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Ancient Arts

All the photos on this page were taken during my museum visits. You can view a bigger collection of photos from some of the best museums in the world on my Flickr account (All CC-BY-2.0).

Mesopotamia

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  Eshnunna - Sumerian male worshiper votive sculpture
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  Panels of Babylon gate relief
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  Gate of Nimrud
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  Wing king of Nimrud

Egypt

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  Pharaoh Sahure and god
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  Models of everyday egyptian life
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  Temple of Dendur
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  Temple of Dendur
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  Doorway of temple in Medamud
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  Ptolemaic dynasty - two falcons

Persia

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  Achaemenid - ceremonial drinking cup and fluted bowl
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  Achaemenid - soldier of Darius

Greek

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  Mycenae - Gold rhyton
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  Mycenae - Silver rhyton with gold horns
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  Mycenae - Mask of Agamemnon
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  Mycenae - 16th century BC funeral mask
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  Mycenae - 16th century BC funeral mask
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  Mycenae - 16th century BC funeral mask
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  Mycenae - Findings from Shaft Grave III, Grave Circle A
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  Attica - Sphinx-shaped finial of marble grave stele
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  Amathus, Cyprus - 5th century BC limestone sarcophagus
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  Lion sculpture
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  4-3rd century BC Gold phiale
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  Ancient Greek wealth
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  Attica - law plate
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  Attica - Dionysius and maids of Athens
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  Scenes from the Trojan War
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  Acropolis of Athens kore
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  Hellenistic - the dying Gaul
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  Hellenistic Alexandria - coffine bearing Antigone and her puppy

Rome

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  Capitoline she-wolf
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  Augustus
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  Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius
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  Commodus as Hercules
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  Statue from Horti Lamiani
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  Roman copy - Wounded amazon
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  Roman copy - Capitoline Venus
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  Roman copy - Cupid and Psyche
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  Roman copy - Caryatid of Erechtheum
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  Hierapolis, Turkey - 2nd century AD funeral sculpture
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  Dionysus with his attendants

Celts

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  Ceramic bowl, 700-650 BC
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  Celtic necklaces and bracelets, 550 BC
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  Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave, golden shoes ornaments
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  Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave, dagger with gold foil
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  Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave, drinking horn
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  Gold torque, 480 BC
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  Gold torque, 5th century BC
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  Gold mounts, 5th century BC
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  Agris, France - parade helmet, 4th century BC
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  Spouted bronze flagon, 4th century BC
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  Silver torque
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  Silver cauldron
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  Bust of a Gallo-Roman, 100 AD
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  Bust of Marcus Aurelius, 180 AD
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  Epona, the horse goddess, 200 AD

China

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  Banpo (Neolithic) - human faced fish pottery bowl
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  Majiayao Culture - painted pot with frog motifs
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  Majiayao Culture - painted pot
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  Shang - white pottery pot with geometric design
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  Shang - Simuwu Ding details
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  Shang - oracle bones pit at yinxu
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  Eastern Zhou - bronze and silver flask
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  Western Han - painted pottery pot with dragon and phoenix relief
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  Eastern Han - green glazed pottery dog
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  Eastern Han - clown
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  Han - bronze mirror
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  Northern Wei - relief from Yungang Grotto
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  Northern Dynasties - lotus vessel
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  Tang - seated Buddha
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  Tang - sancai grazed luohan (arhat) figure
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  Tang - sancai grazed horse
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  Tang - sancai camel with persian merchant
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  Northern Song - white-glazed baby boy pillow
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  Southern Song - celadon vase with dish shaped mouth
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  Ming - monk's cap jug
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  Ming - Yongle red plate
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  Ming - covered red jar with dragon and sea design
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  Ming - covered jar in green
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  Ming - covered jar
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  Qing - two blue containers
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  Qing - teapot
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  Qing - green porcelain bowl
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  Blue and white gazed bowl
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  Chinese zodiac jade figurines
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  Longevity mirror

South Asia and Tibet

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  India - 11th century Tamil Nadu statue of Shiva Nataraja
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  India - early 12th century semi-devine attendant
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  India - 12-13th century elephant-headed ganesha
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  India - 13th century loving couple mithuna
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  Nepal - 13th century Chinese style bodhisattva
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  Nepal - 14th century white avalokiteshvara
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  Tibet - 14th century copper statue of Gautama Buddha
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  India - 16th century Jainism meeting hall

The Americas

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  Olmec - colossal head
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  Olmec - colossal head, Monument 6
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  Olmec - were-jaguar, Monument 52
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  Huehueteotl
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  Aztec - Sun Stone
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  Aztec - Sun Stone
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  Aztec statue of Coatlicue
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  Aztec - Xiuhcóatl
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  Aztec - human headed serpent pillar
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  Aztec - Macuilxochitl
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  Aztec - coiled rattlesnake artifact
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  Aztec - Jaguar cuauhxicalli
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  Aztec - Coatlicue and Xiuhtecuhtli-Huitzilopochtli
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  Aztec - codex replica
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  Model of Tenochtitlan
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  Model of Temple Mayor, Tenochtitlan
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  Olmeca-Xicalanca - Cacaxtla bird man mural
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  Monte Alban - mask sculpture
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  Maya pillar
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  Ecuador - ceramic figure
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  Colombia or Ecuador - standing gold figure
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  Peru - Sican funerary mask
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  Lambayeque, Peru - gold cups
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  Poporo Quimbaya lime container

Others

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  Vani, Georgia - gold objects
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  Spain - 11th century Cruz de San Salvador de Fuentes