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An Etruscan bucchero vase. Second half of the 6th century BCE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

The Faiyum, an ancient oasis which flourished during the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. It is most famous today for the finds of many fine painted mummy coffin lids.

Song Dynasty women inspecting a bolt of silk. 12th century CE. Painted on silk. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA)

Small, painted votive statue depicting the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Wife Nefertiti holding hands, a notedly unusual pose in the art of the New Kingdom, c. 1345 BCE. The king wears the blue kheperesh crown, and the queen sports the...

Head of Senusret III. Egyptian 12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, Louvre, Paris.

Dahshur Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III, Tomb of Mereret Middle Kingdom of Egypt, 12th Dynasty

This Amarna Period limestone relief (ca. 1353-1336 BCE) depicts Queen Nefertiti offering a bouquet to the Aten. It is a prime example of the typical Amarna style, as it depicts the queen with an elongated face, slanted eyes, protruding lips...

This fragmentary statue of the pharaoh Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) dates from the Amarna Period (c. 1353-1336 BCE), and was originally housed in a temple complex to the Aten near Karnak, in what is now modern-day Luxor. Currently on display...

The entrance of the Acropolis Museum, Athens.

View of the acropolis from the remains of the Athenian Assembly on the Pnyx