EditorialThe remaining walls of the ancient city of Jericho (Tell-El-Sultan), Israel, probably destroyed by an earthquake in the 2nd millenium. Jericho is one of the world's oldest towns. Archaeological finds date back 9000 years.
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialTerracotta plaque showing a bull-man holding a post, Mesopotamian, Old Babylonian, 2.000-1.600 BCE. The relief shows a creature with head and torso of a human but lower body and legs of a bull. He may be supporting a divine emblem and this acting as a ...
EditorialArabic peninsula. Male statue. With typical Mesopotamian features Mid-3rd millenium BC. (Early Dynastic II ?). Limestone. H. 94 cm. Tarut. National Museum, Riyadh. Saudi Arabian.
EditorialTwo musicians with clappers (or two warriors?) Terracotta relief (early 2nd millenium BCE) from Eshnunna, Mesopotamia (Asmar near Bagdad) 10,4 x 8,2 cm AO 12 443.
EditorialAssyrian Empire. 1st Millenium BCE. Horizontal harps. Bas-relief. Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud. ca. 865 BCE. Iraq. Bristih Museum. London. United Kingdom.
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialMari, Old Babylonian diorite statue of governor Tura-Dagan with cuneiform inscription, 2nd millenium BC. Museum of the Ancient Orient. Istabul, Turkey.
EditorialPhoenician Kingdom. Northern Lebanon. First millenium BC. Sarcophagus, which is made of marble from the Greek island of Paros, come from such a tomb. It was made by a Greek sculptor or a local craftsman trained in Greek style. Similar sarcophagi have m...
EditorialMari, Old Babylonian diorite statue of governor Tura-Dagan with cuneiform inscription, 2nd millenium BC. Museum of the Ancient Orient. Istabul, Turkey.
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialTorso Fragment from a Female Figure (Late Spedos/Dokathismata Type), Close to Schuster Master (Cycladic, active about 2400 B.C.), Cyclades, Greece, 3rd millenium B.C., Naxian marble, 17.8 ? 9.7 cm (7 ? 3 13/16 in.).
EditorialThe silver mines on Siphnos. Entrance to the ancient shafts. Silver was mined on Siphnos since the 2nd millenium BCE and made the tyrants of the island important princes until the mines were exhausted.
EditorialPhoenician Kingdom. Northern Lebanon. First millenium BC. Sarcophagus, which is made of marble from the Greek island of Paros, come from such a tomb. It was made by a Greek sculptor or a local craftsman trained in Greek style. Similar sarcophagi have m...
EditorialAerial view of the silver mines of Agios Sostis. on the island of Siphnos, Cyclades. Silver was mined on Siphnos since the 2nd millenium BCE and made the tyrants of the island important princes until the mines were exhausted.
EditorialAerial view of the silver mines of Agios Sostis. on the island of Siphnos, Cyclades. Silver was mined on Siphnos since the 2nd millenium BCE and made the tyrants of the island important princes until the mines were exhausted.
EditorialRattle in the Form of a Female Figure, 2nd half 1st millenium. Mexico, Campeche, Jaina Island, Maya. Terracotta; overall: 9.5 x 6.3 x 4.5 cm (3 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.).
EditorialMale Head, c. 1st millenium BC. South East Asia, Thailand, Ban Chiang, Neolithic period. Bronze; overall: 8.7 x 7 x 8.1 cm (3 7/16 x 2 3/4 x 3 3/16 in.).
EditorialStirrup Spouted Vessel of Feline Form, 1st millenium. Peru, Mochica. Red earthenware decorated with cream-colored slip and brown pigment; overall: 19.3 x 9.7 x 21 cm (7 5/8 x 3 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.).
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialThe silver mines on Siphnos. Entrance to the ancient shafts. Silver was mined on Siphnos since the 2nd millenium BCE and made the tyrants of the island important princes until the mines were exhausted.
EditorialAerial view of the silver mines of Agios Sostis. on the island of Siphnos, Cyclades. Silver was mined on Siphnos since the 2nd millenium BCE and made the tyrants of the island important princes until the mines were exhausted.
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialPhoenician Kingdom. Northern Lebanon. First millenium BC. Sarcophagus, which is made of marble from the Greek island of Paros, come from such a tomb. It was made by a Greek sculptor or a local craftsman trained in Greek style. Similar sarcophagi have m...
EditorialArabic peninsula. Male statue. With typical Mesopotamian features Mid-3rd millenium BC. (Early Dynastic II ?). Limestone. H. 94 cm. Tarut. National Museum, Riyadh. Saudi Arabian.
EditorialPestle made from inscribed object, Middle Kingdom?early New Kingdom, ca. 3rd?1st Millenium B.C., Probably from Upper Egypt, Thebes; From Egypt, Diorite, H. 8.1 (3 3/16 in); w. 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in).
EditorialAssyrian Empire. 1st Millenium BCE. Horizontal harps. Bas-relief. Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud. ca. 865 BCE. Iraq. Bristih Museum. London. United Kingdom.
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...