Images

The Golenischev Aphrodite. From Alexandria, Egypt, 4th-3rd century BCE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

A marble stele depicting two Greek warriors. Taman Peninsula, 4th century BCE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

An oinophoros from Knidos, Greece depicting Hermes. 2nd century CE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

An Etruscan bucchero vase. Second half of the 6th century BCE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

The Faiyum, an ancient oasis which flourished during the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. It is most famous today for the finds of many fine painted mummy coffin lids.

Song Dynasty women inspecting a bolt of silk. 12th century CE. Painted on silk. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA)

Small, painted votive statue depicting the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Wife Nefertiti holding hands, a notedly unusual pose in the art of the New Kingdom, c. 1345 BCE. The king wears the blue kheperesh crown, and the queen sports...

Head of Senusret III. Egyptian 12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, Louvre, Paris.

Dahshur Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III, Tomb of Mereret Middle Kingdom of Egypt, 12th Dynasty

This Amarna Period limestone relief (ca. 1353-1336 BCE) depicts Queen Nefertiti offering a bouquet to the Aten. It is a prime example of the typical Amarna style, as it depicts the queen with an elongated face, slanted eyes, protruding lips...