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Antiquity


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



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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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Roman central heating system: hot air circulated underneath the floor as in this public bath (thermae) in Pompeii.
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Roman central heating system: hot air circulated underneath the floor as...

Thermopolium, a tavern of the 1st CE, Pompeii. There were 89 of these taverns or bars in Pompeii. Citizens went there before dinner, to have hot wine mixed with water, or a quick snack. Drinks and food were kept hot in the jars sunk into the counter.
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Thermopolium, a tavern of the 1st CE, Pompeii. There were 89 of these t...

Oven of the baker Popidius Priscus, two grain mills on either side.
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Oven of the baker Popidius Priscus, two grain mills on either side.

Grain mills in the bakery of Popidius Priscus, Pompeii. The top of the mill turned around a conical base; grain was poured into the top opening and the flour collected at the base.
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Grain mills in the bakery of Popidius Priscus, Pompeii. The top of the mill turn...

Plaster cast of one of the victims of the catastrophe of 79 CE, the eruption of Vesuvius, which covered Pompeii and Herculaneum with a thick layer of volcanic stone and ashes. Bodies of the victims decomposed, but the hard crust formed by the ashes remained intact.
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Plaster cast of one of the victims of the catastrophe of 79 CE, the eruption o...

Fragment of a wallpainting from Boscoreale. Third quarter 1st BCE P 102.983c797 AGR
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Fragment of a wallpainting from Boscoreale. Third quarter 1st BCE...

The judgement of Paris, from Antioch. Inv.3443
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The judgement of Paris, from Antioch. Inv.3443

Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite,from Constantine, Algeria. Early 7th Inv.1880
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Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite,from Constantine, Algeria. Early 7th...

Phoenix on a pattern of roses. Mosaic from Daphnis near Antiochia,late 5th CE, Marble and limestone,600 x 425 cm INV.3442
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Phoenix on a pattern of roses. Mosaic from Daphnis near Antiochia,late...

Chariot-race in a stadium.
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Chariot-race in a stadium.

A group of soldiers of the Praetorian guard,possibly from the Forum of Emperor Trajan. Marble, H:162 cm MA 1079
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A group of soldiers of the Praetorian guard,possibly from the Forum of Empero...

Patera with female bust wearing an elephant's head and holding a cornucopia;from the Treasure of Boscoreale near Pompeii.End first BCE. Gilded silver, 6 x 22 cm BJ 1869
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Patera with female bust wearing an elephant's head and holding a cornucopia...