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ancientjewels:Gold Greek pendant of a horse dating to between the 3rd and 1st centuries BCE. From th

virtuteetarmis:Grave goods from the ‘Warrior Grave’ Necropolis of ancient Hermione, ca. 500 BCE. Arc

Today in history - Battle of Aegates islands (March 10, 241 BCE)Romans defeated Carthaginian fleet o

marmarinos:Egyptian colossal of Ramesses II and the goddess Sekhmet, dating to 1279-1213 BCE. Quartz

lionofchaeronea:Zeus-Ammon.  Roman copy of a Greek (5th cent. BCE) original, depicting Zeus with the

ancientjewels:Meroitic period Nubian gold ring in the form of a snake; 40 BCE - 114 CE. From the col

ancientpeoples:Cosmetic Jar in the Form of the God Bes Egypt, Late Period, Dynasties 26, 664-525 BCE

historyarchaeologyartefacts:Golden coins hidden in a cow bone, Gaul 1st c. BCE.[1280x854]. Made by A

katherinebarlow:Orestes by Euripides, 408 BCE (“…μὴ θεαί μ᾽ οἴστρῳ κατάσχωσι.”)trans. Michael Wodhul

worldhistoryfacts:A Linear B tablet dating to the 1200s BCE from Pylos, a Greek palace. Linear B, ad

gemma-antiqua:Ancient Greek amethyst intaglio of Achilles playing the cithara, dated to 75-50 BCE. C

Pair of gold armbands depicting a Triton and Tritoness.  Artist unknown; ca. 200 BCE.  Now in the Me

entheognosis:Utroba Cave, Bulgaria, a Thracian shrine carved around the 9th or 10th century BCE, dep

Column capital in the shape of a man-bull hybrid, from the palace of Xerxes I (r. 486-465 BCE) at Pe

byzantine-bling:Antique patera (flat dish for the Host), serpentine, 1st BCE - 1st CE,from Alexandri

fishstickmonkey:Zoomorphic vesselHistorical period(s)Iron Age I - II, 1350-800 BCE MediumCeramic; mo

Rhyton in the form of a griffin’s head.  Artist unknown; ca. 350-300 BCE.  Found in Apulia; no

sartorialadventure:Crown from the tomb of Philip II of Macedon (382–336 BCE) and the Thracian prince

koichialtair:Mica Hand Hopewell, Ross County, Ohio (Mound 25) c. 100 BCE - 500 CE Field Museum of Na

Block statue of Pe-Kher-Kons.  Artist unknown; ca. 946-736 BCE (Third Intermediate Period).  Now in

Head of a ruler.  Artist unknown; ca. 2300-2000 BCE (Early Bronze Age).  From Iran or Iraq; now in t

Departing hero* 7th cntury BCE* Metapontum* Magna Graecia* Monsters Exhibition (Palazzo Massimo, Rom

dwellerinthelibrary:Prehistoric goddess from Samarra in what is now Iraq, dating to 6000 BCE.

dvwlookbook:Exekias.  Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game.  540-530 BCE.  Vase painting.  40cm hig

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