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The mountain Khan Tengri, located in the Tian Shan mountain range on the China—Kyrgyzstan—Kazakhstan border. Height: 6,995 m (22,949 ft). It is likely named after the ancient Mongol sky god and supreme deity Tengri.

This high-quality head of a statue is based on a bronze figure of a discophoros ("disc-thrower"). The original bronze was created around 460 BCE by the famous Greek sculptor Polykleitos of Argos. The Berlin copy clearly imitates the metallic...

This is a Neo-Attic relief of the so-called "kalathiskos dancer". The relief shows a dancing woman in waving robes and with a basket-like headdress (kalathiskos). Stylistically, the relief can be attributed to the so-called "Neo-Attic workshops"...

The head and body of two different Roman copies were combined in the 18th century CE. The god appears in the so-called "Lykeios type", with the right forearm resting across his head. The model was either an original, created around 340 BCE...

The head and the statue are ancient but were combined as recently as the 18th century. The portrait depicts the Roman Emperor Hadrian's lover, Antinous, depicted with a snake and cornucopia. The attributes allow the statue to be interpreted...

This torso, amended to resemble the statue of the Capitoline Antinous in Rome, belongs to a series of ancient copies of the so-called "Omphalos Apollo". This famous Greek original from around 460 BCE is preserved in several ancient copies...

The upper part shows a reclining man with a kantharos. On the left side of the urn's front is depicted the murder of the Trojan prince Troilus by Achilles, and on the right, there is an attacking fury with a sword. The death of young Troilus...

This is a detail of a large Etruscan ritual calander from Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy. The Etruscan language is preserved in about 10,000 short texts; the grave, votive, and ownership inscriptions. Only four longer texts are known so...

This leaf wreath antefix shows the head of Achelous. Achelous was the god of water and rivers of the whole world. Clay. From Curti, near Capua, Italy. Etruscan, 480-460 BCE. It is on display at the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany.

On this bronze mirror, a scene is carved. It depicts the killing of Clytemnestra by her son, Orestes. Engraved around 440 BCE. Acquired in 1843 CE. It is on display at the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany.