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Palace of King Nestor in Pylos, earthenware bathtub (12th BCE). Telemach, son of Ulysses, visited here to ask Nestor for news of his father.
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Palace of King Nestor in Pylos, earthenware bathtub (12th BCE). Telemach, so...

Baths of Glauke, daughter of King Kreon (1st CE). Corinth, Greece
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Baths of Glauke, daughter of King Kreon (1st CE). Corinth, Greec...

Commemorative stone stele, from Babylon,southern Iraq, 900-800 BCE. From the temple of the god Marduk in Babylon, set up in honour of a private individual called Adad-etir, an official in the temple, known as the "dagger bearer". The stele was set up by his son Marduk-balassu-iqbi who was also a priest. Divine symbols above the two priests are a solar disk for the sun-god Shamash, a crescent of the moon for the moon-god Sin and a lion-headed mace on a pedestal. ANE, 90834
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Commemorative stone stele, from Babylon,southern Iraq, 900-800 BCE. From the te...

Royal family life: Pharaoh Amenophis IV Akhnaton, Queen Nefertiti, and 3 daughters praying to the sun. Bas-relief from Amarna about 1350 BCE, New Kingdom 43.5 x 39 cm
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Royal family life: Pharaoh Amenophis IV Akhnaton, Queen Nefertiti, and 3 daughte...

Pharaoh Amenophis IV Akhnaton's daughter. Sculpted head from Amarna, Egypt, about 1350 BCE, New Kingdom Height: 21 cm
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Pharaoh Amenophis IV Akhnaton's daughter. Sculpted head from Amarna, Egypt, abou...

Pharaoh Amenophis IV Akhnaton's daughter. Sculpted head from Amarna, Egypt, about 1350 BCE, New Kingdom Height: 21 cm
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Pharaoh Amenophis IV Akhnaton's daughter. Sculpted head from Amarna, Egypt, abou...

Armchair of Satamon, sister of Tutankhamun, from the tomb of Youya and Thouyou, Thebes. 1365 BCE, New Kingdom
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Armchair of Satamon, sister of Tutankhamun, from the tomb of Youya a...

The Voyage to Punt: Servants of King and Queen of Punt. Coloured limestone relief in the temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Maat Ka-Re) (1495-1475 BCE), south side of west terrace, Deir-el-Bahri. 18th Dynasty (1554-1305 BCE), New Kingdom
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The Voyage to Punt: Servants of King and Queen of Punt. Coloured limestone...

Bani Anta, daughter of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE), stands between the legs of Pharoh Ramses II's colossal statue in the Temple of Amun in Karnak, Egypt.
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Bani Anta, daughter of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE), stands...

Funeral relief of Atilion and his children, 3rd CE. Limestone, traces of polychrome painting, 30,6 x 53 cm Inv. E 11763
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Funeral relief of Atilion and his children, 3rd CE. Limestone, traces of pol...

Pharaoh Pi(ankhy)and his daughter Mutirdis before the Goddess Mut.25th dynasty Limestone, H:43,5 cm C 100
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Pharaoh Pi(ankhy)and his daughter Mutirdis before the Goddess Mut.25th dyn...

Cappadocian text,letter sent from Assur by Assur-idi to his son Assur na'da,who is on his way to Cappadocia. From Anatolia, period of the Assyrian trading posts, early 2nd mill. BCE Clay, 7,5 x 5 cm AO 7067
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Cappadocian text,letter sent from Assur by Assur-idi to his son Assur na'da,w...