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It used to be thought that rice farming arrived in India around 2000 BCE, an imported crop from Chin
The Mesha Stele, created ca. 840 BCE in modern-day Jordan by Mesha, king of Moab. This inscription i
katherinebarlow:Orestes by Euripides, 408 BCE (“…μὴ θεαί μ᾽ οἴστρῳ κατάσχωσι.”)trans. Michael Wodhul
Etruscan votive offering* Caere* 3rd century BCE* British Museumhttps://www.britishmuseum.org/collec
adokal:Fresco fragment of a dancing woman (Knossos, 1600-1450 BCE). Heraklion Archeological Museum,
historyarchaeologyartefacts:Trundholm sun chariot, possibly ca. 1400 BCE. Nordic Bronze Age [833x632
Statuette of the goddess Artemis/Diana. Unknown Anatolian artist; 1st cent. BCE. Now in the Getty Vi
ancientanimalart:Bronze statuette of Athena flying her owl (via The Met) Greekca. 460 BCE“Owls of a
Coin of the Macedonian king Perdiccas II (r. ca. 451-413 BCE). On the obverse, a galloping horse; o
Sardonyx cameo depicting a Ptolemaic prince as Hermes. Artist unknown; 3rd cent. BCE. Now in the C
illvedere:Etruscan warriors, a pediment decoration at Pyrgi, the port of Cervetery, ca.550 BCE.
ca. 1295-1050 BCE. Pomegranate Shaped Bottles, opaque glass. The small green unopened shape held the
whisperastory:Ludovisi Ares, Roman copy of a late 4th-century BCE Greek original, associated with Sc
Ancient Egyptian limestone canopic jar of one Userhat. Artist unknown; ca. 1400-1352 BCE (reign of
gemma-antiqua:Silla kingdom gold earrings, dated to the Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE to 668 CE). So
lionofchaeronea:Bust of Hera. Roman-era copy after a Greek original of ca. 420 BCE. Now in the Mus
theancientwayoflife:~Dionysos riding on a panther.Floor mosaic.Ca. 120—80 BCE.Delos, House of the Ma
dionyzines:Greco-Egyptian aryballos in the form of a hedgehog, 6th-5th century BCE
cleopatrasdaughter:Notable royal women of the ancient Greek world(c. 1600 BCE - 500 CE)
A bust of the Emperor Augustus. Unknown Roman artist, late 1st cent. BCE- early 1st cent. CE. Foun
Greek statuette depicting a dancer* 4th century BCE* Southern Russia (near Crimea)https://smb.museum
worldhistoryfacts:The Kilamuwa inscription, dating to the early first millennium BCE. Kilamuwa was a
Diogenes ca. 300 BCE
gemma-antiqua:Left: Roman carnelian scarab intaglio of Prometheus creating man, dated to 100 BCE. Ri
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