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One of many surviving examples of Teotihuacan masks. This example was taken to Tenochtitlan by the Aztecs and buried within the Templo Mayor. They were originally used for statues and mummy bundles. Greenstone, shell...

The eagle was the symbol of the city of Hatra. Below the eagle, two priests pray. The eagle's head is lost. From Hatra (modern Al-Jazira region, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq), Mesopotamia. 2nd-3rd centuries CE. The Sulaimaniya Museum...

Head of Triton from the Odeion of Agrippa, located in the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens, 150-175 CE.

Head of Victory from the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens. 2nd century CE, copy of the Nike by Paionios of the 5th century BCE.

Once located in the west apse of the Basilica of Maxentius, fragments of the Colossus of Constantine are now located in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori of the Musei Capitolini on the Capitoline Hill, Rome...

The Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico, c. 100 CE.

The Avenue of the Dead, Teotihuacan, Mexico. Constructed c. 100-150 CE the avenue leads from the Temple of the Moon across the city passing the Temple of the Sun, visible on the left.

The Temple of the Moon at Teotihuacan, Mexico, c. 150 CE.

Hermes Loghios; 2nd century CE copy of 5th century BCE bronze attributed to Phidias; Restored by Alessandro Algardi in 17th century CE, he added the right arm; Palazzo Altemps in Rome, Italy

A Roman copy of an original by Heliodoros; Palazzo Altemps in Rome, Italy