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This Attica cup was made by the "Colmar Painter" and dates from c. 500-480 BCE. It was made in ancient Greece. (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid)

This statuette of the Roman god Silvanus dates from the 1st century CE, and it is made from marble. In ancient times, the garden represented a tamed space — a small-scale version of nature. Its fertility and abundance spoiled over into the...

This mosaic with an octopus is made of limestone and dates from the 2nd-3rd century CE. It is from Villaquejida (León), Spain. (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid)

This verraco of a pig is made of granite and dates from the 3rd-1st century BCE. It was created by members of the Vettonian culture of ancient Iberia and was found in the Spanish province of Ávila. Verracos were sculptures of male beasts...

The "Lioness of Baena" was made of limestone in the 5th century BCE by ancient Iberian people. It was found at Minguillar Hill (Baena, Córdoba), Spain. In a menacing pose with open jaws, this lioness may have been a protective element on...

This incomplete funerary stela with an inscription in the Celtiberian language and Western Celtiberian script comes from Coruña de Conde (Peñalba de Castro), Burgos in Spain. The inscription transcribes as "Kaabaarinos," in nominative masculine...

A pottery figurine depicting a mounted archer carrying a bow case. Tang Dynasty, 618-906 CE. (British Museum, London)

Bronze arrowheads from Shang dynasty China. 1200-1050 BCE. (British Museum, London)

Screenshot from the game Numantia.

3D map from the game Numantia.