#antiquities

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold Nile catfish pendant decorated with green glazed faience, chalcedony, turquoise, carnelian, lapis lazuli and black stone inlays.

Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1985-1773 BC

from The Walters Art Museum

[toyastales]

Sculpture of a seated man with two dogs (one of the dogs is seen in the image). Dated (400-800 AD), from Veracruz, Mexico.

It could depict a warrior, as the man wears a full head mask that represents a (prairie) wolf.

[1five1two]

Celtic Silver Mounted Lapis Lazuli Studded Bronze Sword. 6th Century BC?.

[666candies]

adam and eve apple. quote translates to “I am your half”

[dyke-delphinia]

3D Reconstruction of Tenochtitlán by Thomas Kole

[the-cricket-chirps]

Egyptian

Game of Hounds and Jackals

Middle Kingdom, ca. 1814-1805 B.C.E.

[frostedmagnolias]

Pendant Shaped as a Dragon

1575-1600

Spain

Art Institute of Chicago

[peashooter85]

Carolingian sword uncovered in Dendermonde, Belgium, dated 750-850 AD

from the Royal Military Museum, Brussels

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[theantonian]

Greek Gold diadem with Hercules knot (250–150 BCE),

Gold, garnet, carnelian, sardonyx

3×9 1/8 in. (7.6 × 23.1 cm).

On loan to the Metropolitan Museum.

[memories-of-ancients]

Stirrup spout bottle in the form of a frog, Moche culture, Peru, 200-500 AD

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[skf-fineart]

Memento Mori mosaic from Pompei, circa 1st century AD

[toyastales]

A bracelet clasp with a Medusa on an emerald cameo. Gold is treated with diamond and enamel. 18th century. Made in England.

[treasure-of-the-ancients]

Gold and macle ring, Champa (Vietnam), 7th-12th century AD

from Sothebys

[jadeseadragon]

Byzantine Mosaics, San Vitale, circa 526-547 CE, Ravenna, Italy: Empress Theodora and Her Retinue (top) and Emperor Justinian and His Retinue (bottom)

[dyke-delphinia]

Skånsk textiles, late 18th century

from the Khalili Collections