Images

Model group of brewing, comprising nine (originally 13) figures sifting, an overseer, three sieving mash, and three (originally four) crouching before ovens. Found at Deir el-Bahri, dating to c. 2050-2000 BCE.

The bust known as the 'Patrician Torlonia' thought to represent the Roman statesman Cato the Elder (234-149 BCE), Marcus Portius Cato, also sometimes known as 'Cato the Censor'. (Torlonia Collection, Rome)

A toy dog in glazed turquoise, Middle Kingdom of Egypt (2040-1782 BCE). The British Museum, London.

A detail of the funerary stele of Intef II depicting his dogs. Egypt, 11th Dynasty, c. 2063 BCE. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

The Egyptian 'Four Dogs' cosmetic palette. Louvre, Paris.

A mummy containing the remains of a dog. Kharga Oasis, Egypt, 400-100 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Facsimile of a detail from a wall painting in the Tomb of Nebamun showing a dog seated beneath its master's chair. From Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1479-1458 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A small ivory figurine of a dog swallowing a fish, with its tail rendered in bronze. From Thebes, New Kingdom of Egypt, 18th Dynasty (1350-1300 BCE). The British Museum, London.

A bronze head of a youth. Etruscan, from Vipsul (modern Fiesole), c. 330 BCE. (Museo Archeologico Etrusco, Florence)

The Etruscan bronze figure sculpture of a young boy known as the Ombre della Sera or 'Evening Shadow'. 3rd century BCE. Height: 57 cm. (Museo Etrusco Guarnacci, Volterra, Italy)