Images

A solid gold Minoan pendant depicting two bees clutching a honeycomb, Old Palace cemetery at Chrysolakkos near Malia, Crete, 1800-1700 BCE. Herakleion Archaeological Museum, Crete.

A detail of a mosaic flooring from a Roman Villa, Corinth, circa 2nd century BCE (Corinth Archaeological Museum)

A Boeotian figurine of a cavalryman with spear or javelin, 6th century BCE. (Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens)

The doorway of the Roman Temple of Vesta, 1st century BCE. (Tivoli, Lazio, Italy)

Marble bust of Roman Emperor Trajan, 112-115 CE. (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

The Mausoleum of Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, 6th century CE. (Ravenna, Italy)

A 2nd century CE bust of Roman emperor Hadrian. (Musée départemental de l’Arles antique, Arles, France)

Marble bust of Roman Emperor Caligula, 40 AD (Getty Villa,Malibu,CA,USA)

2nd century AD marble bust of Aristotle (Museo Nazionale Romano,Palazzo Altemps,Rome).

A modern reconstruction of the ancient Greek musical instrument, the sistrum (rattle). (Museum of Ancient Greek Musical Instruments, Katakolon)