

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Manly Palmer Hall

Allegory of fortune, 1658 - oil on canvas