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Linus Roache as Ecbert, a character based on King Egbert of Wessex (r. 802-839 CE) in the TV series Vikings. Photo by Bernard Walsh/HISTORY - © 2015 The HISTORY Channel

Two silver drachms of Hadrian. The drachm on the left shows Zeus Ammon on a plinth, wearing a ram's horn (c. 134-135 CE) while the one on the right shows busts of Serapis and Isis facing each other, with a small statue of Harpocrates and...

Marble torso of a male. Cypro-Greek style. From Cyprus. Archaic period, 540-480 BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

Marble torso of a male. Neo-Cypriot style. From Cyprus. 560-520 BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

Marble statue of a male. IInd Proto-Cypriot style. From Cyprus. Mid-6th century BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

Marble statue of a female. IInd Proto-Cypriot style. From Cyprus. 600-560 BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

This fragmentary wall-paining depicts Phaedra with an attendant, probably her nurse. The story of Phaedra's tragic love for her step-son is depicted in other early imperial paintings, often in connection with similar Greek literary themes...

This wall-painting depicts a reclining Naiad (water-nymph), drinking from a horn. This panel adorned the "Red Room" behind the triclinium (dining room) of the villa. A companion panel from the same room is in the Museo Nazionale Archeologico...

This panel from a painted wall depicts the wine-god Bacchus and his companion, Silenus. Bacchus pours wine from a cup for the panther while Silenus plays the lyre. From a villa at Boscoreale, near Pompeii, in modern-day Italy. Roman period...

This scene of Greek mythology shows Ariadne on the island of Naxos. She points at her lover, Theseus, who is abandoning her. Ariadne had helped him get out of the Labyrinth after he killed the half-man, half-bull Minotaur. From Herculaneum...