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Kamares Ware Pottery
Two examples of the distinctive Kamares Style of pottery decoration used by the Minoans based on Crete in the Middle Bronze Age (2000-1700 BCE). The designs were rendered with bold strokes of red and white on a black background and the style...
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Black-Figure Tondo
The central tondo from a 6th century BCE black-figure kylix or drinking cup. The left figure is Poseidon who fights the giant Polybotis. From a cemetery in ancient Thera (Santorini).
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Messalina Holding Britannicus
Messalina holding Britannicus, marble sculpture, c. 45 AD. Inspired by Cephisodotos' renowned sculpture, Eirene bearing the child Ploutos.
Louvre Museum, Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, Denon, ground floor, room 24.
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"Whore Empress" Sculpture of Valeria Messalina
Modern marble sculpture (1884 CE) depicting Valeria Messalina, by Eugène Cyrille Brunet (1828–1921). Museum of Fine Arts, Rennes.
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Almagest
Picture of George Trebizond's Latin translation of Claudius Ptolemy's Almagest (ca. 1451)
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Archaeology
Archaeology on a small scale. Uncovering and recording pottery in the field.
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Map of Sumer
The area which formed Sumer started at the Persian Gulf and reached north to the 'neck' of Mesopotamia where the two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates meander much closer to each other. To the east loomed the Zagros Mountains, where scattered...
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Map of Etruscan and Greek influence in Italy
This map shows the greatest extent of Etruscan influence in Italy, during the seventh to fifth centuries BC, including the Campania region to the south.
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The Lindow Man
The Lindow Man, dated to between 2 BCE and 119 CE, found in a peat bog in Chesire, England, in 1984.
The British Museum, London.
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Dish with Orpheus among the animals
Dish with Orpheus among the animals exhibited at the Römisch-Germanisches Museum in Cologne (Germany).