Images

An image of the wine pithos at Tel Kabri's Area D-West in situ during the 2013 excavation. The pithos were excavated out after the photo and this storage room is now covered over for conservation purposes. For purposes of the excavation...

Statue in red marble depicting the punishment of Marsyas, a satyr who dared challenge Apollo to a music contest. Marsyas lost and Apollo had him tied to a tree and flayed him alive. The statue was found at the Villa Vignacce in southeastern...

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...