Images

The sun god Shamash accepts a libation. Babylonian stela, on display in the Louvre, Paris.

A floor plan and side view diagram of the 4th century BCE Etruscan Francois Tomb at Vulci, central Italy.

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...