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Gold Bowl from the Oxus Treasure
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Gold Bowl from the Oxus Treasure

This gold bowl was decorated with pushed-out lobes and lions standing on their hind-legs with their front paws raised. The shape and decoration of the bowl was made by hammering. Part of the Oxus treasure, from Takht-i Kuwad, Tajikistan...
Egyptian Model Chariot
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Egyptian Model Chariot

The Egyptian god Bes is depicted on the front of this gold model chariot. Bes was the protective deity of the young, and this would suggest the chariot was made for a child. Chariots with the same profile and the wheel construction are shown...
Ganymede with the Eagle of Zeus
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Ganymede with the Eagle of Zeus

This statue came from Italy. Set on a Roman funerary altar with Latin inscription for "Ti Cl Corinthus." The altar was found near Porta Capena at Rome in 1713 CE and acquired by General Sir H. J. Montresor, circa 1750 CE. Roman, 2nd century...
Hercules
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Hercules

Roman copy of an original by the Greek sculptor Lysippos of about 325-300 BCE. Restored and set into a modern bust by the English sculptor Joseph Nollekens. Said to have been found at the foot of Mount Vesuvius and presented to the British...
Appollo, Farnese Collection
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Appollo, Farnese Collection

The torso and support by the right ride are ancient (probably from a statue of Dionysus). Restored as Appollo by Carlo Albacini in 18th century. Formerly in the Farnese Collection in Rome. Roman, 2nd century CE. The British Museum, London.
Demeter Holding a Torch
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Demeter Holding a Torch

Small statue of Demeter holding a torch. Set on a Roman funerary altar with Latin inscription for "Annia Isiada". Formerly in the collection of Duc De Blacas. Presented to the British Museum by Sir J. S. Gaskoin in 1836 CE. From Athens. Roman...
Clytie
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Clytie

Said to have been found near Naples. From the Collection of Charles Townley. Roman, circa 40-50 CE. The British Museum, London.
Zeus Bust from Hadrian's Villa
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Zeus Bust from Hadrian's Villa

Colossal head, probably of Zeus, set into modern bust. Presented to the British Museum by J. T. Barber Beaumont in 1836 CE. From the Villa of the Roman Emperor Hadrian at Tivoli. Roman, 2nd century CE. The British Museum, London.
Paris
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Paris

In the antiquity, the statue represented an attendant of the original god Mithras and would have held a torch, but in the 18th century, the arms were restored with attributes of the Trojan prince Paris. Discovered outside Rome in 1785 CE...
Statue of Husband & Wife from the 18th Dynasty
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Statue of Husband & Wife from the 18th Dynasty

Painted limestone statue of an unnamed man and his wife. Both sit on a high backed chair and wear elaborate layered wigs. There are no hieroglyphic inscriptions on the statue. It was found inside a tomb chapel at Thebes, Egypt. 18th Dynasty...
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