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Excavated remains of the Temple of Lions, a 40-foot terrace attached to a temple at Mari. The temple, also known as the Temple of the King of the Land was built by the ruler, Ishtup-Ilum, in the 22nd century BCE and dedicated to the god...

A Roman satyr mask in marble. 2nd century CE. (Capitoline Museums, Rome)

A Roman-period statue of Leda and the swan from Greek mythology. From a 4th century BCE Greek original by Timotheos. (Capitoline Museums, Rome)

A marble statue of a seated Ares, Greek god of war. Eros plays at the god's feet. 2nd century BCE. (Palazzo Altemps, Rome)

A section of Roman flooring known as opus sectile. Marble and slate inlay. From the Domus Tiberiana in Rome, 1st century CE. (Forum Museum, Rome)

A marble relief depicting a Roman naval vessel with a ram on the prow. Augustan period from the Palatine, Rome. (Forum Museum, Rome)

A marble head depicting a dying Persian. 2nd century CE Roman copy of a Greek 3rd century BCE original. From the Domus Tiberiana, Rome. (Forum Museum, Rome)

The surviving arches of the Aqua Claudia (Claudian Aqueduct) in Rome. Completed in the 1st century CE.

A Pentelic marble bust of Hygieia, the Greek and Roman goddess of medicine and healing. 2nd century CE. (Palazzo Altemps, Rome)

The Juno Ludovisi was once part of a colossal marble statue and has actually been idnetified by some scholars as either an idealized statue of Antonia Minor, the mother of Roman emperor Claudius or Livia, the wife of Augustus. (Palazzo Altemps...