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Etruscan Red on White Pottery Vessel
An Etruscan red on white slip pottery vessel from Vulci or Bisencio, c. 700 BCE. (Antikensammlung Berlin)
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Ring of Ahhotep
Gold ring of Ahhotep (c. 1570-1530 BCE), mother of Egyptian pharaoh Ahmose I, who held the title of God's Wife of Amun.
Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Lars Porsenna & Mucius Scaevola
A 17th century CE oil painting by Matthias Stomer depicting the legendary Etruscan king of Chiusi Lars Porsenna and the Roman hero Mucius Scaevola. Porsenna attacked Rome c. 508 BCE and the captured Mucius put his hand in a fire to prove...
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Rape of Lucretia
The Rape of Lucretia by Titian (1490-1576 CE). Lucretia was raped by Sextus, son of the Roman king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. The incident, according to legend, brought about the downfall of the monarchy and the beginning of the Roman republic...
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Tin
A terracotta bust of the Etruscan god Tin/Tinia, head of the pantheon and equivalent to Zeus/Jupiter. 300-250 BCE. (Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich)
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Ptolemy XIII in the Temple at Kom Ombo
A relief of Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator on one of the pillars in the courtyard of the Temple at Kom Ombo.
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Etruscan Diners, Tarquinia
A detail of a wall painting in the Etruscan Tomb of the Funerary Bed at Tarquinia. The two men are dining, as indicated by their low one-armed chairs. c. 460 BCE.
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Etruscan Drinking Party
A scene from a stone Etruscan sarcophagus showing a drinking party. Chiusi, 6th century BCE. (Staatliche Museum, Berlin)
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Etruscan Banquet Scene
A scene from a stone Etruscan funerary urn depicting a banquet scene. Chiusi, 5th century BCE. (British Museum, London)
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Egyptian Protective Knife
An Egyptian apotropaic knife made from a hippopotamus tusk and designed to ward off evil in a nursery. (Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago)
