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This bronze and gilded head of an Ibex or a capricorn was part of sacred bark which might be carried on the shoulders of a procession of priests during rituals. Probably from Zagazig, Egypt. Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, 1069-945...

This bronze fragment (with gold insoles) was part of a Menat (also Minet) necklace. On the right, a child-god, wearing a rearing cobra (uraeus) on his head stands before the goddess Mut-Sekhmet-Bastet. The child-god proffers a sistrum to...

Drinking cups were used for wine consumption at a symposium, a ceremonious party for Greek males. They are often decorated with symposiac scenes. Here, Satyrs and Maenads in the retinue of the wine god Dionysus dance with abandon as the music...

Etruscan antefix with a head of Silen and anthemia nimbus from Cerveteri, Lazio, Italy. The roofs of Etruscan temples were decorated along their eaves with antefixes, ornamental tiles with figural reliefs. They were serially produced in large...

A 3rd Century CE bas-relief in Taq-e Bostan, Iran commemorating the overthrow of the Parthian Empire by Ardashir I (180-240 CE, r. 224-240 CE), the founder of the Sasanian Empire. Ardashir I is depicted with his son Shapur I, (215-270 CE...

Reconstructed 8th-century BCE olive oil press at Tell Hazor.

A picture from the archaeological site of Samaria. In the image are the archaeological remains of an Israelian settlement. Image was taken in 1909 CE. George Andrew Reisner. Harvard Excavations at Samaria, 1908-1910. Cambridge: Harvard...

A facsimile of an ostracon discovered at Samaria, dating to the 8th century BCE. The writing is ancient Hebrew. George Andrew Reisner. Harvard Excavations at Samaria, 1908-1910. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1924.

An Attic krater showing Hephaistos riding a mule. 550-500 BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Agrigento, Sicily)

The London Mithraeum Museum over the Mithraeum ruins dating from c. 240 - 4th century CE. The ruin is now on display in its original location in the City of London.