Experimental color reconstructions of the marble statue of a Greek Muse in different stages by Vinzenz Brinkmann, Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann, Bianca Kress. Frankfurt Liebieghaus. See link with more examples of colorization in antiquity and the process in comments. [2560×1920]March 15, 2025
Red-figure kylix. Nude woman with shoes in hand, c. 510 BC. Museum of the Ancient Agora in Athens. [2560×1704]March 15, 2025
Ancient Roman Oil Lamp with Erotic Motif, small terracotta, 1st-3rd century AD. Antikensammlung Berlin (Altes Museum) [1536×2048]March 15, 2025
Roman marble bust of a bearded man in a military outfit. Object dated to the middle of the 1st century CE. [464×597]March 15, 2025
Architectural model of a baptistry or church made of ivory, wood and gilt metal, Italian, 1782. [3000×3000]March 14, 2025
The Bronze Head of Medusa (120 AD), a remarkable artifact that exemplifies Roman art and mythology, unearthed at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, Italy. Hadrian’s Villa was an extravagant retreat for Emperor Hadrian, showcasing the grandeur and opulence of the Roman elite. [769×960]March 14, 2025
One of a pair of goats, dubbed “Ram in a Thicket”from the Royal Tombs of Ur, Sumer. gold leaf, copper, lapis lazuli, white shell, red limestone base. circa 2500 BC. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The other is in the British Museum [1200×1600]March 14, 2025
Book of Esther scroll (megillah) inscribed and illustrated by Raphael Montalto, Amsterdam, 1686. This vellum scroll is ten feet long. New York Public Library collection [4000×3000] [OC]March 14, 2025
Amulet of the Nile catfish, a species of fish named for its black belly. Often worn at the end of a plait of hair, amulets like this one were used by children and young women to protect against drowning. 1985-1773 BC. Walters Art Musuem [900×347]March 14, 2025
Young attendant wearing gold headdress and jewelry of gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian and shell from the royal cemetery of Ur 2550-2450 BCE. She is one of 68 female sacrifices found beneath the burial of Queen Puabi in the great “death pit” excavated in 1934. [1600×1200]March 14, 2025
Winged Gorgon with volute nose, wide mouth, tusks/fangs, tongue, and beard, as Mistress of Animals flanked by geese; plate from Kameiros, Rhodes, late seventh century BC, British Museum [2500×2500]March 14, 2025
Roman marble sculpture showing a portrait of an elderly woman. Dated to the end of the 1st century CE. The object is located in the Vatican Museums. [1200×1619]March 14, 2025
