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  • Kitchen in the Head Gardener's cottage, in the Walled Victorian Gardens, at Kylemore Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 in the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The house is situated above the gardens so that the Head Gardener could watch over the workers. The Head Gardener was a highly respected position. Developed originally in the 19th century as part of the castle, the gardens had 21 greenhouses and employed 40 gardeners. The gardens were restored 1995-2000 and are open to the public. Kylemore Gardens are heritage gardens, growing plants from the Victorian era. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining room in the Head Gardener's cottage, in the Walled Victorian Gardens, at Kylemore Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 in the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The house is situated above the gardens so that the Head Gardener could watch over the workers. The Head Gardener was a highly respected position. Developed originally in the 19th century as part of the castle, the gardens had 21 greenhouses and employed 40 gardeners. The gardens were restored 1995-2000 and are open to the public. Kylemore Gardens are heritage gardens, growing plants from the Victorian era. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Msecke Zehrovice, copy, a Celtic Iron Age sculpted portrait head in limestone, 3rd - 2nd century BC, found in 1943 at Msecke Zehrovice, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic (original in the Prague National Museum), in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Msecke Zehrovice, copy, a Celtic Iron Age sculpted portrait head in limestone, 3rd - 2nd century BC, found in 1943 at Msecke Zehrovice, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic (original in the Prague National Museum), in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head Gardener's cottage, in the Walled Victorian Gardens, at Kylemore Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 in the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The house is situated above the gardens so that the Head Gardener could watch over the workers. Developed originally in the 19th century as part of the castle, the gardens had 21 greenhouses and employed 40 gardeners. The gardens were restored 1995-2000 and are open to the public. Kylemore Gardens are heritage gardens, growing plants from the Victorian era. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone head from a tiki sculpture, 35cm tall, in red lava stone, with a jutting chin and eyes at the sides of the head, a thick mouth with tattooed cheeks, wearing a crown or bonnet, in the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The museum includes a reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, a traditional 2-storey hut and home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death. Tiki sculptures represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Msecke Zehrovice, copy, a Celtic Iron Age sculpted portrait head in limestone, 3rd - 2nd century BC, found in 1943 at Msecke Zehrovice, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic (original in the Prague National Museum), in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head in red volcanic rock with enormous eyes, 54cm tall, from Taipivai, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, French Polynesia. This is similar to another tiki head given to the Korrigane team by Father Simeon Delmas for the Musee de L’Homme in Paris and now in the Musee du Quai Branly. Tikis are protective statues representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head, carved from a small stone, one of many placed on stones and logs about the site, made from rock from Toea peak, pebbles from the beach and blocks of volcanic tuff, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bull head, copper, 2500 BC, excavated from the Barbar Temple II, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The head was discovered as part of a wooden box of a musical harp, used in religious ceremonies, a common motif in both Mesopotamian and Dilmun cultures. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head in grey volcanic tuff, 40cm tall, representing the head of Heana, a sacrificed enemy, collected by the archaeologists Y Sinoto and M Kellum in Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, in 1965, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a tiki statue, in red volcanic rock, 52cm tall, from a marae in Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, gifted to the museum in 1935, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, French Polynesia. Tikis are protective statues representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. This tiki head has large eyes and a wide mouth with tongue, wide nostrils, a detailed crown and no ears, as the tiki was built into paepae or temple platform. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone head from a tiki sculpture, in grey volcanic stone, with huge eyes and mouth, in the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The museum includes a reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, a traditional 2-storey hut and home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death. Tiki sculptures represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head, carved from a small stone, one of many placed on stones and logs about the site, made from rock from Toea peak, pebbles from the beach and blocks of volcanic tuff, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head, carved from a small stone, one of many placed on stones and logs about the site, made from rock from Toea peak, pebbles from the beach and blocks of volcanic tuff, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head, carved from a small stone, one of many placed on stones and logs about the site, made from rock from Toea peak, pebbles from the beach and blocks of volcanic tuff, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head, carved from a small stone, one of many placed on stones and logs about the site, made from rock from Toea peak, pebbles from the beach and blocks of volcanic tuff, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Terracotta head, Punic era, 6th - 5th century BC, from Punta del Nao, in the Museo de Cadiz, Cadiz, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This head of a Phoenician man was thrown into the sea as an offering, and has an intricately carved hairstyle, possibly a wig, and a long beard. Cadiz is one of the oldest cities in Europe, founded by the Phoenicians in 1100 BC, and later became a Carthaginian then a Roman city, and Spain's constitution was signed here in 1812. It is situated on a peninsula on the Costa de la Luz. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone head of a lion with its paw on a human head, tomb guardian, from an Iberian-Roman funerary monument, from Cortijo de Don Aldonza, in the Archaeological Museum of Ubeda, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved Iberian head, from the Guadalquivir river, donated by D Natalio Rivas Saboteur, in the Archaeological Museum of Ubeda, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The head is thought to be part of the Stalacci funerary monuments at Ubeda la Vieja, the old Roman colony of Salaria. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Effigy Head, used as funerary offering for chieftains, thought to be somehow related to the 3-pointed idols, with facial features of the Taino and Macorix, who practiced cranial deformation, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Effigy Head, used as funerary offering for chieftains, thought to be somehow related to the 3-pointed idols, with facial features of the Taino and Macorix, who practiced cranial deformation, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Peasant's Head, 1928-1932, oil on canvas, by Kasimir Malevich, 1878-1935, from the collection of the Russian State Museum, St Petersburg, Russia. Malevich was a Russian painter who founded the Suprematist art movement and produced many geometric abstract works. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eagle Head sculpture, 1940, by Wilhelm Lemke, based on a design by Ernst Sagebiel, at Eagle Square, Platz der Luftbrucke, at the entrance to the former Tempelhof International Airport, built 1920s and 1930s, Berlin, Germany. The sculpture was part of a 4.5m bird which stood on top of the Tempelhof building but was removed after the war in 1962 to make room for a radar and was moved here in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant head of Medusa, 2nd century AD, from the Temple of Apollo, 4th century BC, Didyma, Aydin, Turkey. This giant Medusa head at Didyma was formerly part of a frieze on the architrave, possibly sculpted by Aphrodisias. The Gorgons were 3 sisters (Medusa, Stheno and Euryale) with snakes for hair, who could turn people to stone. They are patrons of secrecy, protecting the mystery of the oracle, and their faces were here used as a charm against illness. Didyma was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia near Miletus, consisting of a temple complex and the oracle of Apollo, or Didymaion, who was visited by pilgrims from across the Greek world. The earliest temple ruins found here date to the 8th century BC but Didyma's heyday lasted throughout the Hellenistic age. It was approached along a 17km Sacred Way from Miletus and is the largest sanctuary in Western Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant head of Medusa, 2nd century AD, from the Temple of Apollo, 4th century BC, Didyma, Aydin, Turkey. This giant Medusa head at Didyma was formerly part of a frieze on the architrave, possibly sculpted by Aphrodisias. The Gorgons were 3 sisters (Medusa, Stheno and Euryale) with snakes for hair, who could turn people to stone. They are patrons of secrecy, protecting the mystery of the oracle, and their faces were here used as a charm against illness. Didyma was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia near Miletus, consisting of a temple complex and the oracle of Apollo, or Didymaion, who was visited by pilgrims from across the Greek world. The earliest temple ruins found here date to the 8th century BC but Didyma's heyday lasted throughout the Hellenistic age. It was approached along a 17km Sacred Way from Miletus and is the largest sanctuary in Western Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman window head carved with stylised wheels or rosettes, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Many decorative window heads have been found at Housesteads, with abstract and geometric designs aswell as classical motifs. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble female head found at the Qasr Al Bint temple excavation at Petra, Ma'an, Jordan, from the Petra Archaeological Museum. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of an athlete, possibly from a herm, classical style, 1st century BC, in the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, housed in the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, or the Kastello, a Gothic medieval castle built 14th century by the Knights Hospitaller as their headquarters, in the town of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Menander, comic poet, 4th century BC, copy of an original statue by the son of Praxiteles, in the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, housed in the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, or the Kastello, a Gothic medieval castle built 14th century by the Knights Hospitaller as their headquarters, in the town of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Silenus or Bacchus, with drunken expression, porphyry, in the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, housed in the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, or the Kastello, a Gothic medieval castle built 14th century by the Knights Hospitaller as their headquarters, in the town of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of queen Hatshepsut, 1507-1458 BC, 5th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, wearing tall crown and false royal beard, polychrome sculpture, from Luxor, in the Alexandria National Museum, inaugurated 2003, housing collections from the pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods, in Alexandria, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of queen Hatshepsut, 1507-1458 BC, 5th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, wearing tall crown and false royal beard, polychrome sculpture, from Luxor, in the Alexandria National Museum, inaugurated 2003, housing collections from the pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods, in Alexandria, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Tuthmosis III, 1485-21 BC, 6th pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom, in alabaster, found at the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el Bahri, in the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. The museum houses collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts, built 1901, designed by Marcel Dourgnon, and inaugurated in 1902. It is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East and houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Terracota head made in a mould, Imperial period, Roman, mid 1st century AD, in the Museo de Segovia, opened 2006 in the Casa del Sol, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The old town and aqueduct of Segovia are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Jesus, Roman marble sarcophagus fragment from Proconesia, Greece, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the MUHBA Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302, the Casa Padellas, the Palau Comtal, the Watchtower of King Marti and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of MUHBA or the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lionel Henaff, Head Chef at the one Michelin Star Allium restaurant on Boulevard de Créac’h Gwen, Quimper, Brittany, France. Henaff was awarded his Michelin Star in 2001 and Allium was opened in 2015. Born in Rennes, Henaff has worked in restaurants in Ireland and throughout France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lionel Henaff preparing potato gnocchi with lemon and capers, Head Chef at the one Michelin Star Allium restaurant on Boulevard de Créac’h Gwen, Quimper, Brittany, France. Henaff was awarded his Michelin Star in 2001 and Allium was opened in 2015. Born in Rennes, Henaff has worked in restaurants in Ireland and throughout France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head in red volcanic rock, 32cm tall, with prominent eyes and open mouth, from the Havao de Taiohae Valley, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Tikis are protective statues representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant sculpted head of an Ogre or Orcus with open mouth screaming (he is said to eat children) and the inscription 'Ogni pensiero vola' or 'All thoughts fly', as the mouth's acoustics enable a whisper to be heard outside, also known as the Gate of Hell in reference to Dante, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of an athlete, Hellenistic, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a woman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a young man, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant head of Constantine the Great, 272-337 AD, Roman Emperor, at Berat Castle or Kalaja e Beratit, in Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. The castle dates mainly from the 13th century and contains Byzantine churches, Ottoman mosques and housing. It is built on a rocky hill on the left bank of the river Osum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted wooden head of man wearing lion's head helmet, possibly Heracles, from the door between the horseshoe vestibule and the Galerie Francois I, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Galerie Francois I was begun in 1528 and was the first great gallery in France and the origination of the Renaissance style in France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bull's head rhyton or ritual pouring vessel, in black steatite, jasper and mother of pearl, restored, Neopalatial period, c. 1550-1500 BC, from the Minoan palace of Knossos, in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Adolf Hitler, 1937-45, after Arno Breker, and a Nazi swastika flag, at the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or War and Peace in the Ardennes Museum, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Helios, god of the sun, possibly from a temple pediment, made in Lysippan proportions, mid Hellenistic, in the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, housed in the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, or the Kastello, a Gothic medieval castle built 14th century by the Knights Hospitaller as their headquarters, in the town of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Helios, god of the sun, possibly from a temple pediment, made in Lysippan proportions, mid Hellenistic, in the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, housed in the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, or the Kastello, a Gothic medieval castle built 14th century by the Knights Hospitaller as their headquarters, in the town of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Veiled head for insertion in a female statue torso, 2nd century BC, in the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, housed in the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, or the Kastello, a Gothic medieval castle built 14th century by the Knights Hospitaller as their headquarters, in the town of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of queen Hatshepsut, 1507-1458 BC, 5th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, wearing tall crown and false royal beard, polychrome sculpture, from Luxor, in the Alexandria National Museum, inaugurated 2003, housing collections from the pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods, in Alexandria, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Well head, decorated with figures from the myth of Bacchus and Ariadne, Roman, 4th century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head above an engraved plaque at the Abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery built 1005-9 under Guifred, Count of Cerdanya, on the slopes of the Pic du Canigou, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The abbey complex consists of St Mary's or the lower church, and the abbey church of St Martin's or the upper church, and the bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone head of Christ above a sator square with a tau cross, representing St Anthony, in the Hermitage of St Anthony of Galamus in the Gorges de Galamus, between Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, and Cubieres sur Cinoble, Aude, Occitanie, France. The hermitage was built in the 14th century as a place of solitude for Franciscan monks, who had originally secluded themselves in caves in the gorge walls. It was then developed further in the 19th century by Pere Marie. The gorge is about 2 miles long and 500m deep, carved by the Agly river through the limestone. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone head, the only figurative sculpture from Bibracte, simplistic in its approach, in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman’s head, terracotta with paint traces, 3rd - 2nd century BC, Hellenistic tradition, found in the Tylos phase houses within the fort, in the Qal'at Al-Bahrain Site Museum, near Manama in Bahrain. The settlement at this time was multicultural, with descendants of the Dilmun, but also from Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean, Syro-Mesopotamia, Arabia and Persia. The museum was opened in 2008, displaying artefacts of the history and archaeology of the Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of the Head Gardener's cottage at the Walled Victorian Gardens at Kylemore Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 in the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Developed originally in the 19th century as part of the castle, the gardens had 21 greenhouses and employed 40 gardeners. The gardens were restored 1995-2000 and are open to the public. Kylemore Gardens are heritage gardens, growing plants from the Victorian era. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone head with 3 faces, 1st - 2nd century AD, Iron Age, in the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, a branch of the National Museum Of Ireland, opened 1890, on Kildare St in Dublin, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Precolumbian head in clay, 350-1500 AD, made by the Marcorix people, donated by Gustavo Tavares Grieser, exhibited in the Centro Leon, or the Centro Cultural Eduardo Leon Jimenes, a museum housing a collection of Dominican art from the 20th century, in Santiago de los Caballeros, known as Santiago, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses displays on Dominican art and culture, biodiversity, photography and Taino history, along with temporary exhibitions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Effigy Head, used as funerary offering for chieftains, thought to be somehow related to the 3-pointed idols, with facial features of the Taino and Macorix, who practiced cranial deformation, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lionel Henaff cooking a spider crab, Head Chef at the one Michelin Star Allium restaurant on Boulevard de Créac’h Gwen, Quimper, Brittany, France. Henaff was awarded his Michelin Star in 2001 and Allium was opened in 2015. Born in Rennes, Henaff has worked in restaurants in Ireland and throughout France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lionel Henaff, Head Chef at the one Michelin Star Allium restaurant on Boulevard de Créac’h Gwen, Quimper, Brittany, France. Henaff was awarded his Michelin Star in 2001 and Allium was opened in 2015. Born in Rennes, Henaff has worked in restaurants in Ireland and throughout France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lionel Henaff, Head Chef at the one Michelin Star Allium restaurant on Boulevard de Créac’h Gwen, Quimper, Brittany, France. Henaff was awarded his Michelin Star in 2001 and Allium was opened in 2015. Born in Rennes, Henaff has worked in restaurants in Ireland and throughout France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lionel Henaff, Head Chef at the one Michelin Star Allium restaurant on Boulevard de Créac’h Gwen, Quimper, Brittany, France. Henaff was awarded his Michelin Star in 2001 and Allium was opened in 2015. Born in Rennes, Henaff has worked in restaurants in Ireland and throughout France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head in red volcanic rock, 32cm tall, with prominent eyes and open mouth, from the Havao de Taiohae Valley, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Tikis are protective statues representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head in red volcanic rock, 32cm tall, with prominent eyes and open mouth, from the Havao de Taiohae Valley, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Tikis are protective statues representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant sculpted head of an Ogre or Orcus with open mouth screaming (he is said to eat children) and the inscription 'Ogni pensiero vola' or 'All thoughts fly', as the mouth's acoustics enable a whisper to be heard outside, also known as the Gate of Hell in reference to Dante, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant sculpted head of an Ogre or Orcus with open mouth screaming (he is said to eat children) and the inscription 'Ogni pensiero vola' or 'All thoughts fly', as the mouth's acoustics enable a whisper to be heard outside, also known as the Gate of Hell in reference to Dante, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved soldier's head with plumed lion helmet, on the archway next to the Bell Tower on Luza Square on Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a young man, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a young man, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a magistrate, 3rd century BC, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a high ranking official, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of high ranking official, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a magistrate, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Unfinished sculpted head of a god, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a smiling woman with wavy hair, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a high ranking official, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a young girl, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a man, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted decorative head on a column of the nave of the Dormition of Saint Mary Cathedral Church, or Kisha Katedrale Fjetja e Shen Marise, built 1699, Voskopoje, Korce, Albania. The church contains frescoes by Theodor Anagnost and Sterian from Agrapha in Greece, and the large icons in the iconostasis were painted 1703 by Constantine Lemoronachos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted head on a column in the nave of the Dormition of Saint Mary Cathedral Church, or Kisha Katedrale Fjetja e Shen Marise, built 1699, Voskopoje, Korce, Albania. The church contains frescoes by Theodor Anagnost and Sterian from Agrapha in Greece, and the large icons in the iconostasis were painted 1703 by Constantine Lemoronachos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a young Roman in the courtyard of the Venetian castle, a copy of a statue of the god Apollo, Butrint, Chaonia, Albania. Butrint was founded by the Greek Chaonian tribe and was a port throughout Hellenistic and Roman times, when it was known as Buthrotum. It was ruled by the Byzantines and the Venetians and finally abandoned in the Middle Ages. The ruins at Butrint were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant head of Constantine the Great, 272-337 AD, Roman Emperor, at Berat Castle or Kalaja e Beratit, in Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. The castle dates mainly from the 13th century and contains Byzantine churches, Ottoman mosques and housing. It is built on a rocky hill on the left bank of the river Osum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of the head of Christ, repainted in 1591 at the behest of the priest father Konstandin and his brothers Dimitre and Jan, in the Cathedral of St Nicholas inside Berat Castle or Kalaja e Beratit, in Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of the head of Christ, repainted in 1591 at the behest of the priest father Konstandin and his brothers Dimitre and Jan, in the Cathedral of St Nicholas inside Berat Castle or Kalaja e Beratit, in Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of the head of Christ, repainted in 1591 at the behest of the priest father Konstandin and his brothers Dimitre and Jan, in the Cathedral of St Nicholas inside Berat Castle or Kalaja e Beratit, in Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bull's head on an Ionic capital from the Roman Basilica, 1st century AD, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The basilica is 160m long, and is located on the northern part of the state agora. It has a nave and 3 side aisles. The basilica was used for stock exchange, commercial business and meetings of the law courts. It was destroyed by an earthquake in the 4th century AD. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant sculpted head in the courtyard of Aphrodisias Museum, Aydin, Turkey. Aphrodisias was a small ancient Greek city in Caria near the modern-day town of Geyre. It was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, who had here her unique cult image, the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias. The city suffered major earthquakes in the 4th and 7th centuries which destroyed most of the ancient structures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant Gorgon head, 2nd century AD, from the Temple of Apollo, 4th century BC, Didyma, Aydin, Turkey. The Gorgons were 3 sisters (Medusa, Stheno and Euryale) with snakes for hair, who could turn people to stone. They are patrons of secrecy, protecting the mystery of the oracle, and their faces were here used as a charm against illness. Didyma was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia near Miletus, consisting of a temple complex and the oracle of Apollo, or Didymaion, who was visited by pilgrims from across the Greek world. The earliest temple ruins found here date to the 8th century BC but Didyma's heyday lasted throughout the Hellenistic age. It was approached along a 17km Sacred Way from Miletus and is the largest sanctuary in Western Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted wooden Medusa head from the door between the horseshoe vestibule and the Galerie Francois I, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Galerie Francois I was begun in 1528 and was the first great gallery in France and the origination of the Renaissance style in France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Child's head in carved stucco from the frame of the fresco the Education of Achilles by Rosso Fiorentino, 1535-37, in the Galerie Francois I, begun 1528, the first great gallery in France and the origination of the Renaissance style in France, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ghostly head with expression of despair in carved stucco from a frame of a fresco by Rosso Fiorentino, 1535-37, in the Galerie Francois I, begun 1528, the first great gallery in France and the origination of the Renaissance style in France, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted wooden Medusa head from the door between the horseshoe vestibule and the Galerie Francois I, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Galerie Francois I was begun in 1528 and was the first great gallery in France and the origination of the Renaissance style in France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant Gorgon head, 2nd century AD, from the Temple of Apollo, 4th century BC, Didyma, Aydin, Turkey. The Gorgons were 3 sisters (Medusa, Stheno and Euryale) with snakes for hair, who could turn people to stone. They are patrons of secrecy, protecting the mystery of the oracle, and their faces were here used as a charm against illness. Didyma was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia near Miletus, consisting of a temple complex and the oracle of Apollo, or Didymaion, who was visited by pilgrims from across the Greek world. The earliest temple ruins found here date to the 8th century BC but Didyma's heyday lasted throughout the Hellenistic age. It was approached along a 17km Sacred Way from Miletus and is the largest sanctuary in Western Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant Gorgon head, possibly Medusa, 2nd century AD, from the Temple of Apollo, 4th century BC, Didyma, Aydin, Turkey. The Gorgons were 3 sisters (Medusa, Stheno and Euryale) with snakes for hair, who could turn people to stone. They are patrons of secrecy, protecting the mystery of the oracle, and their faces were here used as a charm against illness. Didyma was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia near Miletus, consisting of a temple complex and the oracle of Apollo, or Didymaion, who was visited by pilgrims from across the Greek world. The earliest temple ruins found here date to the 8th century BC but Didyma's heyday lasted throughout the Hellenistic age. It was approached along a 17km Sacred Way from Miletus and is the largest sanctuary in Western Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted wooden Medusa head from the door between the horseshoe vestibule and the Galerie Francois I, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Galerie Francois I was begun in 1528 and was the first great gallery in France and the origination of the Renaissance style in France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted wooden Medusa head from the door between the horseshoe vestibule and the Galerie Francois I, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Galerie Francois I was begun in 1528 and was the first great gallery in France and the origination of the Renaissance style in France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a bull's head relief from the Temple of Apollo, built 4th century BC, at Letoon, near Xanthos, Antalya, Turkey. The Temple of Apollo was decorated with Doric friezes and also had fine floor mosaics. The Letoon or Sanctuary of Leto was the sacred cult centre of Lycia, its most important sanctuary, and was dedicated to the 3 national deities of Lycia, Leto and her twin children Apollo and Artemis. Leto was also worshipped as a family deity and as the guardian of the tomb. The site is 10km South of the ancient city of Xanthos in Lycia, near the modern-day village of Kumluova, Fethiye. Founded in the 6th century BC, the Greek site also flourished throughout Roman times, and a church was built here in the Christian era. The site was abandoned in the 7th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant Gorgon head, 2nd century AD, from the Temple of Apollo, 4th century BC, Didyma, Aydin, Turkey. The Gorgons were 3 sisters (Medusa, Stheno and Euryale) with snakes for hair, who could turn people to stone. They are patrons of secrecy, protecting the mystery of the oracle, and their faces were here used as a charm against illness. Didyma was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia near Miletus, consisting of a temple complex and the oracle of Apollo, or Didymaion, who was visited by pilgrims from across the Greek world. The earliest temple ruins found here date to the 8th century BC but Didyma's heyday lasted throughout the Hellenistic age. It was approached along a 17km Sacred Way from Miletus and is the largest sanctuary in Western Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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