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A model of a 5th century BCE Etruscan temple. Temple A at Pyrgi, the port and sanctuary of Cerveteri/Cisra (Altes Museum, Berlin)

A detail of the 19th century CE reconstructed Etruscan temple at the Villa Giulia Museum, Rome, showing the terracotta roof decorations which were common to Etruscan buildings.

A 19th century CE reconstruction of a typical Etruscan temple at the Villa Giulia Museum, Rome.

A terracotta model of an Etruscan house or hut. From Cerveteri. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

A model of an early Etruscan hut in terracotta and bronze. 8th century BCE, from Vulci. (Museum of Art & History, Geneva)

Campaigns of Roman Governor Gnaeus Julius Agricola in Britain.

A gold staff finial made by the Zenúes, a people who belonged to the Zenú tribe of ancient Colombia. It features an owl on the edge with a majestic crest, polished golden wings and false filigree openwork on its chest. Distinctive features...

A Poporo is a container used for storing lime that could be procured by crushing seashells and would later be eaten with coca leaves- a tradition in Pre-Columbian South America. This Poporo, made out of gold with a nude female figure carved...

Campanian in origin and dating to 330-300 BCE, the function of this plate is indicated by the painted fish motifs. It is believed that the central hole was intended to hold sauce. Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.

A bronze figurine of a youth or priest offering a libation. 2nd century BCE. Etruscan-Latin. (British Museum, London)