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Antiquity


Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Imperial Roman Period, Ancient Middle East.



6 subcategories
Ancient Egypt

ANCIENT EGYPT

Ancient Greece

ANCIENT GREECE

Ancient Israel

ANCIENT ISRAEL

Ancient Jordan

ANCIENT JORDAN

Ancient Middle East

ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST

Imperial Roman Period

IMPERIAL ROMAN PERIOD

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Dionysios, Pan and a satyr. Metal fitting of a chariot. From Szomodor, Hungary. Bronze figurines (3rd CE).
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Dionysios, Pan and a satyr. Metal fitting of a chari...

Comedy scene: consultation of a sorceress. Three women wearing theatrical masks,the maiden seeking help, the friend or courtesan, the witch.The mosaic is signed "Dioskurides of Samos". From the so-called House of Cicero, Pompeii. Inv.9987
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Comedy scene: consultation of a sorceress. Three women wearing theatrical...

"Cave Canem" - beware of the dog, threshold mosaic from Pompeii. To warn off intruders, such mosaics showing fierce dogs were fairly common in Pompeii. Inv.110660
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"Cave Canem" - beware of the dog, threshold mosaic from Pompeii. To warn of...

Head of Medusa, a threshold mosaic to protect the house and its inhabitants. From the House of the Centenary, Pompeii. Inv.112284
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Head of Medusa, a threshold mosaic to protect the house and its inhabi...

Panther with dionysiac symbols. From Pompeii
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Panther with dionysiac symbols. From Pompeii

Cocks fighting in front of a small mensa, a table. From Pompeii.
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Cocks fighting in front of a small mensa, a table. From Pompeii.

Venus removing her sandal, From Pompeii 12,10 Inv.109678
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Venus removing her sandal, From Pompeii 12,10...

Maenad and satyr in a dionysiac scene, marble mosaic on slate ground, from the Casa dei Capitelli Colorati Pompeii VII 4, 31-51 Inv.9977
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Maenad and satyr in a dionysiac scene, marble mosaic on slate ground, from th...

Candelabre and hunting putto, glass-paste mosaic from Pompeii VI, Insula Occidentalis 36. Inv.10013
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Candelabre and hunting putto, glass-paste mosaic from Pompeii VI, Insula...

Theseus fights the minotaur, tondo. From Pompeii Inv.10016
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Theseus fights the minotaur, tondo. From Pompeii...

Theseus fights the minotaur. From Formia. Inv.10017
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Theseus fights the minotaur. From Formia....

Skull, symbol of death, surrounded by symbolic objects: a butterfly for flying time, a wheel of fortune, a level as a sign that all are made level by death. From the triclinium of the Bottega, Pompeii 15,2 Inv.109982
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Skull, symbol of death, surrounded by symbolic objects: a butterfly for flying t...