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Gold ring with engraved portrait of Ptolemy VI Philometor, 2nd century BCE, from Egypt, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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Gold ring with engraved portrait of Ptolemy VI Philometor, 2nd century BCE, from Egypt, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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A 6th century BCE terracotta sculpture of a butcher and a piglet. From Greece, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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A 6th century BCE terracotta sculpture of a butcher and a piglet. From Greece, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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A 1st century CE Roman gold ring with an engraved aquamarine depicting a nereid on a seahorse. From Petescia in Italy, now housed at the Altes Museum in Berlin

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A 1st century CE Roman gold ring with an engraved aquamarine depicting a nereid on a seahorse. From Petescia in Italy, now housed at the Altes Museum in Berlin

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A golden ring from Ugarit, in Syria, engraved with the phrase "the free woman". Late Bronze Age , now housed at the National Museum of Damascus

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A golden ring from Ugarit, in Syria, engraved with the phrase "the free woman". Late Bronze Age , now housed at the National Museum of Damascus

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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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A gold necklace from Greece, 300-250 BCE, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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A gold necklace from Greece, 300-250 BCE, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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A blade for a short sword , with a red lacquered engraving of a bamboo and plum-blossom. From Japan, 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A blade for a short sword , with a red lacquered engraving of a bamboo and plum-blossom. From Japan, 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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Detail of an armor made in the 2nd half of the 16th century CE, in either France or Flanders. Now housed at the Louvre Museum

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Detail of an armor made in the 2nd half of the 16th century CE, in either France or Flanders. Now housed at the Louvre Museum

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A 1st century BCE gold earring from Taxila, in Pakistan. Now housed at the National Museum in New Delhi

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A 1st century BCE gold earring from Taxila, in Pakistan. Now housed at the National Museum in New Delhi

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A bronze sculpture of a pangolin, found at Long Giao in Vietnam. 3rd century BCE-2nd century CE, now housed at the Dong Nai Museum

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A bronze sculpture of a pangolin, found at Long Giao in Vietnam. 3rd century BCE-2nd century CE, now housed at the Dong Nai Museum

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A tapestry with fish motifs, from Antinoe in Egypt. Wool on linen, 2nd-3rd century CE, now housed at the Textile Museum in Lyon, France

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A tapestry with fish motifs, from Antinoe in Egypt. Wool on linen, 2nd-3rd century CE, now housed at the Textile Museum in Lyon, France

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A gold plaque from Java, depicting Vishnu and Garuda. 9th century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Indonesia

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A gold plaque from Java, depicting Vishnu and Garuda. 9th century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Indonesia

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A limestone Roman funerary stele depicting a seated woman with necklaces and earrings. From Athienou in Cyprus, end of 1st century CE, now housed at the Louvre museum in Paris

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A limestone Roman funerary stele depicting a seated woman with necklaces and earrings. From Athienou in Cyprus, end of 1st century CE, now housed at the Louvre museum in Paris

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An Anglo-Saxon agate finger-ring engraved with a runic inscription around the outside. 8th-10th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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An Anglo-Saxon agate finger-ring engraved with a runic inscription around the outside. 8th-10th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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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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A portrait head of a princess from el-Lisht necropolis, now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Wood and gilding, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat I, ca. 1991-1962 BCE

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A portrait head of a princess from el-Lisht necropolis, now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Wood and gilding, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat I, ca. 1991-1962 BCE

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An ancient Egyptian ring decorated with Nefer signs and lotus flowers. Made of gold, lapis lazuli, turquoise and carnelian. New Kingdom , now housed at Louvre Museum

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An ancient Egyptian ring decorated with Nefer signs and lotus flowers. Made of gold, lapis lazuli, turquoise and carnelian. New Kingdom , now housed at Louvre Museum

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Champa gold and silver sculpture of Lokeshvara , 9th century CE, from Vietnam, now housed at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore

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Champa gold and silver sculpture of Lokeshvara , 9th century CE, from Vietnam, now housed at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore

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A 5th century CE Visigothic gold ring, from Seysses in France, with cloisonné decoration of glass and garnet raptor heads. Now housed at the Musée Saint-Raymond in Toulouse

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A 5th century CE Visigothic gold ring, from Seysses in France, with cloisonné decoration of glass and garnet raptor heads. Now housed at the Musée Saint-Raymond in Toulouse

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An amethyst jar from Egypt, circa 3000 BCE, now housed at the Egyptian Museum of Berlin

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An amethyst jar from Egypt, circa 3000 BCE, now housed at the Egyptian Museum of Berlin

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