Images

Apulian red-figure drinking-vessel from c. 360 BCE, attributed to the Illupersis Painter of South Italy (active c. 375-350 BCE), The J. Paul Getty Collection, Malibu, no. 71.AE.196 Horn-shape drinking vessels are among the earliest...

Viking Whalebone Plaque, in the shape of two dragons facing each other with details added on one side of the plaque. It is also decorated with dotted circles and geometric designs. Found in a boat burial. The function of these whalebone plaques...

"Heimdallr" by Lorenz Frølich (1820-1908 CE). This 1895 CE illustration depicts the Norse god Heimdall blowing Gjallarhorn.

A reconstruction illustration of the main gate of the Celtic oppidum (hilltop fort) of Arola in Spain. Oppida were built in the 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE in Celtic Europe. (Archaeological Museum, Bilbao)

A reconstruction of the inhabited area of the Manching Iron Age oppidum (hilltop fort) in Bavaria, Germany. The site was inhabited from the 3rd to 1st century BCE. (Keltenmuseum Manching)

An aerial view of the Iron Age hilltop fort (oppidum) of Maiden Castle, Dorset, England. The site was occupied since the Neolithic period but its fortifications reached their zenith under the Celts from the mid-3rd century BCE. (Photograph...

Egyptian plaque depicting a man holding an ibex, while a monkey perches on his shoulder. Limestone. Memphis, Egypt. Ptolemic period, 300-27 BCE. Collection of the Walters Art Museum.

Facsimile of a painting of foreigners bearing tribute in the form of timber, ebony, ivory and animals. On the far right, a man carrying ebony leads a cheetah on a leash. Behind him walks a man with timber and an animal (possibly an aardvark...

A courtship scene depicting a Greek man giving a pet hare to his beloved as a gift. Red-figure vase painting. Tame hares and rabbits were often given as gifts during courtships, as a token of affection. Attributed to "The Kleophrades Painter"...

A marble stele depicting a young girl saying farewell to her pet doves as she gently holds them. Doves were popular animals in ancient Greece and frequently appeared in mythology and literature. Greek, Parian marble. Made c. 450-440 BCE...