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Marble statue of Scylla, a monstrous sea goddess who haunted the rocks of a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool daemon Charybdis (Kharybdis). Ships that sailed too close to her rocks would lose six men to her ravenous, darting heads. The...

Amazonomachy, detail, late 2nd to early 3rd century CE, front and side of a sarcophagus, Roman. Pentelic marble. Exhibit in the Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The museum permitted photography of this...

A silver coin from Agrigento depicting Scylla the monster from Greek mythology thought to inhabit the straits between Sicily and the Italian mainland. 5th century BCE. (British Museum, London)

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...