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Bull-headed lyre recovered from the royal cemetery of Ur Iraq 2550-2450 BCE Gold Lapis Lazuli
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Bronze mat weight in the shape of a leopard from the tomb of the King of Chu Shizi Mountain Xuzhou Jiangsu China Western Han Period 2nd century BCE
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Stone plaque depicting Enannatum I, king of Lagash Early Dynastic III 2424-2405 BCE from Girsu
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Ancient Egyptian Murals at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (5)
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Closeup of engraved butterflies on gold accents on Ōyoroi Tōsei Gusoku Kabuto (helmet) Mid Edo period late 18th century CE Japan
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Reconstructed Guardian Lion Sculpture from the Inner Gate of the Aramean Citadel of Sam'al (formerly Yadiya under Hittite rule) near modern Zincirli Höyük, Turkey 10th-8th century BCE
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Bronze Plate Iran or Central Asia 7th century CE
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Closeup of Water basin for ritual cleansing from the Temple of Ashur (Assur) excavated by Walter Andrae Assyrian reign of Sennacherib 704-681 BCE
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Aphrodite from Benghazi, Libya 150-100 BCE Greek
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Gold belt buckle depicting a hunting scene, probably an imperial gift to a Chu king, from a Western Han Dynasty tomb Tianqi Mountain Xuzhou Jiangsu China 2nd century BCE
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One of three reliquary busts of female companions to the virgin martyr Saint Ursula South Netherlandish Brabant possibly Brussels 1520-1530 CE Oak with paint and gilding
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Limestone ram-bearer Cypriot Archaic 6th century BC
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The Ishtar Gate of ancient Babylon reconstructed with original bricks at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany
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The real Bedouin robes presented to T.E. Lawrence aka Lawrence of Arabia
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Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings Bronze, gold foil over bitumen southwest Iran Middle Elamite period 14th century BCE
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Gold Breastplate fragment depicting Lamassu Northwestern Iran 8th-7th century BCE
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Bronze lamp in the shape of a Nubian head Pompeii Roman 1st century CE
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Closeup of Gold Breastplate fragment Northwestern Iran 8th-7th century BCE
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Figurine Iraq 3rd Millenium BCE 6
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Closeup of Plate depicting a boar hunt Persia (Iran) Sasanian Period 4th century CE Silver and Gil
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Roman figurine of a woman dressed in a tunic with a Maeander pattern in the style of archaic Greek korai figures of the 6th century BCE produced between 1st century BCE - 1st century CE and found in Verona, Italy bronze
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Replica of the fire-fractured monumental sphinx decorating the southern city gate of the Hittite capital of Hattusha (modern Boghazköy, Turkey) 14th-13th century BCE
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Judith with the head of Holofernes by Francois Dieussart 1600s CE
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Ceramic vessel of a man pouring a libation Luristan style western Iran 800 BCE
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Impression made from an Akkadian Cylinder Seal recovered in Ur in modern day Iraq 2300-2100 BCE
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Iron Age II Bronze head of a lion-griffin from northwest Iran Early 1st Millennium BCE possibly a chariot or temple ornament
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Eros sleeps, his torch turned down symbolizing death on Roman funerary monuments 100-200 CE
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Table Support in the Shape of Griffins Attacking a Doe Greek made in South Italy 325-300 BCE Marble and Pigment (3)
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Silver Box and Lid with wolves and lions attacking bulls Bactria-Margiana Late 3rd - early 2nd millennium BCE
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Ornate helmet found in the gladiator barracks in Pompeii Roman 1st century CE
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A relatively unadorned myrmillo style gladiator's helmet worn for practice or owned by a lower-ranking gladiator Pompeii Roman 1st century CE
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Bronze fountain sculpture of a viper found in the peristyle garden at the House of the Citharist Pompeii 1st century BCE
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Elamite Head of a Ruler Iran (?) 2300-2000 BCE Arsenical copper
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Colossal statue of Athena Head and helmet probably restored in the 1720s Roman 50-300 CE
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Relief depicting King Taharqa on the wall of his 7th century BCE shrine
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Closeup of Ewer Sasanian Period Persian (Iran) 6th-7th century CE Silver and Gilt
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Cuneiform Tablet from Nippur, Sumeria (Modern Iraq) 2300 - 2100 BCE
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Shell Inlay depicting combat between a human-headed bull and a lion-headed eagle Mesopotamia Early Dynastic IIIa 2600-2500 BCE
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Ceramic male tomb figure atop a pillar Eastern Han Period China 25-220 CE
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Steelyard weight depicting Byzantine Empress 400-450 CE
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Closeup of the right side of Myrmillo-style bronze gladiator helmet with bas-relief depicting scenes from the Trojan War Herculaneum Roman 1st Century CE
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Closeup of Samurai wearing Tachidō Armor Early Edo period 17th century CE Japan iron, gold, lacing, bear fur, silver, wood
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Bronze portrait bust of a Roman woman House of the Citharist Pompeii 1st century BCE
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Eros sleeps, his torch turned down symbolizing death on Roman funerary monuments 100-200 CE
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Bronze Samurai helmet in the shape of a flaming jewel (cintamani) by Unkai Mitsuhisa about 1630 CE Japan
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Oil Lamp in the shape of a deer (Iudeng) Tomb 1 Dayun Mountain Xuyi Jiangsu Western Han Period 2nd century BCE gilded bronze
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Closeup of the hairstyle of a female portrait from the House of the Citharist Pompeii 1st century CE
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Closeup of Water basin for ritual cleansing from the Temple of Ashur (Assur) excavated by Walter Andrae Assyrian reign of Sennacherib 704-681 BCE
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Painted cult vessel from central Anatolia in the form of an animal 19th century BCE
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Ivory Finial depicting a lion Iran or Syria 8th-7th century BCE
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A first century CE togate torso bearing a 17th century CE head dubbed Caius Marius by the Earl of Arundel excavated in 1613-1614 CE
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Greek terracotta dinos (mixing bowl) Corinthian (Transitional Period) 630-615 BCE attributed to the Polyteleia Painter
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Drinking vessel (bibru) terminating in the forepart of a stag Silver with gold inlay Central Anatolia Hittite Empire 15th-13th century BCE
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Gold Ewer Iran Buyid Period Third quarter of 10th century CE
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Herakles (Hercules) Roman 100-200 CE Marble with traces of pigment (2)
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Replica of the fire-fractured monumental sphinx decorating the southern city gate of the Hittite capital of Hattusha (modern Boghazköy, Turkey) 14th-13th century BCE
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Herakles (Hercules) Roman 100-200 CE Marble with traces of pigment (4)
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Plaster funerary portrait bust of a man from El Kharga (upper) Egypt Roman Period 2nd century CE
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Fencing Doublet featuring a protruding peascod waist Western European about 1580 CE Leather silk linen cotton
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Plate depicting a boar hunt Persia (Iran) Sasanian Period 4th century CE Silver and Gilt
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