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Title Sort descending	Description	Period	Region	Sub Period	Sub Region	Sub Subject	Subject	Status
"MacGregor man"	Basalt statuette, bought from private collector, authenticity has recently been questioned. 39 cm high	Near Eastern	Asia Minor	Near Eastern-Neo Assyrian	Asia Minor	architecture-fortification-gates	Architecture	Active
"Peace" side of the Standard of Ur	Probably the sounding box of a musical instrument. The inlay of shell against a background of lapis lazuli set in bitumen shows a banquet with animals and men carrying goods.	Roman	Italy-Latium	Roman-Imperial	Italy-Latium-Rome	architecture-public	Architecture	Active
"Pseudo-Athlete"	"Pseudo-Athlete" from Delos, early first century B.C.	Prehistoric	Asia Minor	Prehistoric-Bronze Age-Minoan	Asia Minor	sculpture-stone	Sculpture	Active
"Standard Wares' and a 'Husking Tray'	Painted and/or incised 'standard wares' and a 'husking tray': all characteristic of levels III-VI at Hassuna. A few sherds of this pottery were collected from the deepest level in Mallowan's sounding in the K�y�njik mound at Nineveh (over 30 m beneath the	Near Eastern	Asia Minor	Near Eastern-Assyrian	Asia Minor-Anatolia	religious	Miscellaneous	Active
"War" side of Standard of Ur	Shows the victorious troops of the ruler of Ur, who appears larger than the other figures in the top register. The soldiers were either on foot or rode in battle wagons pulled by 4 onagers.	Roman	Italy-Latium	Roman-Imperial	Italy-Latium-Rome	mosaic	Miscellaneous	Active
"War" side of Standard of Ur		Roman	Italy	Roman-Republic	Italy	sculpture-stone-relief	Sculpture	Active
"Weary Hercules"	"Weary Hercules" lower half.	Near Eastern	Asia Minor	Near Eastern-Neo Assyrian	Asia Minor-Assyria	Architecture-reconstruction	Architecture	Active
163		Near Eastern	Asia Minor	Near Eastern-Neo Assyrian	Asia-Near East	architecture-architecture	Architecture	Active
1687 Cannonball Damage Parthenon	1687 Venetian cannonball strikes on the Parthenon	Greek	Greece Mainland Peloponnese	Greek-Geometric	Greece-Mainland-Peloponnese-Olympia	sculpture-stone-relief	Sculpture	Active
1687 Venetian Cannonball Strikes Parthenon	1687 Venteian cannonball strikes on the Parthenon	Greek	Greece Mainland	Greek-Geometric	Greece-Mainland	sculpture-stone-relief	Sculpture	Active
1st Century Colosseum Reconstruction of Arena	Colosseum Reconstruction of Arena from around the 1st C ad.	Roman	Italy	Roman-Republic	Italy	architecture-architecture	Architecture	Active
1st-century scriptura monumentalis	1st-century scriptura monumentalis. Inscription recording the restoration of the temple of Isis at Pompeii by Numerius Popidius Celsinus. Height of lettering c. 14-4cm. AD 62-79. Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale.	Roman	Italy-Campania	Roman-Imperial	Italy-Campania-Pompeii	script-alphabetic-Latin	Script	Active
2nd BC Pompeii House Reconstruction	Late Second Century BC House Based On Examples From Pompeii	Greek	Unknown	Greek-Classical-High	Unknown	tools-tools	Weapons and Tools	Active
4th-century monumentalis	4th-century monumentalis. Inscription dedicated to Valens, from a pedestal of an arch at the approach to the Valentinian Bridge across the Tiber. Height of lettering c. 7-3.5 cm. AD 365-75. Rome, Museo Nazionale.	Roman	Italy	Roman-Imperial	Italy	script-alphabetic-Latin	Script	Active
4th-century monumentalis and actuaria	4th-century monumentalis and actuaria. Dedication of an altar to the Great Mother and Attis by Lucius Ragonius Venustus. Height of lettering c. 3-2.5 cm. AD 390. Rome, Capitoline Museum.	Roman	Italy-Latium	Roman-Imperial	Italy-Latium-Rome	script-alphabetic-Latin	Script	Active
6 Leafed Rosette from Melos	Six-leafed rosette from Melos in granulation and filigree technique, in the second half of the 7th century B.C. Its centre occupies an eagle, whereas on the petals bees and gryphons alternate. It is probably part of the decoration of a diadem.	Prehistoric	Greece Islands Aegean Crete	Prehistoric-Bronze Age-Minoan	Greece-Islands-Aegean-Crete-Zakros	architecture-palace	Architecture	Active
6 Roman Barracks	6 plans from various Roman barracks.	Roman	Italy-Latium	Roman-Imperial	Italy-Latium-Rome	mosaic	Miscellaneous	Active
6th C foundations between erechtheum and parthenon	This is the south porch of the Erechtheum, commonly called the Caryatid Porch. Who these Caryatids are meant to represent is as hotly debated today as it was in antiquity.	Prehistoric	Greece Mainland Peloponnese	Prehistoric-Bronze Age	Greece-Mainland-Peloponnese-Argos	sculpture-stone	Sculpture	Active
6th-century lapidary script	6th-century lapidary script. Epitaph of Maxima, buried 23 June AD 525. Height of lettering c. 5-1.2 cm. Rome, Museo Nazionale.	Other	Italy	Byzantine	Italy	script-script	Script	Active
7th c BC Vase depicting Blinding of Polyphemos	7th century BC vase depicting the Blinding of Polyphemos as displayed in the Eleusis Museum summer 1995	Greek	Greece Mainland Attica	Greek-Hellenistic	Greece-Mainland-Attica-Athens	sculpture-sculpture	Sculpture	Active
9-sided baked barrel cylinder	Records the words of Sargon, "Day and night I planned teh building of that city."	Roman	Italy-Latium	Roman-Imperial	Italy-Latium-Rome	sculpture-stone-free standing	Sculpture	Active
A Banqueter. Tomb of the Lionesses	A Banqueter. Tomb of the Lionesses, Tarquinii. 6th Century B.C.	Etruscan	Italy-Etruria	Etruscan	Italy-Etruria-Tarquinii	Painting	Miscellaneous	Active
A consul in a chariot and horsemen in racing colours	A consul in a chariot and horsemen in racing colours. Mural opus sectile of marble and opaque glass. From the Basilica of Junius Bassus, Rome. c.AD 330-50. Florence, Palazzo Vecchio.	Other	Italy-Latium	Byzantine	Italy-Latium-Rome	Miscellaneous-miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	Active
A Contemporary Portrait-Bust of the Emperor Commodus	A contemporary portrait-bust of the Emperor Commodus (AD 180-93). He is grotesquely portrayed in the compensating role of Hercules. Found in Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome.	Roman	Italy-Latium	Roman-Imperial	Italy-Latium-Rome	sculpture-stone	Sculpture	Active
A Fountain Beside Tricliniumon South Side of Domus Flavia	A Fountain Beside Tricliniumon South Side of Domus Flavia	Prehistoric	Asia Minor	Prehistoric-Bronze Age-Helladic-Early	Asia Minor	architecture-architecture	Architecture	Inactive
A kneeling province submits to Trajan	A kneeling province submits to Trajan. North-eastern relief panel on the attic of the Arch of Trajan at Benevento. Marble. Height of panel c.230 cm. AD 114-17. Benevento.	Roman	Italy-Campania	Roman-Imperial	Italy-Campania	sculpture-stone-architectural	Sculpture	Active
A pair of gold bracelets ornamented with beaded wire	A pair of gold bracelets (incomplete)ornamented with beaded wire. End plates filled with green and blue enamel. From Rhayader, Wales. Lengths respectively 9.8 cm. and 9 cm. Second half of 1st century AD. London, British Museum.	Roman	Europe	Roman-Imperial	Britain	jewelry-gold	Jewelry	Active
A Private Lavatory in Ostia	A private lavatory in the House of Fortuna Annonaria, Ostia. More common were lavatories of the more sociable sort with long rows of stone seats.	Roman	Italy-Latium	Roman-Imperial	Italy-Latium-Ostia	architecture-domestic	Architecture	Active
A Roman Copy of a Marble Herm of Pericles by the Greek Sculpter Cresilas	Roman copy of a marble herm of Pericles by the Greek sculpter Cresilas; mid-fifth century BC. The vital documentary art of the Romans is a far cry from such idealized portraiture. Found at Tivoli. Ht. 23 in.; 58.5 cm.	Roman	Italy-Latium	Roman-Republic	Italy-Latium	sculpture-stone	Sculpture	Active
A Roman House of Vitruvius's 'Rhodian' Type	A Roman house of Vitruvius's 'Rhodian' type on the island of Delos retains on one of the high columns of the main range a bracket to support the roof of the lower flanking portico.	Roman	Greece Islands Aegean Cyclades	Roman-Republic	Greece-Islands-Aegean-Cyclades-Delos	architecture-domestic-houses	Architecture	Active
A Roman House on the Island of Delos	A Roman house on the island of Delos which originally stood five storeys high.	Roman	Greece Islands Aegean Cyclades	Roman-Republic	Greece-Islands-Aegean-Cyclades-Delos	architecture-domestic-houses	Architecture	Active
Abila and Jordan Tomb Q	Photograph of the ceiling of the Abila Tomb Q in modern day Jordan.	Roman	Unknown	Roman-Imperial	Unknown	sculpture-sculpture	Sculpture	Active
Absidal Building, Heroon	The Heroon at Leftkandi dates to 1000 B.C. It was at first a Dark Age Palace but after the death of the ruler it was turned into a tomb. There are two gravesites within, one of the queen with the ashes of her dead husband, and the other containing four h	Greek	Egypt	Greek-Hellenistic	Egypt-Egypt	architecture-public-stadiums	Architecture	Inactive
Abu Ghurab		Prehistoric	Asia Minor	Prehistoric-Bronze Age-Near East	Asia-Near East	Architecture-reconstruction	Architecture	Active
Abu Simbel Facade	The Facade of Abu Simbel. Picture originally in Egypt and Palestine vol. 1 by Francis Frith.	Multiple Periods	Near East	Multiple Periods	Asia-Near East-Eridu	vases-pottery	Vases	Active
Abu Simbel Salvage Operation		Near Eastern	Near East	Near Eastern-Early Dynastic	Asia-Near East-Babylon	Painting	Miscellaneous	Active
Abu Simbel Salvage Operation	An image of some of the "Abu Simbel Salvage Operation" efforts. The operation was an effort to rescue the monuments of Nubia threatened by the building of the new dam at Aswan.	Near Eastern	Asia Minor	Near Eastern-Neo Babylonian	Asia-Near East	architecture-palace	Architecture	Active
Abu Simbel temple	Artist's reconstruction of one of the rock temples at Abu Simbel. Created by David Roberts, November 1838.	Near Eastern	Italy-Etruria	Near Eastern-Neo Babylonian	Italy-Etruria-Vulci	Miscellaneous-miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	Active
Abusir pyramids	Aerial view of pre-excavation Abusir pyramids from the northeast. Pyramid of Sahure in the foreground, followed by those of Neuserre and Neferirkare with the remains of Raneferef's structure in the back.	Near Eastern	Multiple	Near Eastern-Neo Babylonian	Multiple	architecture-architecture	Architecture	Active
Abydos		Prehistoric	Asia Minor	Prehistoric-Neolithic	Asia-Near East	architecture-palace	Architecture	Active
Academy Restored Plan	The Academy. Restored plan by M. Barbie du Bocage.	Greek	Greece Mainland Attica	Greek-Archaic	Greece-Mainland-Attica-Athens	vases-pottery	Vases	Active
Acanthus and Lotus, Capital of Odeion	Acanthus and Lotus capital from the inner colonnade of the Odeion of Agrippa, restored.	Roman	Greece Mainland Attica	Roman-Imperial	Greece-Mainland-Attica-Athens	vases-pottery	Vases	Active
Aceramic Asikli Hoyuk artifacts	Aceramic Asikli Hoyuk artifacts.	Near Eastern	Asia Minor	Near Eastern-Iron Age	Asia Minor-Anatolia	vases-pottery	Vases	Active
Achaea	Map of Achaea	Roman	Italy-Latium	Roman-Imperial	Italy-Latium-Rome	architecture-architecture	Architecture	Active
Achaea, Macedonia, Epirus in Hellas	Map of the Achaea, Macedonia, and Epirus regions in Hellas	Roman	Italy-Latium	Roman-Republic	Italy-Latium-Rome	architecture-public-arches	Architecture	Active
Achaea, Macedonia, Pontus, Bithynia and Asia	Map of the Achaea, Macedonia, Pontus, Bithynia and Asia provinces.	Roman	Italy-Latium	Roman-Imperial	Italy-Latium-Rome	architecture-public-baths	Architecture	Active
Achaemenid Kings 1		Roman	Italy-Latium	Roman-Imperial	Italy-Latium	Painting	Miscellaneous	Active
Achaemenid Kings 2		Roman	Italy-Latium	Roman-Imperial	Italy-Latium-Rome	sculpture-stone-relief	Sculpture	Active
Achilleio House Reconstruction	Reconstruction of an Achilleio house.	Prehistoric	Greece Islands Aegean Crete	Prehistoric-Neolithic	Greece-Islands-Aegean-Crete-Achladia	vases-pottery	Vases	Active
Achilleio Stone Female Figurine	Early Neolithic stone female figurine from Achilleio.	Prehistoric	Greece Islands Aegean Crete	Prehistoric-Neolithic	Greece-Islands-Aegean-Crete-Kommos	architecture-fortification-walls	Architecture	Active