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coolartefact:Stone heads on Mount Nemrut - pantheon of Armenian-Greek gods constructed by Antiochus

Marble portrait head of the Roman emperor Constantine I (r. 306-312 CE [as Western Caesar]; 312-324

famousartthroughhistory:Roman relief of Rheia handing stone toKronos, marble, 2nd c. CE

Selene, goddess of the moon, and her mortal lover Endymion.  Roman marble sarcophagus, artist unknow

Ancient stone cross on the Island of Iona, Scotland. There were near to a 1000 of these on the Islan

historyarchaeologyartefacts:Stone model of the god Khepri as a six or eight armed humanoid emerging

Limestone head of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun (r. ca. 1334-1325 BCE) being caressed by the

Inscribed block statue (black granite) of Irj-aa, a priest of Amun.  Artist unknown; ca. 750-664 BCE

Scarab finger ring (gold and glazed steatite) inscribed with the name of the deity Amun-Re.  Artist

Limestone head from the statue of a worshiper of Apollo, bearded and wearing a helmet with upturned

Ancient Greek limestone statuette of a young male votary holding a pyxis (cylindrical vessel with li

Ancient Greek limestone statuette of a male votary.  Artist unknown; 6th cent. BCE.  From Cyprus; no

The “Berlin Gold Hat,” made between 1000-800 BCE. This hat, which resembles several others that have

It may not look like much, but this 6,100-year-old pottery sherd and the ancient leftovers stuck on

Roman portrait grave stone* Sankt Michael am Zollfeld * Maria Saal, Carinthiasource: Johann Jaritz /

Pectoral with a winged scarab and semi-precious stones, part of the funerary jewelry of the 18th Dyn

Bust of a Roman Imperial statesman named L. Licinius Nepos, a contemporary of Pliny the Younger.  Ar

Marble bust of a man wearing a toga with thick folds.  Artist unknown; ca. 240-250 CE.  Now in the B

Ancient Roman bust (Eastern Empire) of a man holding a scroll.  Artist unknown; 3rd cent. CE.  Now i

With everyone enamored of the Olmec’s giant stone heads, you do not often see other types of sculptu

Archaeologists study a colossal Olmec stone head in La Venta, Mexico, 1947.

Basalt stele of the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Ramesses II “the Great” (r. 1279-1213 BCE).  Ramesses is de

Ancient Egyptian sculpture (basalt) of the heads of prisoners.  Artist unknown; ca. 1878-1783 BCE (l

Ancient Egyptian basalt sculpture, depicting the god Thoth, in baboon form, protecting a general of

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