114 words Head of Hindu Goddess Durga, found at Tapa Sardar, Afghanistan. Believed to date from c. 400 AD. National Museum, Afghanistan. [789x800]
287 words Trophy heads from the Nazca culture (~100BC to 800AD, Peru). They all had a hole in the forehead with a rope through it, likely for them to be worn as trophies of war. [4000x3000]
119 words Gold Coins From The 1715 Spanish Treasure Loot [1024 x 768]
149 words The Dendra panoply, Mycenean full body bronze armor featuring the boar tusks helmet mentioned in the Iliad to have been worn by Odysseus, this is the only near-complete bronze armour found from the bronze age. Ca 1400 BCE [3992 x 2340]
133 words Rock-crystal and Silver Spoon. 1st half of 1st century. Roman. [4000x2343]
116 words Giant lion's paws at the entrance of Sigiriya Fortress, the only remaining parts of a colossal lion statue. Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura period, 5th century AD [3000x2000]
450 words Excavations of a 4th-century BCE mound in western Russia uncovered the remains of four female Scythian warriors buried with horse tackle and weapons. One of the women was interred wearing a golden crown.[710x817]
125 words Intriguing busts from Roman times that were discovered in a cemetery in northern Israel near the city of Beit She’an. The objects are dated to the 4th century CE. [897x574]
113 words Sculpted Ancient Egyptian head of Pharaoh Userkaf of the Fifth Dynasty, c. 2454-2447 BCE [568 x 768]
233 words Colossi of Memnon, guarding the passage to Theban Necropolis; west-bank's section of Luxor, Egypt. 1300BC [1250x850]
124 words Roman fresco showing an offering a bull for sacrifice. Object found in Pompeii. Dated back to I century CE. Currently located in Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. [545x728]