Images

Tauroctony relief in white marble depicting Mithras slaying the bull in a grotto. It was found South of Monastero near Aquileia (Italy). Now in Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria. From the 2nd half of 2nd century CE.

The Great Cameo of France is a five-layered sardonyx cameo divided into three levels which depicts members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, circa 23 CE. The Great Cameo of France is the largest cameo to survive from the ancient world. It...

A map showing the location of Tel Kabri within the borders of the modern State of Israel.

An image of Tel Kabri's Area D-West as it was at the end of the 2013 season. The excavators have lain down in Ceremonial Hall 611 and are spelling out the name of the site for a photo competition that was being held at the time. The top of...

A serpentine stone sculpture of Nandi, the sacred bull calf and vehicle of the Hindu god Shiva. The Deccan, India, 1550-1650 CE. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

A ceramic seated female figure from Veracruz. Mexico, 600-909 CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A seated Maya warrior. This stone and plaster figure is from the exterior of The Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza. Mexico, 1000-1100 CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A ceramic incense burner lid in the form of a skeletal canine figure, probably representing the Aztec night god Xolotl. When lit the burner would produce smoke through the mouth and eyes of the figure. Mexico, 1200-1400 CE. (St. Louis Art...

An Inca ceramic dish with a handle in the form of a bird. Peru, 1476-1534 CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A wooden figure possibly depicting the Aztec goddess of water Chalchihuitlicue. Mexico, 1350-1450 CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)