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This winged ibex was a handle for a metal amphora-shaped vessel, made in the 4th century BCE in Achaemenid Persia. This high level of detail was achieved through the use of lost-wax technique. It has been suggested that this piece of art...

Sarcophagus of Eshmunazor II, king of Sidon. This sarcophagus is significant because it contains the longest known inscription in Phoenician writing. The king clearly shows an Egyptian style, with the fake beard and an Egyptian hairstyle...

Lamp handle made of bronze in the shape of an ibex. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. Southern Arabia. Louvre Museum, Paris.

Limestone relief from Palmyra (Syria) showing the moon god Aglibol, the supreme god Baalshamin, and the sun god Malakbel (from left to right). First half of the first century CE. Exhibited in the Louvre Museum, Paris.

An early 20th Century map of Taxila showing the various archaeological sites in red by Sir John Marshall

The Hindu god of fire Agni seated on a ram. Angkor Borei, Cambodia, 7th century CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

Agni, the Hindu god of fire. In a typical pose he has flaming hair and rides a ram.

The death opf Julius Caesar as depicted by Vincenzo Cammuccini, 1804-5 CE. (National Art Gallery, Moderna, Italy)

Mosaic depicting musicians, signed by Dioskourides of Samos. The mosaic shows an episode from a comedy since the figures are wearing theatrical masks. The figures are playing musical instruments often connected with the cult of Cybele: the...

Marble statue from the West pediment of the Parthenon (West pediment A) depicting a river-god (possibly the river Ilissos), designed by Pheidias, about 438-432 BCE. (British Museum, London)