Images

Pottery ostrakon identifying Pericles, 444-443 BCE. These were used in Athens to vote a particular citizen to be exiled from the polis. From a well on the north slope of the acropolis of Athens. (Museum of the Ancient Agora, Athens)

Bronze pinakia - used to allot Athenian citizens their role as jurors. On the plate was inscribed the person's name, their father's name, and their deme (township). In the centre is a bronze ball from the machine (kleroteria) used to randomly...

Marble head of a goddess identified as Nemesis. 1st century CE copy of a 5th century BCE original by Agorakritos. (Agora Museum, Athens)

A model of the agora of Athens at its maximum extension during the 2nd century CE. (Agora Museum, Athens)

A model of the Athenian acropolis in the 5th century BCE. The monumental Propylaea gives access to the Parthenon (centre) and the Erechtheion (left side). (Agora Museum, Athens)

A scene from a Roman sarcophagus depicting the Greek hero Meleager fighting the Calydonian boar. From Nea Ionia (Treis Gefyres). 2nd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Piraeus, Athens)

Detail of a statue of Roman emperor Balbinus (Decimus Coelius Balbinus), r. 238 CE. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, Athens)

A gilded wooden and faience djed amulet (symbol of stability) from the tomb of Queen Nefertari, 19th Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE. Egyptian Museum, Turin.

A sandstone relief stele depicting in the top panel Minhotep and his son Nakhtmin making offerings to Hathor, Anubis, and Osiris. The middle panel shows Minhotep and his wife Nefertari. The bottom panel shows Nakhtmin and his wife Sekhmet...

A diorite statue of Thutmosis III. From the Temple of Amun, Thebes. Dynasty XVIII, 1479-1425 BCE. (Egyptian Museum, Turin)