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Editorial Larry Ellison is looking to sell his home in North Palm Beach, Florida for $145 million
Editorial Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has just bought this house in North Palm Beach, Florida for $80 million.
Editorial Dinga, African, Rubbing Oracle, early 20th century, Wood, Overall: 4 7/8 ? 1 1/4 ? 3/4 inches (12.4 ? 3.2 ? 1.9 cm).
Editorial Folding fan with two paper sheets, on which the question and answer game 'l'Oracle' is printed and colored, on a carved ivory frame with 'm?tal en quattre couleurs', Folding fan with two paper sheets on which the question and answer game l'Oracle is pr...
Editorial Psyche's Father Consulting the Oracle. Agostino dei Musi (Italian, c. 1490-after 1536); after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592); in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520); printed by Antonio Salamanca (Italian, 1478...
Editorial Oracle and Worshippers before the Statue of Artemis of Ephesus. Follower of Battista Franco, called Il Semolei; Italian, c. 1510-1561. Date: 1530-1561. Dimensions: 212 x 198 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, on buff laid paper, tipped ont...
Editorial Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Hellenistic, late 4th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; applied relief, H. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm), Vases, Telephos, Orestes, and Clytemnestra. Telephos, king of Mysia, was wounded by the Greek hero Achilles during th...
Editorial Psyche's Father Consulting the Oracle. Agostino dei Musi (Italian, c. 1490-after 1536); after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592); in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520); printed by Antonio Salamanca (Italian, 1478...
Editorial Oracle and Worshippers before the Statue of Artemis of Ephesus. Follower of Battista Franco, called Il Semolei; Italian, c. 1510-1561. Date: 1530-1561. Dimensions: 212 x 198 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, on buff laid paper, tipped ont...
Editorial Dana? in the Brazen Chamber.
Editorial Oracle bone.
Editorial A Sibyl Holding a Scroll (Study for the Cimmerian Sibyl).
Editorial The Tea-Tax-Tempest (The Oracle).
Editorial Tsen hat. Worn by oracle-priests. In trance they wear this hat to become a Tsen-deity.
Editorial Oedipus sacrificing to the Delphic Oracle in front of a statue of Apollo. Scenes from the myth of Oedipus. Marble relief (3rd CE) from a sarcophagus.
Editorial Italy. Cumae. Ruins of the Greek site of the Oracle of Cumae. (Cuamean Sibyl). Ancient Magna Graecia.
Editorial Italy. Cumae. Ruins of the Greek site of the Oracle of Cumae. (Cuamean Sibyl). Ancient Magna Graecia.
Editorial Fluted red-figured krater with depiction of a sacrificial procession in honour of the Oracle of Delphi; 430 BCE.
Editorial Pergamon Altar. 164-156 BC. Telephos Frieze. Detail. Telephus consults an oracle about the healing of his wound. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.
Editorial Oedipus. Hero of Greek mythology. The Delphic oracle predicted that he would kill his father and marry his mother. When they discover the truth, Jocasta hangs herself and Oedipus tears out his eyes and goes into exile with his daughter Antigone. Oedipu...
Editorial History of Greece. The Spartans and Tyrtaeus. According to the oracle of Delphi, the Spartans could only beat the Messenians if they were commanded by an Athenian. Athens sent Tyrtaeus, Greek poet, under whose orders were successes.
Editorial Turkey. Didyma. Ancient Greek sanctuary. Coast of Ionia. Ruins of the Temple and oracle of Apollo, The Didymaion. Hellenistic period. Near Didim.
Editorial The Necromanteion of Ephyra, a sanctuary of Persephone and Hades and an oracle of Death (3rd BCE). According to Greek myths, this was one of the gateways to Hades. Orpheus descended here to save Eurydike. Thracia, Greece.
Editorial Orestes in Delphi asking the oracle, being persued by the Erinnyes after the murder of Klytaimnestra. Marble plaque (1st CE) from Herculaneum.
Editorial Apollo Temple at Didyma, Turkey. Designed by the Greek architects Paeonios of Ephesos and Daphnis of Milet, begun 313 BCE and finished around 40 CE. View of the Cella and Chresmographeion (oracle room). 118.34 x 60.13 m.
Editorial Nechung Oracle Temple near Lhasa [Drepung]. General view of temple building from courtyard. Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim. Bell collection. 1921. 438 prints 125x100mm to 160x115mm Gelatine silver prints, printing-out papers. Photographers: Sir Char...
Editorial A morai in Atooi. A depiction of a burial place shows a small rock-strewn field surrounded by low stone walls. In the right foreground is a thatch longhouse or "mana". In the middle background is the tall open-work oracle tower or "lananu'u". There is ...
Editorial Drepung and Nechung Oracle Temple. General view of monastery and temple, somewhat distant. . Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim. Bell collection. 438 prints 125x100mm to 160x115mm Gelatine silver prints, printing-out papers. Photographers: Sir Charles ...
Editorial Santa Eulalia de Boveda. Late Roman sancturary. 3rd century. Near Ancient Lucus Augusti (Lugo). Dedicated goddess Cibeles. Oracle. Detail frescoes. Sibyls in the form of birds. Galicia. Spain,.
Editorial Admetus and Alcestis consulting the oracle (Apollo). House of Tragic Poet.1st century AD. Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.
Editorial Italy. Cumae. Ruins of the Greek site of the Oracle of Cumae. (Cuamean Sibyl). Ancient Magna Graecia.
Editorial Italy. Cumae. Ruins of the Greek site of the Oracle of Cumae. (Cuamean Sibyl). Ancient Magna Graecia.
Editorial Pergamon Altar. 164-156 BC. Telephos Frieze. Detail. Telephus consults an oracle about the healing of his wound. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.
Editorial Psyche's Father Consulting the Oracle. Agostino dei Musi (Italian, c. 1490-after 1536); after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592); in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520); printed by Antonio Salamanca (Italian, 1478...
Editorial Oracle Bones (76 total). China. Date: 13 BC-11 BC. Dimensions: Various sizes. Segments of turtle plastrons and bones of oxen; polished, burned, and carved with inscriptions. Origin: China.
Editorial Oracle and Worshippers before the Statue of Artemis of Ephesus. Follower of Battista Franco, called Il Semolei; Italian, c. 1510-1561. Date: 1530-1561. Dimensions: 212 x 198 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, on buff laid paper, tipped ont...
Editorial Dana? in the Brazen Chamber.
Editorial A Sibyl Holding a Scroll (Study for the Cimmerian Sibyl).
Editorial Hippopotamus ("William").
Editorial Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water).
Editorial Unfinished Stela to Amun-Re.
Editorial Terracotta amphora (jar).
Editorial The Tea-Tax-Tempest (The Oracle).
Editorial Scenes from the Winter's Tale.
Editorial Spearhead (Mdung Rtse).
Editorial Twenty-sided die (icosahedron) with faces inscribed with Greek letters.
Editorial The centre figure represents a Lama acting as ‘Gnéchungchui-kyong’’ [gNas-chun-chos-skyon],’ a Deota. All the actors are supposed to represent servants of the Deota.’ ‘No.2 & 3 are two Gyelongs’ [dge-slon] ‘4 & 5 are called Todpakyashi...
Editorial Oedipus sacrificing to the Delphic Oracle in front of a statue of Apollo. Scenes from the myth of Oedipus. Marble relief (3rd CE) from a sarcophagus.
Editorial The centre figure represents a Lama acting as ‘Gnéchungchui-kyong’’ [gNas-chun-chos-skyon],’ a Deota. All the actors are supposed to represent servants of the Deota.’ ‘No.2 & 3 are two Gyelongs’ [dge-slon] ‘4 & 5 are called Todpakyashi...
Editorial Nechung Oracle Temple near Lhasa [Drepung]. General view of temple building from courtyard. Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim. Bell collection. 1921. 438 prints 125x100mm to 160x115mm Gelatine silver prints, printing-out papers. Photographers: Sir Char...
Editorial Chinese oracle bone. China, 16th-10th century B.C. Diviners of the Shang dynasty (16th-10th centuries B.C.) produced oracles by reading cracks on ox bones. Such bones bear the earliest writing known in China. The pit marks were produced by a hot poker....
Editorial Chinese oracle bone. China, 16th-10th century BC. Diviners of the Shang dynasty (16th-10th centuries B.C.) produced oracles by reading cracks on ox bones. Such bones bear the earliest writing known in China. Source: Or. 7694, 1535. Language: Chinese.
Editorial A morai in Atooi. A depiction of a burial place shows a small rock-strewn field surrounded by low stone walls. In the right foreground is a thatch longhouse or "mana". In the middle background is the tall open-work oracle tower or "lananu'u". There is ...
Editorial Oedipus consulting the Oracle of Delphi to find out about his parentage and his future. The Fall of Princes , abridged. England, S. E. (probably Suffolk, possibly Bury St Edmunds); c. 1450 - c. 1460. Source: Harley 1766, f.44v. Language: English.
Editorial William Gunter. . G.'s Confectioner's Oracle, containing receipts for desserts with an appendix, containing the best receipts for pastry-cooks being a companion to Dr. Kitchener's Cook's Oracle. London, 1830. Source: 1037.f.34, frontispiece and title p...
Editorial Drepung and Nechung Oracle Temple. General view of monastery and temple, somewhat distant. . Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim. Bell collection. 438 prints 125x100mm to 160x115mm Gelatine silver prints, printing-out papers. Photographers: Sir Charles ...
Editorial Chinese oracle bone. Diviners of the Shang dynasty (16th-10th centuries B.C.) produced oracles by reading cracks on ox bones. Such bones bear the earliest writing known in China. China, 16th-10th century BC. Source: Or. 7694, 1593.
Editorial Chinese oracle bone. China, 16th-10th century BC. Diviners of the Shang dynasty (16th-10th centuries B.C.) produced oracles by reading cracks on ox bones. Such bones bear the earliest writing known in China. Originally published/produced in China, 16t...
Editorial Chinese oracle bone. China, 16th-10th century BC. Diviners of the Shang dynasty (16th-10th centuries B.C.) produced oracles by reading cracks on ox bones. Such bones bear the earliest writing known in China. Originally published/produced in China, 16t...
Editorial Chinese oracle bone. China, 16th-10th century BC. Diviners of the Shang dynasty (16th-10th centuries B.C.) produced oracles by reading cracks on ox bones. Such bones bear the earliest writing known in China. Originally published/produced in China, 16t...
Editorial The Necromanteion of Ephyra, a sanctuary of Persephone and Hades and an oracle of Death (3rd BCE). According to Greek myths, this was one of the gateways to Hades. Orpheus descended here to save Eurydike. Thracia, Greece.
Editorial Pergamon Altar. 164-156 BC. Telephos Frieze. Detail. Telephus consults an oracle about the healing of his wound. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.
Editorial Turkey. Didyma. Ancient Greek sanctuary. Coast of Ionia. Ruins of the Temple and oracle of Apollo, The Didymaion. Hellenistic period. Near Didim.
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Dana? in the Brazen Chamber.
Editorial Hippopotamus ("William").
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Terracotta amphora (jar).
Editorial Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water).
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Oracle bone.
Editorial A Sibyl Holding a Scroll (Study for the Cimmerian Sibyl).
Editorial The Tea-Tax-Tempest (The Oracle).
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Unfinished Stela to Amun-Re.
Editorial Plate 4: Psyche's father consulting the Oracle, accompanied by another king, from the Story of Cupid and Psyche as told by Apuleius.
Editorial Scenes from the Winter's Tale.
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Oracle bone fragment.
Editorial Spearhead (Mdung Rtse).
Editorial Twenty-sided die (icosahedron) with faces inscribed with Greek letters.
Editorial Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water).
Editorial Faience polyhedron inscribed with letters of the Greek alphabet.
Editorial The Libyan Sibyl.
Editorial Lychees.
Editorial Psyche's father consulting the oracle, from 'The Fable of Psyche', 1530?60, Engraving, sheet: 6 11/16 x 8 7/8 in. (17 x 22.5 cm), Prints, Master of the Die (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1530?60), After Michiel Coxie (I) (Netherlandish, Mechelen ca. 1499?1...
Editorial ??, ???, ???, ??, Fruit, dated 1945, China, Album leaf; ink and color on paper, 12 1/8 x 25 1/8 in. (30.8 x 63.8 cm), Paintings, Ding Fuzhi (Chinese, 1879?1946), With the discovery of oracle-bone scripts at the turn of the twentieth century, painting w...
Editorial Banded agate ring stone, Hellenistic, 3rd?2nd century B.C., Italic, Agate, banded, Length: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm), Gems, Warrior consulting an oracle.
Editorial Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Hellenistic, late 4th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; applied relief, H. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm), Vases, Telephos, Orestes, and Clytemnestra. Telephos, king of Mysia, was wounded by the Greek hero Achilles during th...
Editorial Santa Eulalia de Boveda. Late Roman sancturary. 3rd century. Near Ancient Lucus Augusti (Lugo). Dedicated goddess Cibeles. Oracle. Detail frescoes. Sibyls in the form of birds. Galicia. Spain,.
Editorial Goose oracle in the Black Forest.
Editorial Admetus and Alcestis consulting the oracle (Apollo). House of Tragic Poet.1st century AD. Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.