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A carved Pictish stone known as Rhynie Man depicts a bearded figure with sharp teeth holding an ax. likely between 4th and 6th centuries CE

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A carved Pictish stone known as Rhynie Man depicts a bearded figure with sharp teeth holding an ax. likely between 4th and 6th centuries CE

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Stone figurines known as the "Supplicants", made by the Alamito Culture between 400 BCE and 650 CE in northern Argentina

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Stone figurines known as the "Supplicants", made by the Alamito Culture between 400 BCE and 650 CE in northern Argentina

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Runestone in Krogsta, from the 6th century AD, with a human figure and an inscription. One of three known rune stones in Uppland carved with the elder rune alphabet, and the only one still in its original position

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Runestone in Krogsta, from the 6th century AD, with a human figure and an inscription. One of three known rune stones in Uppland carved with the elder rune alphabet, and the only one still in its original position

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Figurines of Zoroastrian priests wearing masks and holding barsom twigs, 6th century BC

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Figurines of Zoroastrian priests wearing masks and holding barsom twigs, 6th century BC

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The ornate carved top of a 15th century CE stone aztec box, known as tepetlacalli, with a depiction of the God Tlaltecuhtli. Now housed at the Cortes Palace Museum in Mexico

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The ornate carved top of a 15th century CE stone aztec box, known as tepetlacalli, with a depiction of the God Tlaltecuhtli. Now housed at the Cortes Palace Museum in Mexico

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Cave pictograph depicting early Spanish settlers/ explorers to Texas created by natives in Texas mostly likely between the 15th and 18th centuries. Texas Archeological Research Laboratory archives

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Cave pictograph depicting early Spanish settlers/ explorers to Texas created by natives in Texas mostly likely between the 15th and 18th centuries. Texas Archeological Research Laboratory archives

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Tipu’s Tiger is an 18th-century mechanica toy.It is carved from wood and depicts a life-sized tiger mauling a prostrate European man dressed as a British soldier

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Tipu’s Tiger is an 18th-century mechanica toy.It is carved from wood and depicts a life-sized tiger mauling a prostrate European man dressed as a British soldier

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Cave pictograph depicting early Spanish settlers/ explorer to Texas created by natives in Texas mostly likely between the 15th and 18th centuries. Texas Archeological Research Laboratory archives.

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Cave pictograph depicting early Spanish settlers/ explorer to Texas created by natives in Texas mostly likely between the 15th and 18th centuries. Texas Archeological Research Laboratory archives.

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Duct flute carved from a single piece of argillite, depicting a bird and human figures. British Columbia, Canada, Haida peoples, 19th century

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Duct flute carved from a single piece of argillite, depicting a bird and human figures. British Columbia, Canada, Haida peoples, 19th century

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A two-foot-tall cotton figure known as a Zemi, a depiction of a divine or ancestral spirit made by the Indigenous Taíno people who lived in the Caribbean late 14th or early 15th century.Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography Turin

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A two-foot-tall cotton figure known as a Zemi, a depiction of a divine or ancestral spirit made by the Indigenous Taíno people who lived in the Caribbean late 14th or early 15th century.Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography Turin

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Ancient Roman-era Egyptian linen fragment featuring an image of a colorfully dressed figure holding an object, c. 4th-6th century CE.

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Ancient Roman-era Egyptian linen fragment featuring an image of a colorfully dressed figure holding an object, c. 4th-6th century CE.

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A limestone Roman funerary stele depicting a seated woman with necklaces and earrings. From Athienou in Cyprus, end of 1st century CE, now housed at the Louvre museum in Paris

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A limestone Roman funerary stele depicting a seated woman with necklaces and earrings. From Athienou in Cyprus, end of 1st century CE, now housed at the Louvre museum in Paris

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Silver ring with a stone on which are carved two fish hanging from an anchor. Approximately third century AD.

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Silver ring with a stone on which are carved two fish hanging from an anchor. Approximately third century AD.

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Black-figure plate, depicting a flute player with dancer holding string instrument and cup; Attica, 515 BCE ca. In Antikenmuseum Basel, inv.nr. Ka 421

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Black-figure plate, depicting a flute player with dancer holding string instrument and cup; Attica, 515 BCE ca. In Antikenmuseum Basel, inv.nr. Ka 421

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The skull of a shaman with cut wolf jaw replacing upper incisor teeth, found at the Ayres Mound in Kentucky. His upper front teeth had been removed during his lifetime so he could hold the wolf jaw in his own mouth as part of an animal mask. Adena culture

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The skull of a shaman with cut wolf jaw replacing upper incisor teeth, found at the Ayres Mound in Kentucky. His upper front teeth had been removed during his lifetime so he could hold the wolf jaw in his own mouth as part of an animal mask. Adena culture

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An erotic stone sculpture depicting a standing 69, located at the 13th century CE Konark Sun Temple in Odisha, India

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An erotic stone sculpture depicting a standing 69, located at the 13th century CE Konark Sun Temple in Odisha, India

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A silver Roman ring with a jasper intaglio depicting a pegasus. 3rd-4th century CE, now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest

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A silver Roman ring with a jasper intaglio depicting a pegasus. 3rd-4th century CE, now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest

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Roman Terracotta statuette of a bear holding an oil lamp, dated to the 4th–7th century CE.

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Roman Terracotta statuette of a bear holding an oil lamp, dated to the 4th–7th century CE.

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These earrings, inscribed with the Greek phrase "ΤΗ ΚΑΛΗ" , meaning "to the beautiful one," date to the 4th century CE, from the Imperial Roman period. Crafted from gold and adorned with finely carved sardonyx, they are now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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These earrings, inscribed with the Greek phrase "ΤΗ ΚΑΛΗ" , meaning "to the beautiful one," date to the 4th century CE, from the Imperial Roman period. Crafted from gold and adorned with finely carved sardonyx, they are now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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