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A Roman cosmetic toolkit in bronze with two tweezers and two spoon-headed instruments (specilli) and a mirror also in bronze with (originally) a polished silver face. The toolkit is of unknown provenance whilst the mirror is 1st century CE...

A 1st century CE Roman blown glass bowl with added 'omega' handles. From the western cemetery of Aosta, North Italy. (Archaeological Museum, Aosta)

A 1st century CE bronze portable abacus, part of a Roman scribe's kit. From St. Martin-de-Corléans Cemetery, Aosta, North Italy. (Archaeological Museum, Aosta)

Detail of the Dexileos Stele. Visible are the holes where metal attachments would have been placed. On his leg a sword; in his right hand a spear; in his left hand the horse's reigns; and on his head, most likely a wide-brimmed hat, the petasos...

Dexileos Stele replica in situ, Dipylon Cemetery, Athens. (Original in the Kerameikos Museum, P 1130, c. 394 BCE)

Ruins of Mohenjo-daro in present-day Sindh, Pakistan, one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. Mohenjo-daro is one of the world's earliest major urban settlements, contemporaneous with the civilizations...

A map indicating the location of Sparta and her territory in the Peloponnese.

King Midas, the mythical king of Phrygia who was famous for his ability to change anything that he touched into solid gold. (Painting by Andrea Vaccaro, 1670 CE)

An artist's impression of what the Colossus of Rhodes statue, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, may have looked like. (19th century engraving by Sidney Barclay)

One of the few free-standing sculptures from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, 4th century BCE. (British Museum, London)