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A statue of Prince Shotoku as a youth, the legendary Japanese ruler and founder of Japanese Buddhism (r. 594-622 CE). Wood, 1200-1350 CE. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

Rectangular wooden inner coffin of Sen from Deir el-Bersha, Middle Kingdom of Egypt, 12th Dynasty, c. 1850 BCE. The British Museum, London.

Rectangular wooden inner coffin of Sen, dating to c. 1850 BCE. The coffin sides are inscribed in ink with religious writings now known as the Coffin Texts. On the floor of the coffin is a composition called the 'Book of Two Ways,' a guide...

Coffin of Khnumnakht from the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, dating to c. 1802–1640 BCE. On display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The lifesize bronze Etruscan statue from Arretium (Arezzo) known as the Arringatore or 'Orator'. 1st century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Florence, Italy)

Etruscan tombs at Volsinii (Orvieto). 6th-5th century BCE. Many of the tombs have an inscription above the single doorway indicating the name of the principal occupant.

The bronze statue known as the Mars of Todi. Etruscan, probably from Volsinii (Orvieto). 4th century BCE. Height: 1.42 m (Vatican Museums, Rome)

An Etruscan red on white slip pottery vessel from Vulci or Bisencio, c. 700 BCE. (Antikensammlung Berlin)

Gold ring of Ahhotep (c.1570-1530 BCE), mother of Egyptian pharaoh Ahmose I, who held the title of God's Wife of Amun. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

A 17th century CE oil painting by Matthias Stomer depicting the legendary Etruscan king of Chiusi Lars Porsenna and the Roman hero Mucius Scaevola. Porsenna attacked Rome c. 508 BCE and the captured Mucius put his hand in a fire to prove...