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Only this fragment of a large funerary stele has survived. It shows an old bearded man, who has frontal baldness, facing a horse head. Marble. Late Classical Period, 4th century BCE. probably from Attica Region, in modern-day...

In this funerary stele, the deceased sits on a chair and appears to give a rounded object to a child (or maybe the reverse), who stands in front of him. Marble. Classical Period, near the end of the...

This head was found during the excavations of the lower agora of Pergamon; it seems that it had fallen there from one of the buildings on the higher city. The head reveals all of the characteristic features...

Hermaphroditus (or Hermaphroditos) was a child of Hermes and Aphrodite. The sex of Hermaphroditus is rendered very discreetly. The lower part of the body (including the hips and external genitals) is of a young...

This is an ephebe, a young athlete, probably around the age of 12 years. He is leaning on a long rectangular pillar; the latter would have been originally topped by a herm or some kind of a relief. He must have just...

The inscription on the frontal part of the pillar reads, in Greek, "You will recognize the fine statue by Alkamenes, the Hermes before the Gates, Pergamios gave it, know thyself". This is a copy of an original...

The facial features and the scalp hair reflect the typical characteristics of the Roman Emperor Augustus (Octavianus). Marble. Roman Period, 27 BCE to 14 CE. From Pergamon, Bergama, in modern-day Turkey. (Museum of Archaeology...

Agrippina the Elder was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, as well as being the spouse of Germanicus. Marble. First half of the first century CE. From Pergamon, Bergama, in modern-day...

Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emperor and reigned from 161-180 CE. He was the last emperor of the so-called "Five Good Emperors". Marble. Roman Period, 2nd half of the 2nd century CE. From the Village of Kindilli...

The face is oval-shaped and fleshy. The eyes were carefully depicted, with deep cuts. The lips are strong, with grooves. A headband encircles the hair at the front horizontally, at the back vertically, and once...