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A thanksgiving procession on "Harvester Vase". Black steatite (1500 BCE) from a villa at Hagia Triada near the palace of Phaestos, Crete.
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A thanksgiving procession on "Harvester Vase". Black steatite (1500 BCE...

The Phaestos Sun-disk, on both sides spirals with individually stamped hieroglyphs, perhaps a hymn to a god. Red pottery (17th BCE) from Phaestos, Crete.
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The Phaestos Sun-disk, on both sides spirals with individually stampe...

Sosinos of Gortyn, bronze founder. Funerary stele (early 4th BCE). 100 x 60 cm MA 769
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Sosinos of Gortyn, bronze founder. Funerary stele (early 4t...

Bull-Jumping, 2nd Mill.BCE
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Bull-Jumping, 2nd Mill.BCE

Portrait of a woman called "La Parisienne" (The Parisian), perhaps a priestess. Fresco (1600 BCE)
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Portrait of a woman called "La Parisienne" (The Parisian), perhaps a priestess....

The snake priestess. Earthenware figure (17th-14th BCE)
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The snake priestess. Earthenware figure (17th-14th BCE)

Bard professional singer) with lyre. Bronze figure (10th-6th BCE) Geometric Period.
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Bard professional singer) with lyre. Bronze figure (10th-6th BCE) Geometric P...

Greek musician. Clay statuette (10th-6th BCE, Geometric Period) found in 1924 in the Arcades, Crete. Height 7.5 cm Inv. 8104
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Greek musician. Clay statuette (10th-6th BCE, Geometric...

Bull with horns of gilded wood. Black steatite rhyton (1700-1400 BCE).
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Bull with horns of gilded wood. Black steatite rhyton (1700-1400 BCE).

Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE), marble head. Original head of the 1st BCE on a 17th century body. Cesi Collection
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Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE), marble head. Original head of the 1st BCE on a 17th...

Woman in prayer (supposedly Faustina the Younger) holding scepter and orb. Restored statue from the Sciarra Collection Cat. 396
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Woman in prayer (supposedly Faustina the Younger) holding sce...

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...