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This is a quartzite head of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III; the king wears the red crown of Lower Egypt. This style is very typical of the sculpture of Amenhotep III, especially in the depiction of the eyes. It also foreshadows...

This marble statue of a young man on a horse back appears to represent a Roman prince of the ruling Julio-Caludian Dynasty. It was restored in the 16th century CE by the Italian Renaissance architect and sculptor...

This colossal marble lion was found at a tomb within the ancient cemetery of Knidos (a coastal city in the south-west Turkey). The marble itself was brought from the Aegean Sea from mountain Pentelikon near the city of Athens...

An artist's rendition of a surrender to a Greek army.

Bronze statue of the goddess Serket, Late Period (715-332 BCE), Museu Egipci de Barcelona

Canopic chest of Neby (dating from 18th Dynasty, found in Thebes, Egypt). The painted sides bear hieroglyphic text and representations of Neith, Serket, Isis, Nephthys, and Sons of Horus.

Golden statue of Serket from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (c. 1336 to c. 1327 BCE).

Detail of the cella of the Bacchus temple in Baalbek, Lebanon which dates to the end of the 2nd century CE.

Temple of the goddess Venus in the Baalbek temple complex, Lebanon, early 3rd century CE.

An illustration of three different dog types depicted on Egyptian monuments.