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When Lake Sevan's water dropped due to hydroelectric production in 1950, countless graves and other ancient artifacts were uncovered in Lchashen, Armenia. Over the decades, 800 graves were discovered the majority...

A bronze pitcher with Nereid (sea nymph). 1st century CE. Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei, (photo taken at the National Maritime Museum, Sydney Australia) Utensils for serving food were another way of showing...

The background metal is bronze containing traces of a gold and silver, and its surface has been deliberately darkened, perhaps by organic acids. It may be an example of what Pliny calls "Corinthian bronze"...

The bronze head of Medusa is a decorative element from one of the Nemi Ships built by Caligula around 37-41 CE. It is now in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme in Rome.

A bronze Greek athlete recovered from the sea off Marathon. 340-330 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A bronze Mycenaean sword with a gold handle inlaid with lapis lazuli, from Mycenae, Grave IV, Grave Circle A, 16th century BCE. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

These two bronze shaft-hole axes date back to the late 3rd millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

Hollow-cast bronze cat, probably a votive offering to the goddess Bastet, from Tell Basta, Egypt, c. 664-30 BCE. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

A bronze bust of Juba II as a young man, created sometime in the 20s BCE. The bust was found in Volubilis, the western capital of Mauretania during the reign of Juba II. (Collection of the Rabat Archaeological Museum...

Two bronze statuettes from Enkomi dated to the early 12th century BCE, Cyprus Museum. The statuette on the left is the so-called “Horned God” which depicts a deity portrayed as a young athlete wearing...