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Byzantine Capital with Palmettes from Saraçhane
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Byzantine Capital with Palmettes from Saraçhane

This basket-shaped marble capital is decorated with a distinctive split-palmette. It dates to 524-527 CE and came from the Saraçhane excavations, Fatih, Istanbul, in modern-day Turkey. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turley).
Fayum Egyptian Funerary Portrait
Image by Carole Raddato

Fayum Egyptian Funerary Portrait

Fayum funerary portrait of a man. Encaustic painting on wood (painting technique employing a heated or cold mixture of beewax with resin). 2nd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Greece)
Roman Hunter with Lioness Painting
Image by Carole Raddato

Roman Hunter with Lioness Painting

A venatio scene with a hunter attacking a lioness. The painting once adorned the balustrade of the podium of the Roman amphitheatre of Augusta Emerita in the late 1st century CE. It was found reused in a tomb outside the amphitheatre, which...
Medieval Ballista
Image by Wolfgang Sauber

Medieval Ballista

A modern reconstruction of a medieval ballista or mounted crossbow. Château de Castelnaud, France.
Medieval Trebuchet
Image by Quistnix

Medieval Trebuchet

A modern reconstruction of a medieval trebuchet catapult. Château des Baux, France.
Attic Oil Flask Depicting a Scene from Seven Against Thebes
Image by Metropolitan Museum of Art

Attic Oil Flask Depicting a Scene from Seven Against Thebes

This image of a young warrior cutting his hair before battle may reflect a scene in Seven against Thebes, a tragedy by Aeschylus. The seven heroes knew that only one of them would survive battle. Each cut a lock of his hair and tied it to...
Seven Against Thebes
Image by Carole Raddato

Seven Against Thebes

High terracotta Etruscan relief depicting scenes from the myth of the Seven Against Thebes. It decorated the back of the temple of the sanctuary at Pyrgi, 470-460 BCE, National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome.
Fragment from an Imperial Sarcophagus
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Fragment from an Imperial Sarcophagus

This porphyry fragment is thought to have belonged to the sarcophagus of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine the Great. 4th century CE. From Istanbul, in modern-day Turkey. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turley).
Relief of a Horse Rider from Balat
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Relief of a Horse Rider from Balat

This rectangular marble piece depicts a horse rider advancing to the right. The upper body is encased in an armor (the shape of the armor fits the anatomical contours of the chest and upper abdomen). He holds a short and wide sword in his...
Chest with Bulls' Head from Sarachanebasi
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Chest with Bulls' Head from Sarachanebasi

This marble bull's head is part of a large chest. 5th to 6th century. From the vicinity of the Bozdogan Arch, probably was part of the Baths of Constantinianai, Sarachanebasi, Istanbul, in modern-day Turkey. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul...
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