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animal figurine, perhaps a child's toy | c. 1350-1250 BCE | mycenaean

in the acropolis museum collection

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apollo | c. 510-500 BCE | etruscan, temple of menerva at veii (modern-day portonaccio, italy)

"Barefoot, the god advances [toward Hercules] with left arm menacingly outstretched and the other lowered, perhaps because he held a bow."

in the museo nazionale etrusco collection

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tumi (ceremonial knife) | c. 1100 - 1470 CE | peru, chimú culture

Naymlap, the heroic founder-colonizer of the Lambayque Valley on the north coast of Peru, is thought to be the legendary figure represented on the top of this striking gold tumi.

in the art institute of chicago collection

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brawl in the amphitheater | c. 60 - 79 CE | pompeii, in the so-called house of the brawl fresco

in the museo archeologico nazionale di napoli collection, read more about the brawl here

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hades and persephone enthroned | c. 600 - 550 BCE | lokroí epizephúrioi, magna graecia (modern-day locri, italy)

in the museo archeologico nazionale di napoli collection

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carnelian wedjat amulet | c. 2686 - 2125 BCE | egypt, old kingdom

in the art institute of chicago collection

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europa on jupiter/zeus, disguised as a bull | c. late 1st century BCE | pompeii, house of jason

in the museo archeologico nazionale di napoli collection

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why do we even have legal genders anyway. maybe we should not have those

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meeting with the sorceress | c. 1st century BCE | pompeii, from the so-called villa of cicero

in the museo archeologico nazionale di napoli collection

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dancers | c. 20 - 45 CE | pompeii, so-called villa of cicero

in the museo archeologico nazionale di napoli collection

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doves drinking | c. 0 - 25 CE | pompeii, house of the dove mosaic

in the museo archeologico nazionale di napoli collection

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bronze statue of diana | c. 50 BCE - 50 CE | herculaneum

in the museo archeologico nazionale di napoli collection

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beaker decorated with ibex | c. 3500 - 3000 BCE | tepe sialk (modern day kashan, iran)

in the art institute of chicago collection

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head of a statue | c. 2700 - 2600 BCE | found in diyālā, iraq

in the louvre collection

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tomb wall fragment depicting donkeys | c. 2375 BCE | egypt, old kingdom, late 5th dynasty

in the art institute of chicago collection

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foundation tablet (dedication of the temple of Pirigal by Tisari, king of Urkish) | c. 2200 - 2100 BCE | urkish (modern day amuda, syria)

in the louvre collection

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mask | c. 1600 - 1050 BCE | china, shang dynasty

in the art institute of chicago collection