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Painted Ceramic Jar From Khafajah
This is an example of a type of decorated pottery known as Scarlet Ware. The painting includes chariot and banquet scene with musicians. One musician plays a bull-headed lyre. The jar is the earliest object so far known to combine these recurrent...
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Ninevite V Incised Cup
This pottery cup has a pointed-base and was wheel-made. The surface contains many incised markings typical of Ninevite 5 incised ware. Donated by Hormuzd Rassam. Ninevite 5 period, 2750-2500 BCE. From Nineveh, northern Mesopotamia, modern-day...
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Sumerian Man Offering a Libation
Shell inlay depicting a standing and naked man (ordinary individual or priest) offering a libation. Excavated by Sir Henry Layard for the Department of Antiquities in Iraq. This object was part of the objects allotted to the British Museum...
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Ostrich Egg from Lachish
Ostriches were native to the Levant, and their eggs, plain or decorated, were often included in tombs deposits. MBIIB-C, 1750-1550 BCE. From Lachish, modern-day Israel. (The British Museum, London).
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Hanok Interior
An interior room of a traditional Korean home in the hanok style of Korean architecture. (Namsangol Hanok Village, Seoul, South Korea)
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Korean Hanok Architecture
A modern building employing the classic features of the hanok architectural style of ancient Korea. (House of Kim Jeong-hui)
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Ancient Egyptian Sandal
Dating to 400-600 C.E., this pair of sandals features extensive leather-tooled decoration on the footbed, a design detail would have only been appreciated when the sandals were removed. From the Bata Shoe Museum collection in Toronto...
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Ancient Greek Sandal
Similar to the ancient Egyptians, the ancient Greeks favoured sandals. However, rather than using vegetable fibre, the Greek preferred leather with cork or leather soles. Varying footwear styles reflected the differences of age, gender and...
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Table Dolmen, Ganghwa, Korea
A Bronze Age table dolmen on the island of Ganghwa, South Korea. c. 1000 BCE. Such structures were built above tombs of the elite.
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Cupisnique Culture Sacred Animals
This piece shows a feline, owl, serpents, and condor. The owl and condor represented the sky while the feline represented the earth and dominance. The serpent represented the subterranean world. Housed in the Museo Larco, Lima, Peru.
