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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

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

Ancient Roman terracotta relief (one of the so-called “Campana reliefs”) showing the goddess Victori

Colossal mask of the goddess Cybele.  Artist unknown; 1st half of 2nd cent. CE.  Now in the Musei Ca

Marble relief of a physician named Jason, also known as Decimus, treating a patient.  Artist unknown

Ancient Roman portrait head of a man.  Artist unknown; ca. 130-145 CE.  Now in the Dallas Museum of

Head of Janus, the two-faced Roman deity of entrances and exits.  Now in the Vatican Museum.  Photo

thegetty:Hiss is a snake bracelet from the 1st century A.D.Designed to look like a coil around the w

Gilded mummy portrait of a womanEgypt, Roman Period, c. A.D. 160-170The British Museum 

Ancient Roman Nanotechnology — The Lycurgus CupIn the 1950’s the British Museum acquired

Ancient Roman terracotta flask depicting gladiatorial combat.  Now in the Romisch-Germanisches Museu

Bronze face-mask helmet of a Roman cavalryman, worn on special occasions.  Artist unknown; late 1st

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

adokal:Yeni Mosque (ex Archeological Museum) (1902), Thessaloniki, Greece.source

Ancient Roman tombstone depicting Heracles/Hercules and Hesione, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy,

A hero subdues a lion.  Relief sculpture from Wall M of the entrance court of the palace of Sargon I

Assyrian lamassu from the Throne Room (Room B) of the North-West Palace at Nimrud (present-day Iraq)

The head of Hypnos (Sleep).  Roman bronze sculpture (1st-2nd cent. CE) after a lost Hellenistic orig

Fragment of an ancient Roman funerary monument depicting Hercules overcoming the Nemean Lion.  Now i

Marble statue of the hero Meleager.  Artist unknown; 2nd cent. CE.  From the gymnasium of Cypriot Sa

hismarmorealcalm:Mausoleum of Halikarnassos  Saloon  British Museum  unknown date

Bronze figurine of Mars, wearing a cuirass.  Now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.  Photo credit:

ancientpeoples:Silver Flanged BowlRomano-British4th Century AD(Source: The British Museum)

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