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A silver denarius of Julius Caesar depicting an elephant commemorating his victory over the Gauls and Germanic tribes in 58 BCE. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona, Spain)

A Roman coin depicting two standing soldiers. Denarius of Caius Servilius, 1st century BCE. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona, Spain)

A marble statue of a figure wearing a toga from the Scaenae frons of the Roman theatre of Tarragona. 1st century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona, spain)

Marble standing Buddha with pigments. 70 cm (height). Tang Dynasty, 600s-700s CE. Excavated from Liquan Monestery at Liquan County, Xianyang, 1987 CE. From the Xi'an Museum. (Photo taken at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney...

Terracotta tablet depicting the Buddha. 13.5 cm (height). Tang Dynasty, 618-907 CE. Transferred from the Xi'an Antiques Shop, 1979. From the Xi'an Museum. (Photo taken at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Australia)

Jade, gilded bronze and rock crystal jewellery piece. 56 cm (length). Tang Dynasty, 669 CE. Excavated from the tomb of Liu Zhi (civil official), and his consort. Northwest University, Chang'an District, Xi'an. Shaanxi Provincial...

Stoneware double-fish flask with brown glaze. 25 cm (height). Tang Dynasty, 600s-700s CE. Xi'an Museum. (Photo taken at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Australia)

Fragmentary statue of Hermes carrying a ram on his shoulders (Kriophoros, the "ram-bearer"). Late Roman marble copy from the 1st century BCE of the Kriophoros of Kalamis (a 5th century BCE sculptor of ancient Greece), found near...

Fresco fragment depicting a hermaphrodite displaying both male and female anatomy, 2nd half of 3rd century CE, from Capua. (Museo Barracco, Rome)

Marble sculpture depicting Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite who became a hermaphrodite after his union with the nymph Salmacis. Roman copy of the 2nd century CE after a Hellenistic original of the 2nd century...