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A Minoan ivory box discovered in Crete, Greece, contained 80 amethyst beads along with carnelian and glass paste beads. The carvings on the lid depict an elaborate cult scene with a goddess seated before a tree shrine who is approached by figures to the right. 1625-1470 BCE

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A Minoan ivory box discovered in Crete, Greece, contained 80 amethyst beads along with carnelian and glass paste beads. The carvings on the lid depict an elaborate cult scene with a goddess seated before a tree shrine who is approached by figures to the right. 1625-1470 BCE

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Among the treasures discovered in King Tut’s tomb is an elaborate pectoral with a central scarab carved from a canary-yellow material called Libyan Desert glass. Found in the sand dunes of Egypt’s western desert, the glass was formed about 29 million years ago by a meteorite strike

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Among the treasures discovered in King Tut’s tomb is an elaborate pectoral with a central scarab carved from a canary-yellow material called Libyan Desert glass. Found in the sand dunes of Egypt’s western desert, the glass was formed about 29 million years ago by a meteorite strike

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Detail of one long side of Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, a Minoan limestone sarcophagus from c. 1400 BC, 54" long, excavated from a tomb at Hagia Triada, Crete. Coated in plaster and painted in fresco on all faces, It is the only limestone sarcophagus of its era discovered to date...

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Detail of one long side of Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, a Minoan limestone sarcophagus from c. 1400 BC, 54" long, excavated from a tomb at Hagia Triada, Crete. Coated in plaster and painted in fresco on all faces, It is the only limestone sarcophagus of its era discovered to date...

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Ivory Pyxis with griffins attacking Stags, a small Mycenaean carved ivory cylindrical box from the late 15th century BCE. Discovered in a Late Bronze Age tomb context during the Athenian Agora excavations in 1939, the relief carving is relatively fine given the small scale…

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Ivory Pyxis with griffins attacking Stags, a small Mycenaean carved ivory cylindrical box from the late 15th century BCE. Discovered in a Late Bronze Age tomb context during the Athenian Agora excavations in 1939, the relief carving is relatively fine given the small scale…

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A Roman water boiler from the 1st century BCE that was discovered at Villa Della Pisanella in Boscoreale, Italy. It is one of the rarest examples to survive with its complete system of pipes and fittings intact.

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A Roman water boiler from the 1st century BCE that was discovered at Villa Della Pisanella in Boscoreale, Italy. It is one of the rarest examples to survive with its complete system of pipes and fittings intact.

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This bronze pin with amber and glass beads was found on the edge of the Uechter Moor, a bog in Lower Saxony, Germany. Elaborate jewellery was often deposited in lakes or bogs as an offering to the gods in the Iron Age. The pin dates to the 6th-4th BCE. On display at Landesmuseum Hannover

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This bronze pin with amber and glass beads was found on the edge of the Uechter Moor, a bog in Lower Saxony, Germany. Elaborate jewellery was often deposited in lakes or bogs as an offering to the gods in the Iron Age. The pin dates to the 6th-4th BCE. On display at Landesmuseum Hannover

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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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A neolithic figurine depicting a goddess seated on a leopard, and holding a small leopard on her chest. Discovered in a house in Hacılar in Turkey, 5600 BCE, now housed at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara

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A neolithic figurine depicting a goddess seated on a leopard, and holding a small leopard on her chest. Discovered in a house in Hacılar in Turkey, 5600 BCE, now housed at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara

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The Shrine of the Three Kings is a large gilded sarcophagus, decorated with filigree, enamel, and over 1,000 jewels and beads, and located at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. Built from 1180 to 1225 CE, it is traditionally believed to contain the bones of the Biblical Magi

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The Shrine of the Three Kings is a large gilded sarcophagus, decorated with filigree, enamel, and over 1,000 jewels and beads, and located at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. Built from 1180 to 1225 CE, it is traditionally believed to contain the bones of the Biblical Magi

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3 gold signet rings from the Griffin Warrior tomb in Pylos, Greece. The tomb was that of a Mycenaean warrior, who died in his mid-30s around 1500 BCE. The gold rings depict very detailed scenes and iconography straight out of Minoan mythology

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3 gold signet rings from the Griffin Warrior tomb in Pylos, Greece. The tomb was that of a Mycenaean warrior, who died in his mid-30s around 1500 BCE. The gold rings depict very detailed scenes and iconography straight out of Minoan mythology

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Detail of woman with injured foot . Adorants Fresco , Cycladian-Minoan civilization, c. 1600 bC. Akrotiri, island of Thera, now Santorini, Greece. This figure decorated a wall in a three-story stone building on a paved street.

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Detail of woman with injured foot . Adorants Fresco , Cycladian-Minoan civilization, c. 1600 bC. Akrotiri, island of Thera, now Santorini, Greece. This figure decorated a wall in a three-story stone building on a paved street.

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A drone photo of Fort 9, with the canal-lined Great Gorgan Wall visible on the right. Built in the 5th or 6th century CE by the Sasanian Empire in Iran, the wall is 195 km long and 6–10 m wide, and features over 30 fortresses spaced at intervals of between 10 and 50 km

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A drone photo of Fort 9, with the canal-lined Great Gorgan Wall visible on the right. Built in the 5th or 6th century CE by the Sasanian Empire in Iran, the wall is 195 km long and 6–10 m wide, and features over 30 fortresses spaced at intervals of between 10 and 50 km

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Amethyst Intaglio from Ancient Rome, c.25 BCE: this ringstone measures just 2cm tall, and it's engraved with a portrait of the Greek orator, Demosthenes; the artist's name, Dioskourides, is also inscribed along the right side

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Amethyst Intaglio from Ancient Rome, c.25 BCE: this ringstone measures just 2cm tall, and it's engraved with a portrait of the Greek orator, Demosthenes; the artist's name, Dioskourides, is also inscribed along the right side

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The Olmec Stela 2 at the Parque-Museo La Venta, in Mexico, is a 3.66 m tall low-relief basalt sculpture, dating back to 900-400 BCE. The front of the stele depicts a central, highly adorned figure, surrounded by other stylized individuals, and wearing an elaborate, tall headdress

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The Olmec Stela 2 at the Parque-Museo La Venta, in Mexico, is a 3.66 m tall low-relief basalt sculpture, dating back to 900-400 BCE. The front of the stele depicts a central, highly adorned figure, surrounded by other stylized individuals, and wearing an elaborate, tall headdress

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The Pylos Combat Agate; a Minoan gold-capped sealstone of the Mycenaean period, which depicts a battle scene of two warriors while a third one lies dead. It was discoverd at the Grave of the Griffin Warrior, Pylos, Greece, & it's dated to 1450 BCE ca. Arch. mus. of Chora, SN18-0112

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The Pylos Combat Agate; a Minoan gold-capped sealstone of the Mycenaean period, which depicts a battle scene of two warriors while a third one lies dead. It was discoverd at the Grave of the Griffin Warrior, Pylos, Greece, & it's dated to 1450 BCE ca. Arch. mus. of Chora, SN18-0112

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"La Parisienne", aka the Minoan Lady, is a fresco fragment from the Palace of Knossos in Crete, dated around 1400 BC. It depicts a young woman in profile with large, black-outlined eyes, bright red lips, fair skin and black hair, often interpreted as a priestess due to her attire...

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"La Parisienne", aka the Minoan Lady, is a fresco fragment from the Palace of Knossos in Crete, dated around 1400 BC. It depicts a young woman in profile with large, black-outlined eyes, bright red lips, fair skin and black hair, often interpreted as a priestess due to her attire...

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Painted Portrait of "Serapis" a state-created syncretic take on the God Isis, rebranded by Ptolemy I, with features of Zeus. To create a deity who would appeal to both the local Egyptians and the large Greek minority of Alexandria - Egg tempera on wood.

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Painted Portrait of "Serapis" a state-created syncretic take on the God Isis, rebranded by Ptolemy I, with features of Zeus. To create a deity who would appeal to both the local Egyptians and the large Greek minority of Alexandria - Egg tempera on wood.

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Some of the 46 bronze geese discovered in a single pit at the mausoleum of the 1st Emperor of China . The pit also yielded 15 terracotta figures, likely representing musicians, who together with the birds recreated a scene of leisure and entertainment in the imperial garden

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Some of the 46 bronze geese discovered in a single pit at the mausoleum of the 1st Emperor of China . The pit also yielded 15 terracotta figures, likely representing musicians, who together with the birds recreated a scene of leisure and entertainment in the imperial garden

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The east and north façades of the Parthenon, Acropolis Athens, Greece, 430's BC. When you reached the Acropolis and crossed the Propylaea you met the Parthenon to your right with the west façade in all its glory. That end, however, was not the main façade

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The east and north façades of the Parthenon, Acropolis Athens, Greece, 430's BC. When you reached the Acropolis and crossed the Propylaea you met the Parthenon to your right with the west façade in all its glory. That end, however, was not the main façade

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