#antiquities

[memories-of-ancients]

Lapis lazuli icon cameo of Mary with baby Jesus, cameo is Byzantine and dates to the 12th century, gold setting is from the Novgorod Republic, 15th century

from The Kremlin Museums

[toyastales]

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

[666candies]

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

[1five1two]

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

[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

[skf-fineart]

Memento Mori mosaic from Pompei, circa 1st century AD

[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]

Gilded silver crucifix, Nogorod Republic, 15th century

from The Kremlin Museums

[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.

[lotussed]

Roman Janiform Herm of Bacchus and Ariadne, Christie's

[treasure-of-the-ancients]

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

from Sothebys

[dyke-delphinia]

Skånsk textiles, late 18th century

from the Khalili Collections