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Detail of the bronze casing of the Balawat gate. From Balawat (Imgur-Enlil), northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of King Shalmaneser III, 858-824 BCE. (Ancient Orient Museum/Istanbul Archaeological...

Detail of the bronze casing of the Balawat gate. From Balawat (Imgur-Enlil), northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of King Shalmaneser III, 858-824 BCE. (Ancient Orient Museum/Istanbul Archaeological...

Detail of the bronze casing of the Balawat gate. From Balawat (Imgur-Enlil), northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of King Shalmaneser III, 858-824 BCE. (The British Museum, London)

This hydria (water jar) was decorated with a central boukranion (bull's head) which is flanked by two swans. The vase is inscribed around the shoulder with the name of the deceased, DOROTHEOU, whose ashes it contained...

This box was placed in the temple of Mamu, God of Dreams. The box is original but the tablets are plaster casts of the originals; they describe the titles and achievements of Ashurnasirpal II (reigned...

A cameo depicting Valeria Messalina and her children, wife of Roman emperor Claudius. (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris)

The Seven Lucky Gods or Shichifukujin of Japanese folklore. From left to right: Soldan Sağa Hotei, Juroujin, Fukurokuju, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, Daikokuten, Ebisu

A gold aureus from Antioch depicting Roman emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305 CE).

A Roman floor mosaic depicting the judgement of Paris, Antioch, Syria. 115-150 CE. (Louvre, Paris)

Thor's Fight with the Giants, oil on canvas by Mårten Eskil Winge, 1872. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.