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Allegory of Death and Fame, Agostino Musi, 1518

Emblem depicting Scylla throwing a lava stone (3rd century BC) – Archaeological Museum of Aidone (Enna)

Bottom left: Iron Age Celtic (La Tène Culture)

This striking relief perfectly embodies the melting pot of the Greco-Roman-Egyptian world. The traditional Egyptian jackal-headed god is depicted wearing Roman military armor and holding a spear, while his lower body transforms into coiling serpent tails. By merging Anubis with the Hellenistic protective serpent deity Agathos Daimon, this unique imagery represents a powerful hybrid sentinel—a cosmic guardian tasked with warding off evil and shielding the threshold of the tomb.

Mönch beim Glockenläuten, 1863 by Caspar Johann Nepomuk Scheuren (German, 1810-1887)

by  Paul Lehr; cover art for James White’s The Aliens Among Us (1969)

'Cat Pawing at Goldfish'. Isoda Koryūsai. Early 1770's.

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(Valerie Valusek's cover art for Dungeon magazine No 9, TSR, Jan/Feb 1988, featuring the AD&D adventure "The Plight of Cirria" by Grant and David Boucher)

Heroes for Dungeonquest (Dave Gallagher box art, Games Workshop, 1987), expansion for the Dungeonquest game including 12 metal Citadel miniatures with new cards and tokens

oil on canvas, 17th century

“La Ballade de Lenore” — Horace Vernet (1839)

A series of postcards by Italian artist Tito Corbell dedicated to nurse Edith Cavell (1916)

Flags of the funeral procession "Memento Mori" (19th-20th centuries)

“The Holy Mount Athos” — Alphonse Mucha (1926)

Mourning rings (17th-18th centuries)

Collection of several armorial books, Southern Germany (possibly Augsburg), circa 1530