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This limestone fragment depicts an offering scene. It was found inside the tomb of the high dignitary of Egypt Akhhethetep. From the mastaba (eternal house) of Akhhethetep, Saqqara (Sakkara), Egypt. Old Kingdom, 3-4 Dynasty, 2700-2600 BCE...

Granite head from a sphinx of the Egyptian pharaoh Senusret III with youthful features. Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, 1870 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Granodiorite head of a sphinx of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep II. From the cachette of Karnak temples, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1420 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

This coffin belonged to a young child, whose name was Nefretiri. Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, 1220 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

A reconstructed site plan of the Classic Maya centre of Copán in modern Honduras.

Terracotta votive plaque dedicated by Ninnion to the two great goddesses of Eleusis (Demeter and Persephone). Middle of 4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Athens, Greece)

The upper part of one of the caryatids that flanked the Lesser Propylaea of the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis. The caryatid was made in Attica in about 50 BCE. (Eleusis Museum, Greece)

This is the largest and most important votive relief found at Eleusis. It represents the Eleusinian deities in a scene of mysterious rituel. On the left Demeter, clad in a peplos and holding a scepter in her left hand, offers ears of wheat...

Quartzite head of the Egyptian pharaoh Senusret III (aka Sesostris III) with aged features. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, 1850 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

In this silver statue, Horus wearing the double crown. Egypt, 27th Dynasty, circa 500 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).