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Sassanian dish showing King Khosrau I Anushirvan amongst dignitaries, 6th centurySassanian silver-gilt dish showing King Khosrau I Anushirvan (ruled 531-579) amongst dignitaries, from the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg, 6th century
Sassanian dish showing a king hunting from camel-backSassanian silver-gilt dish showing a king hunting from camel-back from the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg
Sassanian dish showing King Ardashir III huntingSassanian silver-gilt dish showing King Ardashir III (c. 621?27 April 630) hunting moufflon, from the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg
Bronze Scythian pole-top in the early style with later developmentsBronze Scythian pole-top from the Kurgan near Ul (Kuban ). Continues the early period style, but has later developments, such as the bird head on an ibexs neck and an anthropomorphic eye
Back of an early Russian bronze mirrorBack of a bronze mirror from near the river Bukhtarma Altai, now in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg
Gilt and engraved silver Scythian mirror, 6th century BCGilt and engraved silver Scythian mirror from a burial in Kelermos Kurgan. Note the Great Goddess motif near the top, from the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg, 6th century BC
Scythian gold plaque from a shield or breastplate depicting a panther, 6th century BCScythian gold plaque from a shield or breastplate depicting a panther, from Kelermes Kurgan. The paws and tail are made of curled animals
Scythian gold axe shaft-coverScythian gold shaft cover for an iron axe from Kelermos Kurgan, found in a Scythian tomb. Now in the Hermitage Museums collection, St Petersburg
Detail of gold sheet from a Scythian quiver, 6th centuryDetail of gold sheet from a Scythian quiver found in a tomb at Kelermes, from the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg, 6th century
Scythian gold scabbard from Russia, 5th centuryScythian gold scabbard from Litoi in south Russia, now in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg, 5th century
Scythian plaque showing two men drinking from a horn, 4th century BCScythian gold plaque showing two men drinking from a horn, probably as part of a blood-brother rite. From Kul Oba in South Russia, now in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg
Scythian gold stag plaque, 4th century BCScythian gold stag plaque from Kul Oba. The original is in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg, 4th century BC
Gold plaque showing a Scythian hunter, 5th century BCGold plaque showing a Scythian hunter pursuing a hare with a javelin from Kul Oba in Russia. The original is in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg
Bronze fantastic creature from Urartu, 9th century BCBronze fantastic creature from Urartu (Armenia), in the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad, 9th century BC
Egyptian statuette of OsirisBronze statuette of Osiris from the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg
Detail from an ivory diptych of men fighting lions, 6th centuryDetail from an ivory diptych of men fighting lions at the games. From Constantinople, and currently at the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, 6th century
Roman mosaic of a kitchen, 1st centuryRoman mosaic from Pompeii, of a boy slave in a kitchen with fruit and fish. Now in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, 1st century
Ivory diptych from Constantinople, 6th centuryIvory diptych from Constantinople, showing men fighting lions at games. Now in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, 6th century
Dancing Horaes, 1804. Artist: Carlo FinelliDancing Horaes, 1804. Detail. In Greek mythology, the Horae were goddesses of the seasons. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg
The Raphael Loggias, Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia. Artist: Cristoph UnterbergerThe Raphael Loggias, Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia. This gallery was designed by Giacomo Quarenghi and painted by Cristoph Unterberger in the 1780s
Floor mosaic in the Pavilion Hall, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, 1847-1851. The mosaics are a copy of the ones unearthed in 1780 in the ancient Roman bath at Ocriculum (Otricoli)
Winter Palace, Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. Artist: Sheldon MarshallWinter Palace, Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. Designed by the Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli as the winter resisence of the Empress Elizabeth
Chandeliers in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. Artist: Sheldon MarshallChandeliers in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011
Main staircase of the Winter Palace, Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia. Artist: Sheldon MarshallMain staircase of the Winter Palace, Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. The painting on the ceiling is Olympus, painted by Gaspare Diziani in the 1750s