Dixon Collection (page 6)

Bathing elephant carved in low relief in a Buddhist shrine
Bathing elephant carved in low relief beside a pool in a Buddhist shrine at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka

Fowling in the marshes: wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, c1350 BC
Fowling in the marshes: fragment of wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun (no. 10), Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c1350 BC

Weighing of the heart of the deceased against the feather of truth from the Egyptian Book of the Dea
Weighing of the heart of the deceased (Anhai) against the feather of truth by Anubis. Ammut waits to devour the heart if not justified. Thoth, on the left, records the verdict

Romano-Celtic bronze statuette of a deity, 3rd century. Found in Southbroom, Devizes, Wiltshire. The figure is markedly native in style. From the British Museums collection

Bust of Diocletian
Bust of the Roman emperor Diocletian (244-311) from Izmit, Turkey. Found in the collection of the National Archaological Museum in Turkey

Greek metope of Herakles and the Kerkopes, 6th century BC
Metope of Herakles and the Kerkopes, from temple C at Selinunte on Sicily. Herakles is carrying them around on his shoulders because they have stolen his weapons

Minoan wall-painting of dolphins from the Queens bathroom at Knossos

Bull-leaping fresco from Knossos
Bull-leaping fresco from the palace of Knossos, from the Archaeological Museums collection, Heraclion, Crete

Greek vase showing Memnon fighting Achilles
Greek vase painting showing Memnon, the son of the goddess Eos and Tithonius, fighting Achilles

Detail of a Greek vase showing Odysseus and Circe, 5th century BC
Detail of a Greek vase from Thebes showing Odysseus and Circe. She is handing the magic potion to Odysseus which will turn him into a pig, 5th century BC

Lead tablet from the Sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona, 6th century BC
Lead tablet from the Sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona. In Corinthian Boustrophodon script. Hermon asks to which god he should pray to have useful children by his wife Kretaia

Scythian tattoo of fabulous beasts, 5th century BC
Scythian tattoo of fabulous beasts on the skin of a childs arm from Barrow 2 at Pazyryr, Altai, Russia. from the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg, 5th century BC

Mummified head of a Scythian chief, 5th century BC
Mummified head of a Scythian chief from barrow 2, Pazyryk, Altai. The skull has been damaged by a battle axe blow, 5th century BC

Pre-Viking head of a sea-monster, probably from the prow of a ship

Detail of the Cammin Casket, in the Mammon style. Made in Southern Scandinavia from a copy, as the original is now lost, and currently in the National Museum in Copenhagen

Model of Allosaurs
Diorama of Allosaurs, from the Horniman Museum

Aztec statuette of a bat-god
Aztec statuette of the bat-god Camazotz

Detail of the Standard of Ur, showing a Sumerian War-Chariot, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC
Detail of the Standard of Ur, showing a Sumerian War-Chariot, from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. The main panels are known as War and Peace

Moulded bricks from the Ishtar Gate showing lions and mushrushu, 7th century BC
Moulded bricks from the Ishtar Gate from Babylon, erected in the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, showing lions and mushrushu, from the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, 7th century BC

Altar of Zeus detail, 2nd century BC
Detail of the altar of Zeus from Pergamon, Turkey, From the Pergamon Museums collection in Berlin, 2nd century BC

Egyptian papyrus showing the god Nun
Egyptian papyrus showing the god of the primeval waters Nun, holding the emblem of long life. The blue-green colours of his body reflect waters

Model of the Egyptian god Khepri
Model of the Egyptian scarab-beetle creator-god Khepri from the Egyptian Museum in Berlin

Egyptian set of four canopic jars
Set of four canopic jars for the storage of organs, the heads representing the four sons of Horus

Relief of an Assyrian archer on horseback from the palace of Ashurbanipal at Ninevah, from the Louvres collection

Glazed terracotta tile, Neo-Assyrian, from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Iraq, c883-c859 BC. This glazed tile, along with the stone reliefs, was part of the decorative scheme of the royal palace

Bronze head of Pazuzu, probably from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Neo-Assyrian, about 800-550 BC
Bronze head of Pazuzu, probably from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, about 800-550 BC. Pazuzu was an Assyrian and Babylonian demonic god of the first millennium BC

Persian hedgehog mounted on a wheeled carriage
Hedgehog mounted on a wheeled carriage made of calcite and bitumen, from Susa

Persian relief of archers of the Persian Royal Guard
Glazed brick relief of archers of the Persian Royal Guard from the palace of Darius I at Susa, from the Louvres collection

Babylonian terracotta statuette of Astarte
Terracotta statuette of Astarte/Ishtar from Susa, from the Louvres collection

Jewellery from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, Sumeria, Ancient Iraq, Early Dynastic III, about 2600 BC. Showing hair ornaments, earrings and necklaces

Greenstone seal of Adda, Akkadian, about 2300-2200 BC, from Mesopotamia. Akkadian religious cylinder-seal showing various gods

Babylonian clay tablet with Geometrical Problems
Babylonian Clay table with Geometrical problems in cuniform script, from the British Museums collection.Babylonian clay tablet with Geometrical problems in cuniform script

Cavalry combat helmet, Roman Britain, from Witcham Gravel, Ely, Cambridgeshire, 1st century AD
Cavalry combat helmet made of iron and bronze, Roman Britain, from Witcham Gravel, Ely, Cambridgeshire, 1st century AD. From the British Museums collection

Neolithic necklace of bone and teeth from Skara Brae Neolithic settlement. From the Tankernges House Museums collection, Orkney

Roman mosaic of men fishing from boats, 2nd century BC
A Roman mosaic from Tunisia of men fishing from two boats, from the Souisse Museums collection, 2nd century BC

Roman bronze of the infant Bacchus found at Chatillion-sur-Seine France

Greek vase painting of Heracles and Cerberus

Bactrian statuette of the genie La Balafre (the Scarred One), made of chlorite, calcite, and iron

A statue of Marsyas the satyr. A Roman copy of a Hellenistic original in the style of Pergamon

Detail of a Pictish Stone with a man wearing trousers, 11th century
Detail of a Pictish Cross slab that shows a Pict wearing Pictish trousers. At St. Vigeans, Scotland, 11th century

The Venus of Laussel, which may be interpreted as an earth-mother
The Venus of Laussel, from Bordeaux Musuems collection. The figure holds a curved horn or cornucopia in one hand which has thirteen notches

Depiction of Jesus healing a blind man on an early Christian sarcophagus, 4th Century
Detail from an early Christian sarcophagus from Rome depicting Jesus healing a blind man. 4th Century. Part of the Vatican Museums collection

Statue of Jesus as the good shepherd, early Christian Catacombs, Rome, Italy
Statue of Jesus as the good shepherd, from the early Christian Catacombs in Rome, 3rd - 4th Century. Part of the Vatican Museums Collection

Three Peace-Pipes, Dakota Sioux, North American Indian. Traditionally used to offer prayers in a religious ceremony, to make a ceremonial commitment, or to seal a covenant or treaty

Tlingit Face Mask, Pacific Northwest Coast Indian. The Tlingit are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America

Aztec stone head of Rain God Tlaloc, 1300-1521

Greek Vase-Painting Hercules fights the Lion, c6th century BC
Greek Vase-painting, Hercules fights the Lion, c6th century BC. National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Theseus kills the Minotaur (with Ariadne present), Greek Vase painting, 5th Century BC. Artist: Hermonax
Theseus kills the Minotaur (with Ariadne present), Greek Vase painting, 5th Century BC. Hermonax was a Greek vase painter working in the red-figure style. He painted between ca

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