Ancient Collection (page 5)

Temple of Vesta. Rome. Italy
Italy. Rome. Temple of Vesta. Roman Forum

Mycenaean art. Greece. Silver rhyton as head of a bull with golden horns and forehead adorned with a gold rosette. Royal Tomb IV at Mycenae. 16th century BCE. National Archaeological Museum. Athens

Byzantine art. Greece. Virgin Hodegetria. Icon. Greece
Byzantine art. Greece. Virgin Hodegetria. Icon from the church of Agios Demetrios tou Kolla. Dated to the mid-sixteenth century. Byzantine Museum. Zante. Ionian Islands

Mrs. Ples skull
Mrs. Ples. Reproduction of a skull of a Plesianthropus transvaalensis. Found at Sterkfontein. South Africa

Phoenician art. Cyprus. Bust of a bearded man. 6th century BC. Archaic Period. Limestone. It comes from Golgoi (Cyprus). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC)
Greek art. Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC). Marble relief depicting a warrior sitting sad and meditating on the stern of a ship. Beside him, his helmet and shield

Basil II, surnamed the Bulgar-slayer (958-1025). Byzantine emperor (976-1025) from de Macedonian Dynasty. Detail from the Menologion of Basil II. 10th Century. Miniature. Vatican Apostolic Library

Temple of Ramses III. The pharaoh Ramses III, who wears the Khepresh, making offerings to the gods. Relief. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty. Thebes. Medinet-Habou. Egypt

Zeus Meilichios depicted as a snake and a family of supplica
Relief with Zeus Meilichios depicted as a snake. On the left, a family of supplicants. Dedicated by Aristomene. Found in Pangrati (Athens) and dated between 350-300 BC

Art Greek. Hellenistic. The Statue of Lacoon (Laacoonte). 2
Art Greek. Hellenistic. Statue of Lacoon and his sons (Antiphates and Thymbraeus). The sculpture is attributed by three sculptors from the island of Rhodes. Agesander, Athenedores and Polydorus

Ancient Assyrian Costume
ANCIENT ASSYRIA Weaponry and armour of Warriors, the King in his court regalia and ready for battle and the costume of his body guard. Date: B.C

Clameur de Haro, Guernsey law, 1924
" Haro! Haro! Haro! a L aide, Mon Prince! on Mefait Tort" : A Norman survival in Guernsey law: a Guernsey farmer kneels and recites the accepted formula

Etruscan warrior. 4th c. BC. Etruscan art. Sculpture on bronze. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. National Museum of Archaeology

Stela of the royal scribe Ani. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Relief. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum

Gallo-Roman low-relief. Ferrying wine barrels and amphorae. Roman art. Early Empire. Relief on rock. FRANCE. PROVENCE ALPES CԔ E D AZUR. VAUCLUSE. Avignon. Mus饠 Calvet (Calvet Museum)

Tomb of Tutankhamun Egyptian painting
Tomb of Tutankhamun. s.XIV BC. EGYPT. Dayr al-Bahri. Valley of the Kings. Tomb of Tutankhamun. Tutankhamun and his wife Ankhesenpaaten. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Painting

Standard of Ur Babylonian art
The Standard of Ur. 2600 -2400 BC. Peace panel. Babylonian art. Mosaic. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum. Proc: IRAQ. Ur

Statue of Djoser. Egyptian art
Seated statue of King Djoser. 2611 BC. Detail. Egyptian art. Old Kingdom. Sculpture on rock. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum. Proc: EGYPT. CAIRO. Saqqara

The Flint Knapper, at Brandon, Suffolk, England. This ancient craft is still continued in Norfolk, England. Date: 1950s

Great Zimbabwe / Artefacts
A plan of the site of the incredible ancient buildings at Great Zimbabwe, and a few of the many objects found at the site. Everything is of ancient African origin

Hannibal winning Battle of Cannae
SECOND PUNIC WAR : Hannibal, the Carthaginian leader, though outnumbered by the Romans, wins a decisive victory at the Battle of Cannae thanks to his superior cavalry

Medea and Jason stealing the Golden Fleece
Depiction of Medea and Jason from Greek mythology. Medea drugs a serpent while Jason prepares to kill it and steal the Golden Fleece. Venus and a winged youth stand at their side

Village Cross - The Borough - Downton nr. Salisbury, Wiltshire. Date: circa 1903

Canopic shrine from the tomb of Tutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC), as discovered by Howard Carter among others in 1922 in the Valley of Kings

The Coronation Chair with the Stone of Scone
The Coronation Chair, Westminster Abbey, London. The stone below the seat is the infamous Stone of Scone. Historically, the artifact was kept at the now-ruined Scone Abbey in Scone, near Perth

Mary Henniker-Heaton in fancy dress as Egypt
Mary Henniker-Heaton, debutante daughter of Sir John and Lady Henniker-Heaton, photographed in a fancy dress costume that won her first prize at one of the Monte Carlo fancy dress balls

Mesopotamia. Clay Tablet. Pictographs drawn. Iraq. Late Preh
Mesopotamia. Clay Tablet. Pictographs drawn. Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer. Iraq. Late Prehistoric period. 3100-3000BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Greece. Athens. Parthenon. Head of horse from the chariot of the moon-goddes Selene. East pediment. 5th C. BC. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Three Goddesses. Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite. East Pediment
Three Goddesses. Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite. From the East Pediment of the Parthenon, Athens. High Classical Greek. 438-432 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Roman mosaic. 4th-5th century. From roman villa of Pacs. Cat
Roman mosaic. Geometric. 4th-5th century. From roman villa of Pacs. Catalonia. Diocesan Museum. Barcelona. Spain

Roman mosaic. Fish and octopus. Spain
Roman mosaic. Scene Marina. Fish and octopus. Archaeological Museum. Albacete province. Castile-La Mancha. Spain

Roman art. Statue of a young athlete. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Ancient Egyptian. God Bes. Protector of households. National Archaeology Museum. Madrid. Spain

Neo-Sumerian. Statue of Gudea. Girsu, Iraq. 2120 BC. Cuneifo
Mesopotamia. Neo-Sumerian. Ruler Gudea of state of Lagash. Diorita statue. From Girsu (modern Telloh). Iraq. 2120 BC. Cuneiform inscription. Detail. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Egyptian Art. Dendera. God Bes. Capital of Column. Relief. T
Egyptian Art. Dendera. God Bes. Capital of column. Relief in the forecourt of the Temple of Hathor

Polychromed vase. Tomb of Kha. 1400 BC. Egypt
Egypt. Polychromed vase sealed with fabric. From the tomb of royal architect Kha (Deir el-Medina). 1400 BC. 18th dynasty. New Kingdom. Egyptian Museum. Turin. Italy

Man with a glass. (2800-2300B. C. ). Cycladic Art. Ancient per
Cycladic Art. Ancient period II. Greece. Man with a glass. Canonical style. Belongs to the Syros phase (2800-2300 b.C.). Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art. Athens. Greece

Tomb of Horemheb. Hathor. Fresco
EGYPT. Dayr al-Bahri. Valley of the Kings. Tomb of Horemheb. Goddess Hathor. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Fresco

Dancer. Tricliniums Tomb. Etruscan art
Dancer. Detail of a banquet scene. Etruscan art. Fresco. ITALY. LAZIO. VITERBO. Tarquinia. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Tarquinia (National Museum of Tarquinia). Proc: ITALY. LAZIO. VITERBO

Petra - The Treasury, Jordan
Petra - The Treasury (Al Khazneh), Jordan - the fallen pillar was restored in the 1960s - 4th century BC Building of the Nabatean Culture. Date: circa 1920s

Scarab beetles
The largest shown here, (Scarabaeus sacer), was regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt. Today the species are important to agriculture for their dung burying activities

Roman legionary. Sculpture. ITALY. Rome. Museum of Roman Civilization

Coronation 1937 - The Anointing
The Anointing Ceremony during the Coronation of King George VI, which precedes the crowning. Illustration shows King George VI having taking his Robe with its Cape of ermine off

Interior of the Pantheon, Rome, Italy
Interior of the Pantheon in Rome, Italy, with a crowd of sightseers under the dome. It was built by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome

The Pyramids and Sphinx, Giza, Egypt
The Pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza, Cairo, Egypt

Hunting the Aurochs
Ancient Germans hunt the AUROCHS (bos primigenius) thought to be the ancestor of modern cattle

Odysseus & the Cyclops
Odysseus (Ulysses) plies Polyphemus the Cyclops with red wine, so that he and his men can escape from his cave and the prospect of being eaten alive

Romulus & Remus, having been suckled by a she-wolf, are found by Faustulus, the kings shepherd

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