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Mosaic medallion with abduction of Ganymede from his attendants by Zeus in eagle form. Previously interpreted as Mithras emerging from cave. Roman Egypt, 1st c AD. Stone, glass tesserae. Walters Art Museum collection

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Mosaic medallion with abduction of Ganymede from his attendants by Zeus in eagle form. Previously interpreted as Mithras emerging from cave. Roman Egypt, 1st c AD. Stone, glass tesserae. Walters Art Museum collection

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Floor mosaic fragment with partridge. Roman, 2nd-3rd c AD. From Sousse, Tunisia, but possibly imported there from Italy. Marble tesserae. Walters Art Museum collection

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Floor mosaic fragment with partridge. Roman, 2nd-3rd c AD. From Sousse, Tunisia, but possibly imported there from Italy. Marble tesserae. Walters Art Museum collection

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Detail of the painted stuccowork of the tepidarium , Forum Baths, Pompeii c. 70 AD. The panel depicts smaller white figures and two bigger ones: a winged figure with a bow , and the abduction of the Trojan prince Ganymede by Zeus in the form of an eagle…

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Detail of the painted stuccowork of the tepidarium , Forum Baths, Pompeii c. 70 AD. The panel depicts smaller white figures and two bigger ones: a winged figure with a bow , and the abduction of the Trojan prince Ganymede by Zeus in the form of an eagle…

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Part of the painted stuccowork at the tepidarium , Forum Baths, Pompeii c. 70 AD. The panel depicts smaller white figures and the abduction of the Trojan prince Ganymede by Zeus in the form of an eagle, in relief against a background painted in red, white, or violet…

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Part of the painted stuccowork at the tepidarium , Forum Baths, Pompeii c. 70 AD. The panel depicts smaller white figures and the abduction of the Trojan prince Ganymede by Zeus in the form of an eagle, in relief against a background painted in red, white, or violet…

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Mirror back with goddess wearing butterfly headdress and attendants. Thought to be from Escuintla, Guatemala, but in Teotihuacán style, Classic period, ca. 400-550 AD. Slate with pigment. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Mirror back with goddess wearing butterfly headdress and attendants. Thought to be from Escuintla, Guatemala, but in Teotihuacán style, Classic period, ca. 400-550 AD. Slate with pigment. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Netsuke in the form of a goat, carved from ivory by Mitsuharu, mid-18th century . Collection: Walters Art Museum

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Netsuke in the form of a goat, carved from ivory by Mitsuharu, mid-18th century . Collection: Walters Art Museum

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Mosaic panel with a Latin epitaph stating that F.V. Dion planted four thousand olive trees during his eighty-year lifetime. Christian symbols in top section. Enfidha, Tunisia, late 4th-early 6th c AD. Limestone tesserae. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Musée d'Enfidha

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Mosaic panel with a Latin epitaph stating that F.V. Dion planted four thousand olive trees during his eighty-year lifetime. Christian symbols in top section. Enfidha, Tunisia, late 4th-early 6th c AD. Limestone tesserae. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Musée d'Enfidha

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Ring with Cats and Kittens was created in ancient Egypt of glazed ceramic dating from ca. 1295-664 B.C. and now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.

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Ring with Cats and Kittens was created in ancient Egypt of glazed ceramic dating from ca. 1295-664 B.C. and now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.

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Dog. Alexandria, Egypt, ca. 1st c BC - 4th c AD. Marble. Walters Art Museum collection

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Dog. Alexandria, Egypt, ca. 1st c BC - 4th c AD. Marble. Walters Art Museum collection

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Panel with loaf of bread from a large floor mosaic for a residence, 2nd c AD. Excavated in Rome in 1823. Stone and mortar. Art Institute of Chicago collection

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Panel with loaf of bread from a large floor mosaic for a residence, 2nd c AD. Excavated in Rome in 1823. Stone and mortar. Art Institute of Chicago collection

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Shield boss with the head of Medusa. Roman, 1st-4th c AD. Bronze. Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection

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Shield boss with the head of Medusa. Roman, 1st-4th c AD. Bronze. Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection

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Jar decorated with a frieze of foraging giraffes and undulating snakes spitting ankh signs. Meroitic culture, Nubia, 1st c BC. Excavated from Karanog cemetery in present-day southern Egypt. Ceramic with paint. Penn Museum collection

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Jar decorated with a frieze of foraging giraffes and undulating snakes spitting ankh signs. Meroitic culture, Nubia, 1st c BC. Excavated from Karanog cemetery in present-day southern Egypt. Ceramic with paint. Penn Museum collection

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Hacha in the form of bound hands. Veracruz, Mexico, Classic period, ca. 600-900 AD. Stone. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Hacha in the form of bound hands. Veracruz, Mexico, Classic period, ca. 600-900 AD. Stone. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Drinking glass of a type known as roemer or rummer, traditionally used for white wine. Dutch or German , second half 17th c. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Drinking glass of a type known as roemer or rummer, traditionally used for white wine. Dutch or German , second half 17th c. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Marble fragment with the head of Medea from a 1st or 2nd c AD Roman copy of a Greek original relief, thought to have been decoration from the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora, ca. 420–410 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Marble fragment with the head of Medea from a 1st or 2nd c AD Roman copy of a Greek original relief, thought to have been decoration from the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora, ca. 420–410 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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This late Medieval oak door with cat hole was probably a back or interior door of a middle-class home. Cats were primarily kept as working mousers at a time when there was no refrigeration and spoiling grain could tempt mice. 1450-1500 France. On display at Walters Art Museum

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This late Medieval oak door with cat hole was probably a back or interior door of a middle-class home. Cats were primarily kept as working mousers at a time when there was no refrigeration and spoiling grain could tempt mice. 1450-1500 France. On display at Walters Art Museum

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Canaanites and the leader of Shasu allegedly captured by the ancient Egyptian army, from the collection of mosaics of Ramesses III from the Habu state. Egyptian Museum.

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Canaanites and the leader of Shasu allegedly captured by the ancient Egyptian army, from the collection of mosaics of Ramesses III from the Habu state. Egyptian Museum.

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Boxer, glass paste opus tessellatum , Stabiae, 1st c. AD. Found in the nymphaeum of the Villa San Marco in Stabiae, it depicts a gloved boxer on a pedestal, wearing a wreath...

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Boxer, glass paste opus tessellatum , Stabiae, 1st c. AD. Found in the nymphaeum of the Villa San Marco in Stabiae, it depicts a gloved boxer on a pedestal, wearing a wreath...

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Netsuke in the form of a monkey holding a peach, made by Yamaguchi Okatomo, Kyoto, Japan, mid 18th c. Ivory and ink. Walters Art Museum collection

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Netsuke in the form of a monkey holding a peach, made by Yamaguchi Okatomo, Kyoto, Japan, mid 18th c. Ivory and ink. Walters Art Museum collection

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