A large Roman rock-crystal ring, bearing the portrait of a woman in extremely high relief, her ornate three-tiered hairstyle popular around the year 100 AD..jpeg (649.73 КБ) 1834 просмотра
Papaiosa [Scythian Zeus] and Scythian World Tree unique pole-top dating to 4th c B.C. that was found in Ukraine in 1896.png (809.49 КБ) 1748 просмотров
Bronze busts from the Villa of the Papyri. The Villa was considered to be one of the most luxurious houses in all of Herculaneum and in the Roman world.jpeg (8.74 МБ) 1643 просмотра
Bronze helmet of the Illyrian-type with a gold mask from the Sindos cemetery, made at the end of the 6th century BCE and now located at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki.jpeg (2.8 МБ) 1642 просмотра
The Arkesilas Cup found in Italy and now housed at the BnF Museum in Paris, depicts Arcesilaus II, king of Cyrene (in Libya), controlling the weighing of goods which are most likely silphium.
It's one of very few ancient Greek vase painting depicting a living political figure. 565/560 BC
Ancient Roman carts employed brakes, bearings and elastic suspensions.jpg (78.49 КБ) 1534 просмотра
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A remarkable, ageless sestertius (37-41 CE) of Agrippina the Elder. A man mortgaged his house in 1995 to acquire it at auction.png (1.5 МБ) 1515 просмотров