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A bronze statuette of Perdicas: he was apparently a Greek youth studying in Athens, who neglected to sacrifice to Aphrodite; the goddess punished him so he fell in love with his own mother, wasted away and died. 1st century BC. Dumbarton Oaks collection.

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A bronze statuette of Perdicas: he was apparently a Greek youth studying in Athens, who neglected to sacrifice to Aphrodite; the goddess punished him so he fell in love with his own mother, wasted away and died. 1st century BC. Dumbarton Oaks collection.

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Winged Victory statuette, Bronze, Pompeii, 1st century AD. Smaller copy of a well-known Greek piece, frequently reproduced in antiquity. The original gilded bronze was created by the Tarentines to celebrate their victory over Rome at Heraclea in 281 BC with the help of King Pyrrhus...

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Winged Victory statuette, Bronze, Pompeii, 1st century AD. Smaller copy of a well-known Greek piece, frequently reproduced in antiquity. The original gilded bronze was created by the Tarentines to celebrate their victory over Rome at Heraclea in 281 BC with the help of King Pyrrhus...

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Bronze statuette of Aphrodite with silver eyes from the Hellenistic era, 3rd–1st century BCE

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Bronze statuette of Aphrodite with silver eyes from the Hellenistic era, 3rd–1st century BCE

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Bronze statue of a young man. The figure shown is in the middle of a prayer - hence its name "Praying Boy". The object was found in Rhodes, and is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

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Bronze statue of a young man. The figure shown is in the middle of a prayer - hence its name "Praying Boy". The object was found in Rhodes, and is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

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Aphrodite Untying Her Sandal: Bronze statuette from the Roman Imperial period, 1st century AD.

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Aphrodite Untying Her Sandal: Bronze statuette from the Roman Imperial period, 1st century AD.

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Roman Bronze statuette of a captive Gaul awaiting his death sentence, last quarter of 1st century BC, found during excavations in the Rhone River, Musée de l'Arles antique, Arles, France.

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Roman Bronze statuette of a captive Gaul awaiting his death sentence, last quarter of 1st century BC, found during excavations in the Rhone River, Musée de l'Arles antique, Arles, France.

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Oinochoe with figure of a Siren playing a sambuca, Greek, Late Classical Period, Attica, late 5th–4th century BC. Currently in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Oinochoe with figure of a Siren playing a sambuca, Greek, Late Classical Period, Attica, late 5th–4th century BC. Currently in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Ivory 5th century Byzantine Pyxis showing the Olympian gods feasting around a tripod table and holding the golden Apple of the Hesperides. In the next scene, Hermes is awarding the apple to Aphrodite, whom he chose over Athena and Hera as the most beautiful among goddesses

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Ivory 5th century Byzantine Pyxis showing the Olympian gods feasting around a tripod table and holding the golden Apple of the Hesperides. In the next scene, Hermes is awarding the apple to Aphrodite, whom he chose over Athena and Hera as the most beautiful among goddesses

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The epitaph of Licinia Eucharis, an ancient Roman stage actress who died at the age of 14. She is one of the few ancient actresses known to have achieved fame and respect in her profession during the Roman Republic. The 1st century BCE epitaph on her tomb was written by her father

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The epitaph of Licinia Eucharis, an ancient Roman stage actress who died at the age of 14. She is one of the few ancient actresses known to have achieved fame and respect in her profession during the Roman Republic. The 1st century BCE epitaph on her tomb was written by her father

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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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In 1972, while on vacation at Monasterace, situated off the coast of Riace, Roman engineer Stefano Mariottini discovered an exquisite ancient Greek bronze statue dating back to the 5th century BC

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In 1972, while on vacation at Monasterace, situated off the coast of Riace, Roman engineer Stefano Mariottini discovered an exquisite ancient Greek bronze statue dating back to the 5th century BC

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Corinthian Helmet — Bronze helmet found in Olympia, 23 cm high, dated to the 6th century BC, in the Greek antiquities collection of the Louvre Museum since 1832.

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Corinthian Helmet — Bronze helmet found in Olympia, 23 cm high, dated to the 6th century BC, in the Greek antiquities collection of the Louvre Museum since 1832.

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The marble statue of a male that was discovered in December of 2024 during the supervision of a gas network installation in downtown Athens. In this area, during the imperial period , some of the most magnificent villas of the city were located.

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The marble statue of a male that was discovered in December of 2024 during the supervision of a gas network installation in downtown Athens. In this area, during the imperial period , some of the most magnificent villas of the city were located.

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The "Sappho" fresco, or Portrait of a Young Woman with Stylus, Pompeii, 1st century AD. It depicts a finely dressed young woman with a writing tablet and stylus, used in Roman paintings to indicate literacy and education. She was identified as the Greek poet Sappho without proof...

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The "Sappho" fresco, or Portrait of a Young Woman with Stylus, Pompeii, 1st century AD. It depicts a finely dressed young woman with a writing tablet and stylus, used in Roman paintings to indicate literacy and education. She was identified as the Greek poet Sappho without proof...

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A Hellenic or Roman marble head of a goddess statue, defaced with a Christian cross during the Late Antique period. The statue dates back to 2-1st century BC. Defaced during late Antiquity . Archaeological Museum of Samos, Greece.

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A Hellenic or Roman marble head of a goddess statue, defaced with a Christian cross during the Late Antique period. The statue dates back to 2-1st century BC. Defaced during late Antiquity . Archaeological Museum of Samos, Greece.

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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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Two Theran young women collecting Saffron, part of the Goddess of Nature Fresco, Cycladian-Minoan civilization, 16th century BC. Akrotiri, island of Thera , Greece. The short hair of the girl on the left and the shaved hairstyle of the other depict two young girls...

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Two Theran young women collecting Saffron, part of the Goddess of Nature Fresco, Cycladian-Minoan civilization, 16th century BC. Akrotiri, island of Thera , Greece. The short hair of the girl on the left and the shaved hairstyle of the other depict two young girls...

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Emily Eden’s Portrait of Prince Partaap Singh Bahadur

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Emily Eden’s Portrait of Prince Partaap Singh Bahadur

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Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered the grave of an ousted noblewoman whom they are calling "The Lady with the Inverted Diadem." The 7th century BCE burial is notable for the bronze crown placed upside down on the woman's head, which may have signified a final end to her power

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Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered the grave of an ousted noblewoman whom they are calling "The Lady with the Inverted Diadem." The 7th century BCE burial is notable for the bronze crown placed upside down on the woman's head, which may have signified a final end to her power

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Ancient Roman slave-collar found in Rome with a bronze disc announcing the reward for returning the runaway slave to his or her master, Zoninus, 4th-6th century AD, National Museum of Rome, Baths of Diocletian, Rome

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Ancient Roman slave-collar found in Rome with a bronze disc announcing the reward for returning the runaway slave to his or her master, Zoninus, 4th-6th century AD, National Museum of Rome, Baths of Diocletian, Rome

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