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Woman with short hair in the Fayum portrait. The painting dates from the Hadrianic period, dating to approximately the 2nd century CE.

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Woman with short hair in the Fayum portrait. The painting dates from the Hadrianic period, dating to approximately the 2nd century CE.

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Portrait of a mummified Roman woman. The painting is made with wax on sycamore wood. The artifact dates to 2nd century CE and comes from Roman Egypt.

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Portrait of a mummified Roman woman. The painting is made with wax on sycamore wood. The artifact dates to 2nd century CE and comes from Roman Egypt.

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Portrait of a young man from Roman Egypt with a visible incision on his right eye after surgery. Object dated to the 2nd-3rd century CE. Example of Fayum portrait.

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Portrait of a young man from Roman Egypt with a visible incision on his right eye after surgery. Object dated to the 2nd-3rd century CE. Example of Fayum portrait.

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The painting depicts a young man. It is a so-called Fayum portrait—a unique type of portrait created in Egypt during the Roman period, roughly from the 1st to the 3rd century CE. These portraits were painted on wooden panels using the encaustic technique .

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The painting depicts a young man. It is a so-called Fayum portrait—a unique type of portrait created in Egypt during the Roman period, roughly from the 1st to the 3rd century CE. These portraits were painted on wooden panels using the encaustic technique .

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Mummy portrait of a man with short hair. Fayum, Egypt, Roman period, 100-120 AD

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Mummy portrait of a man with short hair. Fayum, Egypt, Roman period, 100-120 AD

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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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Unique Roman gold pendant with a face-shaped cameo. Dated to the 2nd century CE.

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Unique Roman gold pendant with a face-shaped cameo. Dated to the 2nd century CE.

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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Portrait of a woman. Faiyum, Egypt, Roman period, 3rd-4th century AD

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Portrait of a woman. Faiyum, Egypt, Roman period, 3rd-4th century AD

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Roman marble sculpture showing a portrait of an elderly woman. Dated to the end of the 1st century CE. The object is located in the Vatican Museums.

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Roman marble sculpture showing a portrait of an elderly woman. Dated to the end of the 1st century CE. The object is located in the Vatican Museums.

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Roman marble sculpture showing a portrait of an elderly woman. Dated to the end of the 1st century CE. The object is located in the Vatican Museums.

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Roman marble sculpture showing a portrait of an elderly woman. Dated to the end of the 1st century CE. The object is located in the Vatican Museums.

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Mummy portrait of a woman. Fayum, Egypt, 2nd century AD

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Mummy portrait of a woman. Fayum, Egypt, 2nd century AD

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The Roman mosaic shows a cobra. It is a fragment of a scene from the House of the Faun in Pompeii. The object is dated to 2nd BCE - 1st century CE.

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The Roman mosaic shows a cobra. It is a fragment of a scene from the House of the Faun in Pompeii. The object is dated to 2nd BCE - 1st century CE.

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An intricately decorated shield from Punjab, Pakistan, dating back to the Sikh Empire in the 19th century

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An intricately decorated shield from Punjab, Pakistan, dating back to the Sikh Empire in the 19th century

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Roman fresco from Pompeii showing a painter making a portrait in the company of another woman.

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Roman fresco from Pompeii showing a painter making a portrait in the company of another woman.

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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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A boat carved from an olive pit, approximately 3.4 centimeters long and 1.4 cm wide, is dated to 1737. It is currently housed at the National Palace Museum in Taipei .

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A boat carved from an olive pit, approximately 3.4 centimeters long and 1.4 cm wide, is dated to 1737. It is currently housed at the National Palace Museum in Taipei .

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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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Painted iberian pottery showcasing iberian mythology from the III to II century BC

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Painted iberian pottery showcasing iberian mythology from the III to II century BC

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