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Bronze standing figure of a female priest, upper limbs missing, with figural engravings on her dress. Third Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty (Nubian Dynasty), 746-655 BCE. From Egypt; precise provenance unknown. (The Neues Museum, Berlin...

A gilded and turquoise Vajracharya Priest’s Crown from Nepal. Vajracharya was the highest rank of priesthood. Made in 1717. Height: 12 in. (30.5 cm). Width: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm). The inscription includes a warning for those who covet the...

The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant is a literary work from the Middle Kingdom of Egypt (2040-1782 BCE) which illustrates the value society placed on the concept of justice and equality under the law. In the story, a peasant named Khun-Anup...

The ancient Egyptians had a great appreciation for life which is clearly depicted through their art. Images of people enjoying themselves - whether in this life or the next - are as plentiful as those most often seen of the gods or funerary...

Stone stela of Ashurbanipal, the king is shown with a ritual basket of earth on his head as the royal builder for the accession of Shamash-shum-ukin and the restoration of Esagil, the sanctuary of Marduk in Babylon. Cuneiform inscription...

Sebastian and Olivia agree to marry one another in Act IV of William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night. Painting by W. Hamilton, engraving by W. Angus, 18th century. Shakespeare Print Collection.

This terracotta statuette depicts a standing man who has a long hair and beard. Both of his hands are clenched; the right one is on the left. He seems as if he is holding something within this hands. From Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian period...

The overall depiction of the man is Palmyrene but the provenance of excavation is unknown. Roman Period, first to second century CE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

In ancient Egypt, if a woman were having difficulty conceiving a child, she might spend an evening in a Bes Chamber (also known as an incubation chamber) located within a temple. Bes was the god of childbirth, sexuality, fertility, among...

The gods of ancient Egypt freely gave their bounty to the people who worked the land, but this did not exempt those farmers from paying taxes on that bounty to the government. Egypt was a cashless society until the Persian Period (c. 525...