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Ancient Arts
All the photos on this page were taken during my museum visits. You can view a bigger collection of photos from some of the best museums in the world on my Flickr account (All CC-BY-2.0).
Mesopotamia
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Eshnunna - Sumerian male worshiper votive sculpture
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Panels of Babylon gate relief
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Gate of Nimrud
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Wing king of Nimrud
Egypt
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Pharaoh Sahure and god
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Models of everyday egyptian life
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Temple of Dendur
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Temple of Dendur
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Doorway of temple in Medamud
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Ptolemaic dynasty - two falcons
Persia
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Achaemenid - ceremonial drinking cup and fluted bowl
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Achaemenid - soldier of Darius
Greek
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Mycenae - Gold rhyton
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Mycenae - Silver rhyton with gold horns
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Mycenae - Mask of Agamemnon
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Mycenae - 16th century BC funeral mask
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Mycenae - 16th century BC funeral mask
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Mycenae - 16th century BC funeral mask
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Mycenae - Findings from Shaft Grave III, Grave Circle A
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Attica - Sphinx-shaped finial of marble grave stele
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Amathus, Cyprus - 5th century BC limestone sarcophagus
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Lion sculpture
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4-3rd century BC Gold phiale
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Ancient Greek wealth
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Attica - law plate
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Attica - Dionysius and maids of Athens
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Scenes from the Trojan War
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Acropolis of Athens kore
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Hellenistic - the dying Gaul
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Hellenistic Alexandria - coffine bearing Antigone and her puppy
Rome
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Capitoline she-wolf
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Augustus
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Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius
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Commodus as Hercules
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Statue from Horti Lamiani
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Roman copy - Wounded amazon
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Roman copy - Capitoline Venus
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Roman copy - Cupid and Psyche
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Roman copy - Caryatid of Erechtheum
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Hierapolis, Turkey - 2nd century AD funeral sculpture
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Dionysus with his attendants
Celts
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Ceramic bowl, 700-650 BC
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Celtic necklaces and bracelets, 550 BC
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Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave, golden shoes ornaments
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Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave, dagger with gold foil
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Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave, drinking horn
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Gold torque, 480 BC
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Gold torque, 5th century BC
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Gold mounts, 5th century BC
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Agris, France - parade helmet, 4th century BC
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Spouted bronze flagon, 4th century BC
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Silver torque
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Silver cauldron
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Bust of a Gallo-Roman, 100 AD
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Bust of Marcus Aurelius, 180 AD
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Epona, the horse goddess, 200 AD
China
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Banpo (Neolithic) - human faced fish pottery bowl
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Majiayao Culture - painted pot with frog motifs
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Majiayao Culture - painted pot
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Shang - white pottery pot with geometric design
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Shang - Simuwu Ding details
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Shang - oracle bones pit at yinxu
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Eastern Zhou - bronze and silver flask
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Western Han - painted pottery pot with dragon and phoenix relief
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Eastern Han - green glazed pottery dog
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Eastern Han - clown
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Han - bronze mirror
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Northern Wei - relief from Yungang Grotto
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Northern Dynasties - lotus vessel
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Tang - seated Buddha
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Tang - sancai grazed luohan (arhat) figure
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Tang - sancai grazed horse
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Tang - sancai camel with persian merchant
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Northern Song - white-glazed baby boy pillow
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Southern Song - celadon vase with dish shaped mouth
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Ming - monk's cap jug
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Ming - Yongle red plate
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Ming - covered red jar with dragon and sea design
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Ming - covered jar in green
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Ming - covered jar
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Qing - two blue containers
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Qing - teapot
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Qing - green porcelain bowl
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Blue and white gazed bowl
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Chinese zodiac jade figurines
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Longevity mirror
South Asia and Tibet
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India - 11th century Tamil Nadu statue of Shiva Nataraja
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India - early 12th century semi-devine attendant
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India - 12-13th century elephant-headed ganesha
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India - 13th century loving couple mithuna
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Nepal - 13th century Chinese style bodhisattva
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Nepal - 14th century white avalokiteshvara
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Tibet - 14th century copper statue of Gautama Buddha
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India - 16th century Jainism meeting hall
The Americas
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Olmec - colossal head
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Olmec - colossal head, Monument 6
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Olmec - were-jaguar, Monument 52
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Huehueteotl
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Aztec - Sun Stone
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Aztec - Sun Stone
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Aztec statue of Coatlicue
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Aztec - Xiuhcóatl
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Aztec - human headed serpent pillar
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Aztec - Macuilxochitl
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Aztec - coiled rattlesnake artifact
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Aztec - Jaguar cuauhxicalli
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Aztec - Coatlicue and Xiuhtecuhtli-Huitzilopochtli
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Aztec - codex replica
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Model of Tenochtitlan
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Model of Temple Mayor, Tenochtitlan
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Olmeca-Xicalanca - Cacaxtla bird man mural
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Monte Alban - mask sculpture
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Maya pillar
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Ecuador - ceramic figure
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Colombia or Ecuador - standing gold figure
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Peru - Sican funerary mask
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Lambayeque, Peru - gold cups
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Poporo Quimbaya lime container
Others
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Vani, Georgia - gold objects
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Spain - 11th century Cruz de San Salvador de Fuentes