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A 15th century BC collar made of gold, carnelian, obsidian and glass, which was gifted by Thutmose III to one of his three foreign wives. It was found in their communal, lavishly furnished rock-cut tomb in the same valley where Hatshepsut was going to be buried before she became pharaoh.

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A 15th century BC collar made of gold, carnelian, obsidian and glass, which was gifted by Thutmose III to one of his three foreign wives. It was found in their communal, lavishly furnished rock-cut tomb in the same valley where Hatshepsut was going to be buried before she became pharaoh.

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Egyptian Wig with Rosettes found in the tomb of the three foreign wives of Tuthmosis III. Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, glass. ca. 1479–1425 B.C., MET

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Egyptian Wig with Rosettes found in the tomb of the three foreign wives of Tuthmosis III. Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, glass. ca. 1479–1425 B.C., MET

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Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of Thutmose II, first tomb of a pharaoh since Tutankhamun's was uncovered over a century ago. Thutmose II, one of the greatest pharaohs, was Queen Hatshepsut's husband, and his tomb was the last undiscovered royal tomb of the 18th Egyptian dynasty.

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Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of Thutmose II, first tomb of a pharaoh since Tutankhamun's was uncovered over a century ago. Thutmose II, one of the greatest pharaohs, was Queen Hatshepsut's husband, and his tomb was the last undiscovered royal tomb of the 18th Egyptian dynasty.

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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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A 16th century travelling communion set. The set is important because it was made and used at the time when Henry VIII had broken with Rome but still adhered, with his own modifications, to the medieval doctrine of the sacraments.

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A 16th century travelling communion set. The set is important because it was made and used at the time when Henry VIII had broken with Rome but still adhered, with his own modifications, to the medieval doctrine of the sacraments.

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Travertine Kohl Jar Inscribed for Hatshepsut as God's Wife, which must have been made during the queen's marriage to Thutmose II or during the first years of her joint reign with Thutmose III. circa 1492–1477 B.C., MET

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Travertine Kohl Jar Inscribed for Hatshepsut as God's Wife, which must have been made during the queen's marriage to Thutmose II or during the first years of her joint reign with Thutmose III. circa 1492–1477 B.C., MET

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Athena Parthenos Chiaramonti, colossal head of Athena, Rome, late 1st century CE. Found together with an arm and a foot, it was part of an acrolith statue believed to be a copy of an original from the circle of Phidias

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Athena Parthenos Chiaramonti, colossal head of Athena, Rome, late 1st century CE. Found together with an arm and a foot, it was part of an acrolith statue believed to be a copy of an original from the circle of Phidias

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Apollo Citharoedus, cast bronze and glass paste, Pompeii, 50 BC. A statue type with the god holding the cithara in his arm, supposed a copy of a Greek bronze original made in the 5th c. BC. More than a dozen replicas have been found, the main ones being this one and the one in Mantua.

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Apollo Citharoedus, cast bronze and glass paste, Pompeii, 50 BC. A statue type with the god holding the cithara in his arm, supposed a copy of a Greek bronze original made in the 5th c. BC. More than a dozen replicas have been found, the main ones being this one and the one in Mantua.

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Tomb of Curses, in which Aelius Apollinarius Makedon and his wife were buried, 2nd century CE Hierapolis, Turkey. It has an inscription invoking diseases, misfortunes and punishments that would fall on anyone who dared to violate the tomb. The sarcophagus was broken during an earthquake

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Tomb of Curses, in which Aelius Apollinarius Makedon and his wife were buried, 2nd century CE Hierapolis, Turkey. It has an inscription invoking diseases, misfortunes and punishments that would fall on anyone who dared to violate the tomb. The sarcophagus was broken during an earthquake

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The Hall of Annals of Thutmosis III, at the Temple of Karnak in Thebes, Egypt, depicting Thutmosis offering foreign gifts to Amun. Mid 15th century BCE

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The Hall of Annals of Thutmosis III, at the Temple of Karnak in Thebes, Egypt, depicting Thutmosis offering foreign gifts to Amun. Mid 15th century BCE

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A cluster of statues in Gopachal Jain Colossi. It is a collection of gigantic, proportionate Jain cave monuments carved into the rock face around Gwalior Fort in India. The statues here are several feet high. It was built by the Tomar Rajput kings in the 15th century.

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A cluster of statues in Gopachal Jain Colossi. It is a collection of gigantic, proportionate Jain cave monuments carved into the rock face around Gwalior Fort in India. The statues here are several feet high. It was built by the Tomar Rajput kings in the 15th century.

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The 5th century CE Margarita Tomb, from Copán in Honduras, is a multi–leveled tomb with one of the largest caches ever found associated with the burial of a Maya woman. Because she was found covered in red cinnabar, she is also known as the Lady in Red

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The 5th century CE Margarita Tomb, from Copán in Honduras, is a multi–leveled tomb with one of the largest caches ever found associated with the burial of a Maya woman. Because she was found covered in red cinnabar, she is also known as the Lady in Red

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One of the famous Nimrud Ivories, depicting a lioness devouring a man. This furniture panel with gold leaf and carnelian and lapis inlays was made by Phoenician craftsmen for the palace of Ashurnasirpal II, King of Assyria , at his capital known in ancient times as Kalhu

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One of the famous Nimrud Ivories, depicting a lioness devouring a man. This furniture panel with gold leaf and carnelian and lapis inlays was made by Phoenician craftsmen for the palace of Ashurnasirpal II, King of Assyria , at his capital known in ancient times as Kalhu

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Middle Kingdom Pectoral of Senusret II, made of cloisonné inlays on gold of carnelian, feldspar, garnet, turquoise, lapis lazuli that was found in the tomb of Princess Sit-Hathor Yunet, the daughter of Pharaoh Senusret II.

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Middle Kingdom Pectoral of Senusret II, made of cloisonné inlays on gold of carnelian, feldspar, garnet, turquoise, lapis lazuli that was found in the tomb of Princess Sit-Hathor Yunet, the daughter of Pharaoh Senusret II.

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This is not glass. This 11th century Fatimid ewer was made from a single block of rock crystal, one of the hardest minerals to carve. There are seven similar ewers in existence.

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This is not glass. This 11th century Fatimid ewer was made from a single block of rock crystal, one of the hardest minerals to carve. There are seven similar ewers in existence.

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Roman figurine showing a dog with a protruding tongue. The finding is dating back to 4-5th century CE and it's made of copper. This was found in Gloucestershire .

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Roman figurine showing a dog with a protruding tongue. The finding is dating back to 4-5th century CE and it's made of copper. This was found in Gloucestershire .

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The Shrine of St. Patrick's Bell is a bell shrine reliquary dated to c. 1094–1105 CE, and is made of bronze, silver, gold, glass and rock crystal. It contains a c. 500 iron hand-bell which survives, and is a highpoint of Irish metalwork from the late Insular and early Romanesque periods

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The Shrine of St. Patrick's Bell is a bell shrine reliquary dated to c. 1094–1105 CE, and is made of bronze, silver, gold, glass and rock crystal. It contains a c. 500 iron hand-bell which survives, and is a highpoint of Irish metalwork from the late Insular and early Romanesque periods

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Glassware made in the Roman Empire. Excavated at Hwangnamdaechong, the royal burial of the kings of Silla, in modern day South Korea. 5th Century CE. The gold wire on the ewer handle was probably added later to repair a crack.

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Glassware made in the Roman Empire. Excavated at Hwangnamdaechong, the royal burial of the kings of Silla, in modern day South Korea. 5th Century CE. The gold wire on the ewer handle was probably added later to repair a crack.

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This blown flacon was mounted so that it became part of a horse-like animal made of pinched glass. Made probably in Syria in the 7th-9th century CE, it's now part of the David Collection in Copenhagen, Denmark

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This blown flacon was mounted so that it became part of a horse-like animal made of pinched glass. Made probably in Syria in the 7th-9th century CE, it's now part of the David Collection in Copenhagen, Denmark

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Mummy of Sitre In, wet nurse of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut . Although not a member of the royal family, she received the honour of a burial in the royal necropolis, and more precisely in the tomb KV60 in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt

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Mummy of Sitre In, wet nurse of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut . Although not a member of the royal family, she received the honour of a burial in the royal necropolis, and more precisely in the tomb KV60 in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt

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