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Scarab of King Ramesses II smiting an enemy. The king grabs the captive with one hand by his hair and swings back his sword with the other. The lower round shows two kneeling, fettered captives: a Nubian and a Libyan with a feather in his hair. 1279-1213 BCE Walters

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Scarab of King Ramesses II smiting an enemy. The king grabs the captive with one hand by his hair and swings back his sword with the other. The lower round shows two kneeling, fettered captives: a Nubian and a Libyan with a feather in his hair. 1279-1213 BCE Walters

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A colossal limestone sculpture of Meritamen, daughter and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great born by his first queen Nefertari. Located at Akhmim in Egypt

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A colossal limestone sculpture of Meritamen, daughter and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great born by his first queen Nefertari. Located at Akhmim in Egypt

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Granite sculpture of king Ramesses III, flanked by Horus and Seth. From Medinet Habu, c. 1186-1155 BCE, now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

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Granite sculpture of king Ramesses III, flanked by Horus and Seth. From Medinet Habu, c. 1186-1155 BCE, now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

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Greco-Roman ring depicting Hercules during one of his twelve deeds with a lion on his back and a club in his hand

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Greco-Roman ring depicting Hercules during one of his twelve deeds with a lion on his back and a club in his hand

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A bronze plaque from Perm, in Russia, depicting seven elk men, with two-fingered hands and small hooves for feet,walking in procession along the back of a long-horned, scaly anteater. 6th-8th century CE

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A bronze plaque from Perm, in Russia, depicting seven elk men, with two-fingered hands and small hooves for feet,walking in procession along the back of a long-horned, scaly anteater. 6th-8th century CE

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This incense burner, depicts one of the Palenque Triad of deities that the Maya called Kinich Ajaw, or "Sun Lord." He is shown here with his trademark nose, and shell and fish symbols around his mouth. The stacking of faces is a hallmark of incense burners from Palenque. 600-900. Walters

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This incense burner, depicts one of the Palenque Triad of deities that the Maya called Kinich Ajaw, or "Sun Lord." He is shown here with his trademark nose, and shell and fish symbols around his mouth. The stacking of faces is a hallmark of incense burners from Palenque. 600-900. Walters

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The amethyst scarab bracelet of Tutankhamun , found in his tomb in a beautiful cartouche shaped box with other fine pieces of jewelry. Now housed at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo

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The amethyst scarab bracelet of Tutankhamun , found in his tomb in a beautiful cartouche shaped box with other fine pieces of jewelry. Now housed at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo

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One of the two Obelisks carved to stand at the sides of the portal of the Temple of Luxor by Ramesses II, c. 1250 BC. The western piece, 75 ft high, was "gifted" by Egypt to France in the 1830s and stands at the Place de la Concorde in Paris. The other one remains in Luxor...

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One of the two Obelisks carved to stand at the sides of the portal of the Temple of Luxor by Ramesses II, c. 1250 BC. The western piece, 75 ft high, was "gifted" by Egypt to France in the 1830s and stands at the Place de la Concorde in Paris. The other one remains in Luxor...

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Pillow of Berenguela of Castile . The central medallion is formed by a crown with an Arabic inscription in cursive letters that frames the figures of two dancers facing each other around a schematic tree of life. The Museum of Medieval Textiles in Burgos, Spain

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Pillow of Berenguela of Castile . The central medallion is formed by a crown with an Arabic inscription in cursive letters that frames the figures of two dancers facing each other around a schematic tree of life. The Museum of Medieval Textiles in Burgos, Spain

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A wall painting from the tomb KV6 of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses IX , located in Egypt's Valley of the Kings

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A wall painting from the tomb KV6 of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses IX , located in Egypt's Valley of the Kings

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Assyrian relief depicting Esarhaddon with his mother Naqi'a. She is one of the few women depicted in Assyrian art, and the only Assyrian figure other than a king to write a treaty.

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Assyrian relief depicting Esarhaddon with his mother Naqi'a. She is one of the few women depicted in Assyrian art, and the only Assyrian figure other than a king to write a treaty.

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The costumes of kings, royal mothers and a bishop from medieval Nubia have been reconstructed by Polish scientists and designers based on 10th-13th centuries CE paintings that once decorated the walls of the cathedral in Faras, Sudan

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The costumes of kings, royal mothers and a bishop from medieval Nubia have been reconstructed by Polish scientists and designers based on 10th-13th centuries CE paintings that once decorated the walls of the cathedral in Faras, Sudan

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A jade burial suit is a ceremonial suit made of pieces of jade in which royal members of China's Han dynasty were buried. The top one for example belongs to the king Liu Wu , and was made from more than 4,000 pieces of jade linked together with gold wire

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A jade burial suit is a ceremonial suit made of pieces of jade in which royal members of China's Han dynasty were buried. The top one for example belongs to the king Liu Wu , and was made from more than 4,000 pieces of jade linked together with gold wire

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Meretseger one of the protective goddesses that were found in the tomb of Amenhotep II in the Valley of the Kings Responsible for protecting the body of the king in his afterlife journey. Meretseger in the form of the winged cobra. New Kingdom National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

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Meretseger one of the protective goddesses that were found in the tomb of Amenhotep II in the Valley of the Kings Responsible for protecting the body of the king in his afterlife journey. Meretseger in the form of the winged cobra. New Kingdom National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

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Bas-Relief of the Lion Hunt from the palace of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud, Neo-Assyrian empire, ca. 883–859 BCE. They show the ritual "hunt" in an arena where captured Asian lions were released from cages for the king to kill with arrows...

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Bas-Relief of the Lion Hunt from the palace of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud, Neo-Assyrian empire, ca. 883–859 BCE. They show the ritual "hunt" in an arena where captured Asian lions were released from cages for the king to kill with arrows...

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