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antonio-m:Dionysos (detail), British Museum, London

Aztec atlatl (spear thrower), 15th/16th century.from The British Museum

Gamboling CamelsIndia, Mughal (reign of Shah Jahan)ca. 1627–58Ink on paperAlbum folio containing a d

artschoolglasses:2nd Century AD bust of MinervaThe British Museum, London

Ivory pendant mask from the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Nigeria, thought to represent Queen Idia

ancientpeoples:Lapis Lazuli and Gold Finger Ring1850-1550 BCMinoan(Source: The British Museum)

Marble cinerary urn with an inscribed dedication that reads: Dis Manibus / Boviae L(uci) f(iliae) Pr

ancientpeoples:Mosaic of a fish4th Century ADRomanFound at Halicarnassus(Source: The British Museum)

centuriespast:Kylix by Epictetus, c. 500 BCE. London, The British Museum (1843.1103.9).

Details from a marble portrait bust of a woman, possibly the younger AntoniaRoman, Julio-Claudian Pe

ancientpeoples:Part of a bracelet3rd Century ADRoman(Source: The British Museum)

theancientworld:Corinthian Helmet, Bronze, c. 510 BCE, The British MuseumAncient Greek cuirass, Bron

ahencyclopedia:WALL RELIEFS: Ashurnasirpal II’s War Scenes at the British Museum “600 of their warri

‘The Chaucer Astrolabe’On display at the British MuseumDating to 1326 and of English origin, this is

Plaster cast of a dog buried under ash at Pompeii.Currently on display at the British Museum.

Marble bust of Antisthenes (ca. 445-365 BCE), Socratic philosopher sometimes credited as the founder

Lydia Delectorskaya and pictures of her by Henri Matisse  

Cold War British Vehicles – Anglesey Transport MuseumLate last summer we visited the Anglesey Transp

hellenismo:Ἓκτη Ἱσταμένου, VI day From today’s sunset, it is the sixth of Metageitnion. It is sacred

Heracles (right) pursues Ares’ son Cycnus (left in the center, Zeus attempts to separate the combata

The RehearsalWilliam Strang (British; 1859–1921)1889Drypoint The British Museum, London | © The Trus

Ancient Roman marble head, from a portrait statue of a veiled priestess of Vesta.  Artist unknown; c

The suicide of Telamonian Ajax.  Detail of an Etruscan red-figure calyx-krater, artist unknown; ca.

Denarius of Julia Mamaea, mother of the Roman emperor Severus Alexander (r. 222-235 CE).  On the obv

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