Athena Giustiniani
A celebrated marble Athena with helmet, spear, aegis, and serpent at her feet.
Çineköy inscription
An ancient bilingual text linking Luwian and Phoenician traditions.
Ludovisi Gaul
A dramatic warrior group capturing despair, sacrifice, and violent motion.
Athena and Marsyas
A nearly life-size bronze group showing a goddess and a satyr reaching for the aulos.
Antikythera Ephebe
A rare bronze youth in contrapposto, recovered from a famous shipwreck.
Laocoön and His Sons
A dramatic marble group showing a father and two sons in deadly struggle.
Priest-King
A steatite bust of a bearded man with a carved cloak and inlaid eyes.
Mesha Stele
An ancient Moabite inscription recounting revolt, devotion, and royal building works.
Piraeus Apollo
A monumental bronze figure with archaic features and an unusually refined surface.
Monteleone Chariot
A richly decorated Etruscan parade chariot with Homeric mythological scenes.
Toros de Costitx
Three bronze bull heads with inlaid eyes and separately cast horns.
Sarcophagus of Laris Pulenas
An elongated reclining figure beside a half-unrolled stone inscription.
Ardashir Investiture Relief
A well-preserved Sasanian rock relief showing a royal coronation scene.
Efebo de Selinunte
A small bronze athlete statue showing a young man making a libation.
Gemma Claudia
An ancient sardonyx cameo showing four imperial portraits and symbolic cornucopias.
Bust of Augustus with Gemmed Crown
Calm imperial portrait with a tilted head and a crown of debated significance.
Immodest Venus
A slender Paleolithic ivory figure with a flat belly and few breasts.
Lanzón
A granite monolith carved with a supernatural figure in the Chavín tradition.
Venus of Berekhat Ram
A tiny reddish volcanic stone figure, possibly shaped by early humans.
Bull Palette
Fragmentary carved palette with fortified city imagery and animal motifs on both sides.
Wrestlers
A tense athletic struggle with one fighter pinning the other to the ground.
Bull of Osuna
A rigid, realistic bull relief carved for a funerary monument.
Venus of Eliseevichi
A 15 cm ivory figurine showing a young woman in a distinctive form.
The Cleveland Apollo
A life-size bronze Greek statue attributed to Praxiteles and still under scholarly review.
Queriniano Diptych
Late Antique ivory panels showing mythological couples framed by columns and arches.
Alexander Sarcophagus
A richly carved marble sarcophagus with battle and hunting scenes.
Lion of Babylon
Ancient basalt lion sculpture with a human figure beneath it.
Venus of Tan-Tan
A small quartzite pebble with possible intentional human-like shaping and ochre traces.
Horse Tamers
A colossal pair of ancient statues long associated with Castor and Pollux.
Zeus of Otricoli
A celebrated marble bust seen as the closest Roman replica of Phidias’ Zeus.
Raimondi Stela
A granite monolith carved with a frontal mythical deity in high relief.
Pericles with the Corinthian Helmet
An idealized statesman shown with a helmet and restrained, serious expression.
Motya Charioteer
An ancient sculpture dated to 480 BC and preserved on the island of Motya.
Sphinx of Memphis
A monumental alabaster sphinx with unusual striations and uncertain royal dedication.
Liver of Piacenza
A life-size bronze sheep's liver engraved with inscriptions and celestial sectors.
Disc of Theodosius
A silver imperial gift dish with a monumental relief of Theodosius I.
Athena Lemnia
An admired Classical Greek image of Athena, praised in ancient literary sources.
Tuxtla Statuette
A small jade figure with duck-bill features and early Epi-Olmec glyphs.
Lion Capital of Ashoka
Four lions crown a polished sandstone capital rich in Buddhist symbolism.
Arles Bust
A life-size marble bust found in the Rhône near Arles.
Hermes Belvedere
A standing nude with a travel cloak and a melancholic, downward gaze.
Bust of Nefertiti
An idealized polychrome portrait with one missing eye and striking symmetry.
Waldgirmes Horse's Head
A gilded bronze Roman fragment, likely from an equestrian statue of Augustus.
Scior Carera
An ancient marble relief of a toga-clad man, long used for satirical messages.
Meroë Head
A striking bronze portrait of Augustus buried beneath a temple staircase.
Riace bronzes
Two full-size bronze warriors that reveal remarkable ancient Greek craftsmanship.
Kroisos Kouros
A majestic Archaic youth with a classic stride and faint smile.
Brescia Casket
A rare ivory box with 36 finely carved early Christian scenes.
Diana of Versailles
A dynamic marble huntress shown reaching for an arrow beside a doe.
Kouros of Apollonas
An unfinished 10.7-meter marble figure left in an ancient quarry.
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