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This is an ephebe, a young athlete, probably around the age of 12 years. He is leaning on a long rectangular pillar; the latter would have been originally topped by a herm or some kind of a relief. He must have just finished his exercise...

Ruins of an indigo factory at Mongalganj, near Bangaon in West Bengal, India. Indigo was an important cash crop for the East India Company and during the British Raj.

This marble sculpture from Rome, Italy dates to sometime between the 1st Century BCE and the 1st Century CE. It portrays a young male Aethiopian, or black African, acrobat balancing on a crocodile. (British Museum, London)

Roman sculpture of an elderly woman, c. 14-68 CE, a copy of a 2nd-century BCE Hellenistic original. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A bronze head of a youth. Etruscan, from Vipsul (modern Fiesole), c. 330 BCE. (Museo Archeologico Etrusco, Florence)

This limestone slab carved in relief shows two deities. On the right, the goddess Al-Lat is depicted, she wears a military dress and helmet and holds a spear in her right hand and a shield in her left arm. Her appearance is similar to Athena...

Alabaster bas-relief detail showing an Apkallu holding a bucket-like object. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 23, Room B, the North-West Palace at Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)

This beautifully crafted head portrays an "Aethiopian", or black African, and is made out of black bronze, gold, obsidian and carnelian. The piece was once a part of an ornate object like a serving dish although it has been broken off at...

Attic black-figure cup from c. 580-560 BCE, attributed to the Painter of Copenhagen 103, in J. Paul Getty Museum 79.AE.128. Komos-dancing was a common behaviour after a symposium. The now properly drunk guests would rush out in a crazy dance...

Iris on an Attic lekythos, attributed to the Diosphos Painter, found in Tanagra, c. 500-490 BCE. Louvre, Paris.