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In the ancient Greek world, religion was personal, direct, and present in all areas of life. With formal rituals which included animal sacrifices and libations, myths to explain the origins of mankind and give the gods a human face, temples...

The Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius is an ancient Roman statue in gilded bronze. The statue was erected in 175 CE. Its original location is debated: the Roman Forum and Piazza Colonna have been proposed. (Capitoline Museums, Palazzo...

Statue of Ashurnasirpal II from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), modern-day northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 883-859 BCE. This statue of King Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BCE) was placed in the Temple of Ishtar Sharrat-niphi. It was designed to...

Headless, 2.5-metre tall (8.2 feet) granite statue of Darius I (r. 522-486 BCE) originally made to be set up in Egypt and found in 1972 in Susa on the west side of the Gate of Darius. Darius the Great is dressed in the Persian robe but in...

This is a bust of Pharaoh Hatshepsut, in the form of Osiris (Osiride). The statue originally stood over 4.6 m (15 ft) high and is originally from Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri. This statue was not a free-standing statue -...

Statue of the Nile God Hapy, from Thebes, Karnak, temple of Amun-Ra, Egypt, 22nd Dynasty, reign of Osorkon I, c. 924-889 BCE. The fleshy body symbolizes the Nile's fertility. Hapy holds a table of offerings, from which hang geese, quails...

This statue was unearthed during the German excavations at the city of Ashur in 1905 CE. The statue depicts a man in a long gown, which is girded at the waist with a belt. The details of the body, especially at the shoulders and upper arms...

A statue of Lord Varaha, the 3rd boar incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Beside the statue is the Earth goddess Bhudevi. This statue is carved from a single block of red sandstone with a height of 11 feet (3.35 meter). Made c. 510 CE, Gupta Empire...

Statue of Thetis with a triton. Thasian marble, Roman copy from a Greek original of the 2nd century BCE. Palazzo Massimo alle Terme. A recent reconstruction identifies the statue as a part of the sculptural group by Skopas of Thetis giving...

An early Imperial (1st Century BCE - 1st Century CE) statue of Luna, the Roman goddess of the moon. The statue is a Roman copy of a 4th Century BCE Greek statue of Selene, Luna's Greek counterpart. The goddess is portrayed wearing a billowing...