Grave Finding Collection

Hercules Brings Cerberus to Eurystheus, with Hermes and Athena, c6th century BC. Greek Vase from an Etruscan Tomb

Detail from the Francois Vase, Peleus and Atalanta with Calydonian Boar Hunt, c6th century BC Artists: Ergotimos
Detail from the Francois Vase, Peleus and Atalanta with Calydonian Boar Hunt, c6th century BC. Etruscan Tomb finding. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter) c560 BC

Detail from the Francois Vase, Etruscan Tomb Find, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Detail from the Francois Vase, Etruscan Tomb Find, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter) c560 BC

Oldest Known Examples of the Goldsmiths Art: Masterpieces of Sumerian Culture, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Wings of the Protecting Goddess, c1935. Collar in the form of vulture goddess Nekhbert. From the tomb of Tutankhamun. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton

Wall-hanging of Tiger from Tomb at Noin Ula, North Mongolia, c1st century BC. At Hermitage Leningrad

Silver Bowl from a Sarmatian Tomb, 4th-5th century. The Sarmatians were a large confederation of Iranian people during classical antiquity, flourishing from about 5th century BC to 4th century

Gold Figures from Pre-Columbian Tombs, Colombia, South America. Made in Cire Perdue Process of Lost Wax casting; a method of bronze casting using a clay core and a wax coating placed in a mould

Large Knife from grave at Southampton Island, for cutting whale-blubber, Inuit

Francois Vase found in an Etruscan Tomb, 6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Francois Vase found in an Etruscan Tomb, 6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter) c560 BC. Large Attic volute krater decorated in the black-figure style

Celtic Bronze Bowl with Cow and Calf from Halstatt, Austria. Celtic Iron Age. c. 6th-8th century BC
Celtic Bronze Bowl with Cow and Calf from Halstatt, Austria. Celtic Iron Age. c.6th-8th century BC. Cremation grave no. 671

Chariot of Diomedes, Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Chariot of Diomedes, Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC

Horse Rider Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Horse Rider Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC. Large Attic volute krater decorated in the black-figure style

Detail of Zeus and Hera in a chariot with Kaliope from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Detail of Zeus and Hera in a chariot with Kaliope from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC

Claw Beaker from an Anglo-Saxon grave at Lyminge, Kent, 5th century. At Maidstone Museum. A claw beaker is a name given by archaeologists to a type of drinking vessel often found as a grave good in

Anglo-Saxon Claw Beaker, c7th century. A claw beaker is a name given by archaeologists to a type of drinking vessel often found as a grave good in 6th and 7th century Frankish and Anglo-Saxon burials

Egyptian wooden model of beer-making from a tomb, from the Louvres collection

Mexican Terracotta Group, Pre-Columbian, from a grave, Aztec culture, 1300-1521. Aztec culture, also known as Mexica, was a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic

Pottery figure found in grave, known as Pretty Ladies, Guanajuato, Mexico, 2000BC-300. Pretty Ladies is the name archaeologists gave to pre-Columbian female figurines in Mexico

Detail from the Francois Vase, Ajax carrying the body of Achilles, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Detail from the Francois Vase, Ajax carrying the body of Achilles, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC

Detail from the Francois Vase, Thetis, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC. Large Attic volute krater decorated in the black-figure style

Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC. Large Attic volute krater decorated in the black-figure style

Detail from the Francois Vase, Satyr and Warrior fighting, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Detail from the Francois Vase, Satyr and Warrior fighting, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC

Wood Model of Woman Grinding Corn, Egyptian Tomb Finding, c1900 BC. Middle Kingdom at British Museum

Wooden Model of Man fanning Fire, Egyptian Tomb Finding, c1900 BC. Middle Kingdom

Detail of Francois Vase, Hephaestus, on a mule, followed by Silenus, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Detail of Francois Vase, Hephaestus, on a mule, followed by Silenus, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC

Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch from a grave, 5th century
Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch from an inhumation grave at Hornsea, east Yorkshire. Currently at the Yorkshire Archaeological Society Museum, York, 5th century

Anglo-Saxon glass necklace, 5th century
Anglo-Saxon necklace of mixed polychrome glass, plain glass and amber beads, from an inhumation grave at Hornsea, east Yorkshire

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