Images Dated 16th May 2018 (page 74)

A Knight - The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200
The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200. A Knight / Rook piece from a collection of ninety-three found at Uig on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Gold Stater of Phillip II of Macedon, 4th century BC
Head of Apollo on the obverse side. The reverse refers to Phillips (382-336 BC) success in a chariot race in the Olympic Games of 356 BC

Copper As of Claudius, 1st Century
Copper As of Claudius, obverse, head facing left, 1st Century

Bust of King George III of England, 1767. Artist: John Nost
Bust of King George III (1760-1820), 1767. During his reign, Britain became the dominant power in Europe, but lost its American colonies, and in his later life he suffered from mental illness

Gold model chariot from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, from Tadjikistan, 5th-4th century BC
Persian gold model of a chariot with a king or satrap and driver, from the Treasure of the Oxus. From the British Museums collection.Gold model chariot from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian

Gold death-mask of a Mycenaean King, 17th century BC
Gold death-mask of a Mycenaean King, from a shaft-grave at Mycenae. In the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 17th century BC

Detail of a frieze on the Treasury of the Siphnians, 6th century BC
Detail from the east frieze on the Treasury of the Siphnians at Delphi, showing the Gigantomachy, 6th century BC

Gold bracteate from a fifth century Norwegian hoard, 6th century
Gold bracteate from a hoard found at Sletner, Eidsburg, Ostfold, Norway, now in the University Museum in Oslo, 6th century

Scythian saddle-cover with applied felt decoration, 5th century BC
Scythian saddle-cover with applied felt decoration showing a gryphon attack from Barrow I, Pazyryk, Altai, 5th century BC

Scythian saddle-cover with applied felt decoration, 5th century BC
Scythian saddle-cover with applied felt decoration showing a gryphon attack from Barrow I, Pazyryk, Altai, 5th century BC

Detail of the stern of the Viking Oseburg ship, 9th century
Detail of the stern of the Oseburg ship, from the Oseburg ship burial, from the Viking Ships Museums collection in Oslo, 9th century

Detail of a Viking neck-yoke for a pair of horses, 10th century
Detail of a gilded bronze Viking neck-yoke for a pair of horses, from a Viking grave at Sollestad, funen, Denmark. From the National Museums collection in Copenhagan, 10th century

Detail of a Kwakiutl tribe Native American grave marker
Kwakiutl tribe Native American grave marker in the shape of a man. From the Horniman Museum

Bewcastle Anglo-Saxon Cross, 7th century
An elaborate Anglo-Saxon cross from Bewcastle, Cumbria, 7th century

Egyptian hieroglyphs from a Book of the Dead

Egyptian hieroglyphs from a Book of the Dead

Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, from Thebes, Egypt, c1550 BC
Detail of the Rhind mathematical papyrus, showing mathematical problems, from Thebes, Egypt, End of the Second Intermediate Period, c1550 BC

Relief showing the head of Akhenaten, 14th century BC

Egyptian Book of the Dead of the deceased kneeling before the gods of the underworld
Image from the Book of the Dead of the deceased, Ani, kneeling before the gods of the underworld

Egyptian faience amulet, showing the eye of Osiris

Gold coin of Arsinoe II, 3rd century BC
Gold coin of Arsinoe II (July 270 BC until 260 BC), from Hellenistic Egypt, 3rd century BC

Egyptian faience head of Bes
Roman period blue faience head of the Egyptian god Bes

Egyptian sculpture of Queen Hatsheput, 15th century BC
Egyptian sculpture of Queen Hatsheput (1508-1458 BC). This version shows her with a ceremonial beard, 15th century BC

Egyptian Shabti figure, designed to take on work in the underworld for the person it was buried with

Head of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt
Limestone head of Queen Nefertiti, wife of Akhenaten, from El Amarna, Egypt. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Berlin

The Rosetta Stone, Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period, 196 BC
The Rosetta Stone, showing hieroglyphs, demotic, and Greek scripts, Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period, 196 BC. The inscription is a priestly decree affirming the royal cult of the 13-year-old Ptolemy V

Early Egyptian burial known as Ginger
Early Egyptian burial, showing natural mummification due to the dryness of the soil. Now in the British Museums collection, and commonly known as Ginger

A Sassanid silver dish showing King Shapur II, 4th century
An Early Sassanian gilded silver dish showing King Shapur II hunting a stag, 309-379. From the British Museums collection

Detail from the Balawat Gates, made for Shalmeneser III, Neo-Assyrian, c858-824BC
Bronze band from Balawat Gates of Shalmaneser III, Neo-Assyrian, c858-824BC. Embossed decoration showing the capture of an Urartian city and tribute from Gilzanu. From the British Museum collection

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

Bronze lar holding a double cornucopia
Romano-British bronze Lar (household god) holding a double cornucopia, from Lakenheath, Suffolk, England

Wooden human form figure, Polynesian, (18th century?). Human figure with pearl shell and human bone inlay. Members of Captain Cooks third expedition in 1779 saw a similar form in a temple

Hoa Hakananai a, from Orongo, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Polynesia, c1000. Easter Islands stone statues of human figures, known as moai

Bust of Augustus, 1st century BC
Bust of the Roman emperor Augustus (63 BC-14 AD) from the Louvres collection, 1st century BC

Bust of Caligula, 1st century
Bust of the Roman emperor Caligula (12-41), from Thrace, from the Louvres collection, 1st century

Roman relief of gladiators, 3rd century
A Roman relief of gladiators from the Via Arenula, from Rome. Now in the National Museum at Rome, 3rd century

Roman relief of an oculist at work: a doctor inspecting the eye of a woman. Detail of the sarcophagus of the Sosa family from Ravenna

Fossil of a fish
Fossil of a prolates herberti (Gervais), one of the earliest known perciforms (perch-like fishes) from, found at the base of the tertiary of Chalons-sur-Marne

Fossil of a horse
Fossil of a propaleotherium, from Messel, Germany

The Venus de Milo, 2nd century BC. Artist: Alexandros of Antioch
A statue of Venus, from Melos. From the Louvres collection, 2nd century BC

Marble portrait bust of Homer, Roman, from Baiae, Campania, Italy, 1st-2nd century. The blind poet, Homer, is thought to have lived in Greece around 750 to 700 BC

Greek bronze of a horseman
A Greek bronze of a horseman from Grumentum in South Italy

Tibetan mask used in ritual dance, c9th century
This Tibetan mask is used in the ritual Black Hat dance, which is of pre-Buddhist origin, c9th century

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

Interior of Neolithic Hut at Skara Brae Neolithic settlement, Orkney. Stone furniture can be seen. The hearth is in the centre, and there are stone beds on the left and right sides

Part of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon, 5th century BC
Part of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon, showing part of the Panathenaic procession, 5th century BC. From the British Museums collection

Part of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon, 5th century BC
Part of the marble relief from the Parthenon, showing part of the Panathenaic procession, 5th century BC

The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200. Five ivory chess pieces from a collection of ninety-three found at Uig on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

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