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Bronze bells (dotaku), probably used for ceremonial purposes in the Yayoi Period, discovered in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

Ritual bronze spear-blade (dohoko) from the Yayoi Period. The blade is said to have been excavated at Okamoto-cho, Kasuga City, modern Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

This coffin was part of a larger necropolis in "Old Smyrna" (established in the 11th century BCE) and is believed to be from the 7th or 6th century BCE. The necropolis contained the remains of nobles who died after the attack of Alyattes...

The present structures in New Smyrna's agora date from after 178 CE when an earthquake destroyed the earlier agora. This was not mainly a commercial agora, but rather functioned for stately matters. This lower level had many different functions...

A calcite canopic jar from Saqqara, Egypt. XXVI Dynasty. (Archaeological Museum, Pavia, Italy)

A Roman bronze cooking pan. 1st century BCE - 2nd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Pavia, Italy)

A cast of an original 1st century BCE marble bust of Roman general Marcus Agrippa (63-12 BCE). (Archaeological Museum of Pavia, Italy)

A map of the caves and temples at Ellora, in Maharastra, central India. The structures are Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain. 6th-8th century CE.

A marble portrait bust of Solon, the Athenian statesman and lawmaker, c. 640 - c. 560 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Naples)

A Roman glazed pottery cup mimicking bronze work with leaf designs. 1st-2nd century CE. (Archaeological Musuem, Pavia, Italy)