Images

The tondo from a red-figure kylix depicting a youth carrying a wineskin and staff. By the Eueurgides painter, Corinth, 515-500 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens).

A Greek athlete wearing the ribbon of victory (diadoumenos). 1st century BCE copy of a 5th century BCE original by Polykleitos, Delos. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

Limestone stela of Khai, the follower of the king. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1400 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone stela of Pairi. The stela was re-used again by Nefery. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1300 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone stela of Amunherhetef, the fan-bearer. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1380 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone stela of the chief of police, Ptahmay. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1300 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Sitdjehuti was a sister and daughter of Egyptian pharaohs. This is the back side of the the upper part of her coffin, which was made of gold-plated sycamore wood and stucco. There are hieroglyphic inscriptions. From Western Thebes, modern-day...

Limestone stela of Nefernay with his nurse and family. From modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, circa 12th Dynasty, circa 1800 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Sitdjehuti was a sister and daughter of Egyptian pharaohs. This is a close-up view of the back side of the the upper part of her coffin, which was made of gold-plated sycamore wood and stucco. There are hieroglyphic inscriptions. From Western...

Standing-striding granodiorite statue of the god Horus, from the mortuary temple of Amenophis III, Western Thebes, New Kingdom of Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c. 1360 BCE. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany.