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A cell at the extremity of a pointed appendice from a kite in Armenia (up). The same configuration in Jordan, a cell under excavation (down).

Filippo Palizzi (1818-1899) was an Italian painter of the Verismo style. This romantic painting shows what the excavation of Pompeii in the 19th century may have looked like.

A detail from a bronze statue of an athlete wearing a laurel crown of victory, 340-330 BCE. Found in the sea off Marathon. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A marble figurine from the Cycladic islands, 2800-2300 BCE, depicting a flute or aulos player. It is one of the earliest representations of a musician in sculpture from the Bronze Age Aegean. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens).

The Boxers Fresco from Bronze Age Akrotiri on the island of Thera (Santorini), c. 1700 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

The Lilies Fresco from Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera, modern-day Santorini (also known as the Spring Fresco). From Room 2 of Building Delta, c. 17th century BCE. Lilies or papyrus are depicted growing from colourful volcanic rocks...

A detail of the bronze statue of Roman emperor Augustus found in the sea near Euboea, 12-10 BCE (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A Parian marble statue of Aphrodite, from Baiai in southern Italy. 2nd century CE copy of a Greek original of the 4th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A marble sculpture of the Minotaur. A Roman copy of a Greek original by Myron. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A relief from a funerary kouros base depicting two Greek wrestlers, one of the sports at such events as the Olympic Games at Olympia. c. 510 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)