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This bronze bull was cast using the lost wax method. It is hollow inside with cold-etched details. The ears and horns were cast separately and riveted to the head. In some cases, the eyes were filled with vitreous paste. The bulls are interpreted...

This Hispano-Roman mosaic adorned the antechamber to a reception room at the Villa de Soto de Ramalete, which was a country villa in Tudela (Navarre), Spain. It is made of limestone and dates from the 4th century CE. The plant motifs, intertwined...

This granite stela dates from the Early or Middle Bronze Age. It was discovered in Cáceres, Spain. (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid)

The "Biche of Balazote" is a hybrid sculpture of an androcephalous bull that has clearly been influenced by Greek models. The beast has the body of a bull and a human head with other animal features. The back was originally plain and abutted...

This tablet is made of bronze and was made c. 81-96 CE in Málaga, Spain. The "Lex Malacitana" was a fundemental pillar of the new Hispano-Roman culture. In order to maintain order in the empire, Rome pased laws governing both public and private...

These clay bell beakers come from the Early Bronze Age necropolis of Ciempozuelos (Cuesta de la Reina, Madrid), Spain and they were found during excavations conducted in the late 19th century CE. (Ciempozuelos was the first Bell-Beaker necropolis...

The Moorish Castle's Tower of Homage, built in the 8th Century CE. The "Moorish Castle" was built by the Berber Marinid Dynasty, and is a symbol of Muslim rule in Medieval Spain. The Tower of Homage is the tallest to be constructed during...

This belt buckle depicts wild boars and is made from bronze, silver, and gilded silver. It was made by members of the Carpetani culture around the 3rd-2nd century BCE, and it was discovered in the province of Toledo, Spain. (Museo Arqueológico...

This Hispano-Roman tragedy mask was originally an architectural element made of clay. It dates from the 1st-2nd century CE, and it was found at Bañuelas (Ávila), Spain. (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid)

The representation of eyes is a common trait shared by different groups of idols and has given rise to a generic term for these objects: "eye idols." Other shared feeatures are the representation of hair and what are thought to be facial...