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Jar burials occur in many cultures. In Jordan, the practice of sometimes burying infants in jars appeared in the Chalcolithic period, where the corpse would be placed in the fetal position inside a jar after...

Bronze figurine of infant Hercules killing serpents, from Herakleia Lynkestis, near modern Bitola, Macedonia. Archaeological Museum of Heraclea, Bitola. The city was founded by Philip II of Macedon...

Pasiphaë nursing the infant Minotaur, red-figure kylix from Etruscan Vulci, 4th century BCE. Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.

A 2nd century CE Roman sculpture depicting the infant Hercules strangling the snake put into his cradle by Hera jealous of her husband Zeus' infidelity with Alkmene which produced Hercules. (Capitoline Museums, Rome).

"The Coronation of the Infant Shapur II", Folio 538r from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp.Painting attributed to Muzaffar 'Ali (active late 1520s–70s CE; d. c. 1576 CE)

Statue of a dancing Faun with the infant Bacchus, the God of Wine. Formerly in the collection of The Grand Duke of Tuscany, then in the Farnese Collection in Rome. Roman, 2nd century, CE. (The British Museum, London)

Swaddled infant votive from the sanctuary of Peciano near Cortona, 3rd-2nd century BCE. Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca e della città di Cortona.

This bowl is part of the so-called "Hildesheim Silver Treasure" and depicts a medallion of the baby Hercules battling snakes sent by Hera. The Hildesheim treasure, consisting of more than 70 pieces, is one of the most...

Silver coin from the Roman Crete, 97-117 CE. The British Museum, London. After the Roman conquest of Crete in 66 BCE, emperors sympathetic to Greek culture, such as Trajan and Hadrian, focused...

The constructional details of this case are not fully visible, but the materials used included linen and plant fibers. A painted bed-net on a pink background imitates the garment often shown worn by Osiris...