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A Roman fresco with Bacchic scenes; from the columbarium of Villa Doria Pamphili, Rome, dated to 50 CE ca. British museum, nr. 1873,0208.1

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A Roman fresco with Bacchic scenes; from the columbarium of Villa Doria Pamphili, Rome, dated to 50 CE ca. British museum, nr. 1873,0208.1

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Roman silver bowl decorated with gilded vines. Dated to the 1st c. CE. At the British museum, nr. 1867,0508.1410

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Roman silver bowl decorated with gilded vines. Dated to the 1st c. CE. At the British museum, nr. 1867,0508.1410

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A Nasca ceramic double spout with bridge jar with a man and a woman copulating. From Peru, 100 BCE-650 CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A Nasca ceramic double spout with bridge jar with a man and a woman copulating. From Peru, 100 BCE-650 CE, now housed at the British Museum

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Roman anthropomorphic dice in the form of squatting figures. The silver dice work much like conventional dice, with their various sides numbered with 1 to 6 red dots. 1st-2nd century CE, British Museum

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Roman anthropomorphic dice in the form of squatting figures. The silver dice work much like conventional dice, with their various sides numbered with 1 to 6 red dots. 1st-2nd century CE, British Museum

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Clay plaque of a striding man leading a large dog. Excavated from Babylon, ca. 1750 BCE. Housed at the British Museum

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Clay plaque of a striding man leading a large dog. Excavated from Babylon, ca. 1750 BCE. Housed at the British Museum

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A stout barkcloth coloured red and black in painted design of lines, triangles, and zigzags. From Hawaii, 18th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A stout barkcloth coloured red and black in painted design of lines, triangles, and zigzags. From Hawaii, 18th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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The Cookham dagger with its sheath; an artifact of the Hallstatt period, made of iron & copper alloy. It was found at Cookham, England, & it's dated to 600 - 550 BCE ca. British museum, nr. 1860,0927.1

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The Cookham dagger with its sheath; an artifact of the Hallstatt period, made of iron & copper alloy. It was found at Cookham, England, & it's dated to 600 - 550 BCE ca. British museum, nr. 1860,0927.1

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A Roman fresco from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Italy, ca. 50–40 BCE

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A Roman fresco from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Italy, ca. 50–40 BCE

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Blue glazed composition wig with diadem from a royal statue excavated in Thebes. Blue was the color of Egyptian gods’ hair. 18th-19th Dynasty. British Museum

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Blue glazed composition wig with diadem from a royal statue excavated in Thebes. Blue was the color of Egyptian gods’ hair. 18th-19th Dynasty. British Museum

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Roman mosaic showing a comedy scene. Find in Cicero's Villa in Pompeii. Dated to the 1st century CE.

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Roman mosaic showing a comedy scene. Find in Cicero's Villa in Pompeii. Dated to the 1st century CE.

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A wooden female figurative spear-rest from Hawaii. Donated to the British Museum by Lords of the Admiralty in 1855 CE

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A wooden female figurative spear-rest from Hawaii. Donated to the British Museum by Lords of the Admiralty in 1855 CE

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The Staffordshire Moorlands Pan, a decorated and inscribed Romano-British bronze trulla of the 2nd c. CE. The inscription contains the names of four Roman forts of the Hadrian wall. British museum, nr. 2005,1204.1

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The Staffordshire Moorlands Pan, a decorated and inscribed Romano-British bronze trulla of the 2nd c. CE. The inscription contains the names of four Roman forts of the Hadrian wall. British museum, nr. 2005,1204.1

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A bronze statue of a young man, wrapped in a mantle. From Ierapetra, Crete, of the Roman period, it's dated to 50 - 25 BCE. Heraklion arch. museum, nr. Χ2677

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A bronze statue of a young man, wrapped in a mantle. From Ierapetra, Crete, of the Roman period, it's dated to 50 - 25 BCE. Heraklion arch. museum, nr. Χ2677

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A Roman knobbed blue glass beaker with a plain ground rim, bulging sides and a flat base: blown into a silver case with openwork designs. 50-100 CE, from Italy, now housed at the British Museum

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A Roman knobbed blue glass beaker with a plain ground rim, bulging sides and a flat base: blown into a silver case with openwork designs. 50-100 CE, from Italy, now housed at the British Museum

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Part of the Blue monkeys fresco, from Akrotiri, Thera, Greece. It's dated to the 17th c, BCE, & housed at the Prehistoric Museum of Thera

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Part of the Blue monkeys fresco, from Akrotiri, Thera, Greece. It's dated to the 17th c, BCE, & housed at the Prehistoric Museum of Thera

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Ancient Roman silver amphora decorated with Bacchic scenes, c. 2nd century CE.

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Ancient Roman silver amphora decorated with Bacchic scenes, c. 2nd century CE.

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The Priapus of Rivery, a Gallo - Roman composite bronze statuette, dated to the 1st c. CE ca and discovered at Rivery, France. Musée de Picardie, nr. 1876.477

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The Priapus of Rivery, a Gallo - Roman composite bronze statuette, dated to the 1st c. CE ca and discovered at Rivery, France. Musée de Picardie, nr. 1876.477

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A ceramic figure of a woman from Ecuador. Valdivia culture, 4000-1800 BCE, now housed at the Casa del Alabado Museum of Pre-Columbian Art in Ecuador

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A ceramic figure of a woman from Ecuador. Valdivia culture, 4000-1800 BCE, now housed at the Casa del Alabado Museum of Pre-Columbian Art in Ecuador

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A fresco from Pompeii showing the kiss of a Roman couple. Above is the inscription: NOLO CUM MYRTALE, which can be translated as: "I don't want to with Myrtale".

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A fresco from Pompeii showing the kiss of a Roman couple. Above is the inscription: NOLO CUM MYRTALE, which can be translated as: "I don't want to with Myrtale".

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A mural from Ostia - a Roman port - showing the loading of a merchant ship named Isis Giminiana with grain. Object dated to the 2nd-3rd century CE. Located in the Vatican Museums in Rome.

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A mural from Ostia - a Roman port - showing the loading of a merchant ship named Isis Giminiana with grain. Object dated to the 2nd-3rd century CE. Located in the Vatican Museums in Rome.

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