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This relief is made of marble, and it comes from one of the ancient Greek colonies that were located along the Black Sea. It depicts a nymph and was created c. 200-150 BCE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

This relief is made of marble, and it comes from one of the ancient Greek colonies that were located along the Black Sea. It depicts several nymphs and was created c. 200-150 BCE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

This black figured amphora was made by the Andokides Painter of Attica, and it dates from c. 530 BCE. It is made of clay and special glaze. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

These Eneolithic tools are made of stone or bone. They come from what is present-day Armenia, and they date from the 5th-4th century BCE. (Metsamor Historical-Archaeological Museum-Reserve, Taronik, Armenia)

This prehistoric statue depicts the female physique and is made of tuff. It dates from the 15th-13th century BCE, and it could have been used in ritual and ceremonies. It was excavated in what is present-day Armenia. (Metsamor Historical-Archaeological...

This ritual ware vessel is made of clay and dates from the 15th-13th century BCE. It was excavated in what is present-day Armenia. (Metsamor Historical-Archaeological Museum-Reserve, Taronik, Armenia)

These clay fragments are decorated with glaze and date from the 13th century BCE. They were excavated in what is present-day Armenia. (Metsamor Historical-Archaeological Museum-Reserve, Taronik, Armenia)

This unusual kernos vessel is made of clay and dates from the 15th-13th century BCE. It was excavated in what is present-day Armenia. (Metsamor Historical-Archaeological Museum-Reserve, Taronik, Armenia)

This elegant ritual ware vessel is made of clay and dates from the 12th-9th century BCE. It was excavated in what is present-day Armenia. (Metsamor Historical-Archaeological Museum-Reserve, Taronik, Armenia)

An 18th century CE depiction of Byzantine emperor Leo VI (r. 886-912 CE) and his wife Saint Theophano.