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A terracotta plaque depicting Scylla the sea monster from Greek mythology thought to inhabit the straits between Sicily and the Italian mainland, from the Cyclades, 450 BCE. Height: 12.5 cm. The British Museum, London.

A gold bracelet from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb at Etruscan Cerveteri, Italy. 7th century BCE. The design has trios of women repeated around the bracelet whose hair suggests a Phoenician origin. (Vatican Museums, Rome)

A bronze cauldron from the Regolini-Galassi tomb at Etruscan Cerveteri, Italy. 7th century BCE. (Vatican Museums, Rome)

A sketch of the main chamber of the Regolini-Galassi Tomb at Etruscan Cerveteri. 7th century BCE. Inside the chamber were the remains of a female with many precious goods in gold and silver.

A cup with sheet silver decoration from the Etruscan Regolini-Galassi Tomb at Cerveteri, Italy. 7th century BCE. (Vatican Museums, Rome)

A gold sheet pectoral from the Etruscan Regolini-Galassi Tomb at Cerveteri, Italy. 7th century BCE. Height: 42 cm. (Vatican Museums, Rome)

A copper alloy plaque with an inscription in the Etruscan alphabet. The inscription reads from right to left and the top line is the name of the god Culsans, the second line is as yet undeciphered. 3rd - 2nd century BCE. (British Museum...

Gold sheet plaques from Pygri, the port of Etruscan Cerveteri. In both the Etruscan and Phoenician alphabet they describe the separation of a space dedicated in the temple there for Astarte. c. 500 BCE (Museo di Villa Giulia, Rome)

Marble statue of Narcissus, from Gaeta (Italy), Roman copy of the 4th century CE. The statue type of the standing naked boy leaning with his left arm on a pillar is interpreted as the beautiful youth Narcissus who sees his own reflection...

Mosaic of Narcissus, from the House of Dionysos, late 2nd / early 3rd century CE, Paphos Archaeological Park (Nea Paphos), Cyprus.