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Map of Celtic Expansion - 6th-3rd century BCE
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Map of Celtic Expansion - 6th-3rd century BCE

A map showing the various campagins of Celtic tribes between the 6th and 3rd centuries BCE.
Gallic Warriors
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Gallic Warriors

An artist's impression of how Gallic warriors may have looked in battle.
Gallic Victory
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Gallic Victory

An artist's impression of Gallic warriors celebrating victory.
Glazed Brick Guardsman from Susa, Iran
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Glazed Brick Guardsman from Susa, Iran

This was part of a frieze depicting rows of guards. The vivid colors show how the carved stone sculptures would have looked when they were painted. The guards were thought to be members of the 10,000 special royal guards. They were said to...
Hieratic Book of the Dead of Padimin
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Hieratic Book of the Dead of Padimin

Hieratic Book of the Dead of Padimin written on linen; mummy wrapping. From Akhmim, Egypt. Late Period, after 664 BCE. (The British Museum, London)
Mummy of a Young Bull
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Mummy of a Young Bull

A mummified bullock, wrapped in linen (with geometric pattern on the chest). There false eyes. From Thebes, Egypt. Roman Period, after 30 BCE. (The British Museum, London)
Book of the Dead of Hunefer
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Book of the Dead of Hunefer

This is the Book of the Dead of Hunefer (Hw-nfr). There are fully colored vignettes (scenes) with a colored border. The scenes demonstrate episodes in Hunefer's judgement in the afterlife. From Egypt. 19th Dynasty, 1292–1189 BCE. (The British...
Venus
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Venus

Nude Venus of the Capitoline type. Found at Campo Iemini in 1794 CE in excavation conducted by Robert Fagan and sponsored by Prince Augustus Frederick, son of George III. Possibly restored by John Deare. Subsequently in the collection of...
The Knucklebone Player
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

The Knucklebone Player

A young girl plays a game of knucklebones, using animal bones as 4-sided dice. Roman marble sculpture, 1st to 2nd centuries CE, acquired by Charles Townley in 1768 during his first grand tour of Europe. The British Museum, London.
Darius I as Pharaoh of Egypt
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Darius I as Pharaoh of Egypt

This wooden door shows Darius I (reigned 521-486 BCE) dressed as pharaoh on the right, making an offering to the Egyptian god Anubis. The goddess Isis stands on the left. The door originally belonged to a box (or naos) used to contain statuettes...
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