Images

A Mycenaean gold necklace from Dendra, 15-14th centuries BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A Mycenaean gold necklace from Dendra, 15-14th centuries BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A fresco depicting flying-fish from Phylakopi, Melos. Late Cycladic, 16th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A Mycenaean grave stele of poros stone depicting spirals and a charioteer. Grave Circle A, Mycenae, 16th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A gold and lapiz lazuli necklace from Egypt, New Kingdom, 1550-1075 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

Copper alloy with precious metal inlay statue of Egyptian priestess Takushit. 25th Dynasty, c. 670 BCE. Found near Alexandria. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A wooden statue of a woman grinding cereals. Egyptian, Middle Kingdom, 2040-1640 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A bronze Greek athlete recovered from the sea off Marathon. 340-330 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A bronze jockey and horse, from a shipwreck off Cape Artemision, Euboea, c. 140 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A Minoan alabaster jug, Crete, 15th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)