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Graffiti of a Murmillo found on a fresco in a Brothel, Pompeii, 1st century AD. This type of gladiator was heavily equipped with gladius, rectangular shield, large closed helmet, scaled arm guard, wide belt, and shin guards. Therefore, they were usually tall and muscular warriors.

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Graffiti of a Murmillo found on a fresco in a Brothel, Pompeii, 1st century AD. This type of gladiator was heavily equipped with gladius, rectangular shield, large closed helmet, scaled arm guard, wide belt, and shin guards. Therefore, they were usually tall and muscular warriors.

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Winged figure riding a chariot by a building, painted in perspective, towards a portico adorned with shields, helmets and breastplates at the top. The fresco can still be seen on the original wall of the Macellum of Pompeii where it was painted...

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Winged figure riding a chariot by a building, painted in perspective, towards a portico adorned with shields, helmets and breastplates at the top. The fresco can still be seen on the original wall of the Macellum of Pompeii where it was painted...

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The Hoxne Hoard, the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in Britain, was accidentally found by a man when he set out with a metal detector to find a hammer he had lost in a farm. The British government rewarded him with £1.75 million. He found his hammer afterwards

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The Hoxne Hoard, the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in Britain, was accidentally found by a man when he set out with a metal detector to find a hammer he had lost in a farm. The British government rewarded him with £1.75 million. He found his hammer afterwards

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1st Century A.D. fresco from Pompeii showing Iapyx removing an arrowhead from the leg of Aenas, with Aenas's son Iulus Ascanius crying beside his father. At left, Aeneas' mother, the goddess Venus.

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1st Century A.D. fresco from Pompeii showing Iapyx removing an arrowhead from the leg of Aenas, with Aenas's son Iulus Ascanius crying beside his father. At left, Aeneas' mother, the goddess Venus.

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The "Sappho" fresco, or Portrait of a Young Woman with Stylus, Pompeii, 1st century AD. It depicts a finely dressed young woman with a writing tablet and stylus, used in Roman paintings to indicate literacy and education. She was identified as the Greek poet Sappho without proof...

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The "Sappho" fresco, or Portrait of a Young Woman with Stylus, Pompeii, 1st century AD. It depicts a finely dressed young woman with a writing tablet and stylus, used in Roman paintings to indicate literacy and education. She was identified as the Greek poet Sappho without proof...

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An approximately 40-year-old man was buried in the tomb M16 at Majiayuan cemetery in Gansu, China. Among the grave goods found with the owner of the tomb, there were 3 luxurious belts, an arm bracelet, and 2 large semi-circular necklaces, one gold and one silver. 4th-3rd century BCE

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An approximately 40-year-old man was buried in the tomb M16 at Majiayuan cemetery in Gansu, China. Among the grave goods found with the owner of the tomb, there were 3 luxurious belts, an arm bracelet, and 2 large semi-circular necklaces, one gold and one silver. 4th-3rd century BCE

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Apollo Citharoedus, cast bronze and glass paste, Pompeii, 50 BC. A statue type with the god holding the cithara in his arm, supposed a copy of a Greek bronze original made in the 5th c. BC. More than a dozen replicas have been found, the main ones being this one and the one in Mantua.

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Apollo Citharoedus, cast bronze and glass paste, Pompeii, 50 BC. A statue type with the god holding the cithara in his arm, supposed a copy of a Greek bronze original made in the 5th c. BC. More than a dozen replicas have been found, the main ones being this one and the one in Mantua.

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The Alaxemenos Graffito is one of the earliest depictions of Jesus. The graffiti depicts Jesus on a cross with a donkey’s head, with the inscription “Alexamenos worships his god,” as an insult to Alexamenos’s faith . Found near the Palatine Hill, 1st Century-3rd Century AD

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The Alaxemenos Graffito is one of the earliest depictions of Jesus. The graffiti depicts Jesus on a cross with a donkey’s head, with the inscription “Alexamenos worships his god,” as an insult to Alexamenos’s faith . Found near the Palatine Hill, 1st Century-3rd Century AD

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Bronze Drum from the Idaean Cave. In ancient Greece, the tympanon was a type of circular, shallow tambourine, beaten with the palm of the hand or a stick. This one dates from the 8th century BC and is considered the first to appear in Greek art. It is a votive bronze disc found...

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Bronze Drum from the Idaean Cave. In ancient Greece, the tympanon was a type of circular, shallow tambourine, beaten with the palm of the hand or a stick. This one dates from the 8th century BC and is considered the first to appear in Greek art. It is a votive bronze disc found...

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Bronze face mask from a Roman parade helmet, late 1st century AD. Discovered at the fort of Trimontium along with two others in southern Scotland.

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Bronze face mask from a Roman parade helmet, late 1st century AD. Discovered at the fort of Trimontium along with two others in southern Scotland.

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Roman portrait of the baker Terentius Neo and his wife. The object was found in their villa in Pompeii and dates back to the 1st century CE. The artefact is in the collection of the Museo Archeologico di Napoli.

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Roman portrait of the baker Terentius Neo and his wife. The object was found in their villa in Pompeii and dates back to the 1st century CE. The artefact is in the collection of the Museo Archeologico di Napoli.

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A Sogdian pear-shaped gilt silver ewer adorned on each side by a winged Bactrian camel enclosed within a rope-bordered medallion. Found in 1878 in Russia, late 7th–beginning of 8th century CE, now housed at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg

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A Sogdian pear-shaped gilt silver ewer adorned on each side by a winged Bactrian camel enclosed within a rope-bordered medallion. Found in 1878 in Russia, late 7th–beginning of 8th century CE, now housed at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg

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Standing 24 centimeters tall and weighing 550 grams, this gold sculpture was found in an Incan tomb at Hualla Hualla, at the foot of Nevado Ausengate, a deified peak in Cusco. 13th-16th century CE, now housed at the Museo Histórico Regional de Cusco in Peru

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Standing 24 centimeters tall and weighing 550 grams, this gold sculpture was found in an Incan tomb at Hualla Hualla, at the foot of Nevado Ausengate, a deified peak in Cusco. 13th-16th century CE, now housed at the Museo Histórico Regional de Cusco in Peru

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The Mildenhall Treasure is a large hoard of 34 masterpieces of Roman silver tableware from the 4th century CE, and by far the most valuable Roman objects artistically and by weight of bullion in Britain. It was found at West Row in 1942, and is now housed at the British Museum

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The Mildenhall Treasure is a large hoard of 34 masterpieces of Roman silver tableware from the 4th century CE, and by far the most valuable Roman objects artistically and by weight of bullion in Britain. It was found at West Row in 1942, and is now housed at the British Museum

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Achilles and Briseis fresco, house of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii,62-79 AD. In this scene from the Iliad, Achilles, seated with his gaze turned towards his beloved, surrenders Briseis to Agamemnon as spoils of war. On the right, Patroclus is turned towards Briseis. Behind, the Myrmidons…

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Achilles and Briseis fresco, house of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii,62-79 AD. In this scene from the Iliad, Achilles, seated with his gaze turned towards his beloved, surrenders Briseis to Agamemnon as spoils of war. On the right, Patroclus is turned towards Briseis. Behind, the Myrmidons…

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Athena Parthenos Chiaramonti, colossal head of Athena, Rome, late 1st century CE. Found together with an arm and a foot, it was part of an acrolith statue believed to be a copy of an original from the circle of Phidias

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Athena Parthenos Chiaramonti, colossal head of Athena, Rome, late 1st century CE. Found together with an arm and a foot, it was part of an acrolith statue believed to be a copy of an original from the circle of Phidias

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Detail of the face of one of the "Bronze Runners", two full-size bronze statues with bone and stone inlays for the eyes, found at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. Generally dated between the first century BC and the first AD, they are believed to be copies of Greek statues...

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Detail of the face of one of the "Bronze Runners", two full-size bronze statues with bone and stone inlays for the eyes, found at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. Generally dated between the first century BC and the first AD, they are believed to be copies of Greek statues...

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A crannog is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually built in lakes and estuarine waters of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. They were used as dwellings over five millennia, from the European Neolithic Period to as late as the 17th/early 18th century

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A crannog is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually built in lakes and estuarine waters of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. They were used as dwellings over five millennia, from the European Neolithic Period to as late as the 17th/early 18th century

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