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Stele showing a girl holding a doll in one hand and a bird in the other, which she seems to be offering with a gentle smile to the small dog jumping up to greet her, c. 340 BCE. Harvard Art Museums.

The Seikilos Stele, Copenhagnen NM inv.14897. This grave stele preserves the oldest complete song that has survived to our times, and dates to around the 2nd century CE. Found in 1883 by Sir William Ramsay at Aydin (Tralleis), the...

The Great Sphinx of Giza is the most instantly recognizable statue associated with ancient Egypt and among the most famous in the world. The sculpture, of a recumbent lion with the head of an Egyptian king, was carved out of limestone on...

Ancient Mesopotamian art and architectural works are among the oldest in the world, dating back over 7,000 years. The works first appear in northern Mesopotamia prior to the Ubaid Period (c. 5000-4100 BCE) and then developed in the south...

Gwanggaeto (Kwanggaeto), often referred to as Gwanggaeto the Great, was king of the Goguryeo (Koguryo) kingdom which ruled northern Korea during the Three Kingdoms period. Gwanggaeto reigned between 391 and 413 CE, and living up to his other...

Stele of Merenptah. Israel as a cultural entity is first mentioned in this stele of the Egyptian pharaoh Merenptah (1213-1203 BCE) in which he states that “Israel lies devastated, bereft of its seed”. (Cairo Museum, Egypt)

Basalt stele of Sargon II (721-705 BCE), found in Bamboula, Kition (modern Laranca, Cyprus) in 1845. The cuneiform inscriptions on the frontal side of the stele commemorate Sargon's victories against the Medes, Babylon, Syria, and Urartu...

This commemorative basalt stele depicts the Assyrian king Esarhaddon worshiping gods and symbols of gods. The king's left hand holds a royal mace and two ropes. These ropes pass through the lips of two captives. The kneeling smaller figure...

Greek grave stele depicting a couple greeting each other, affectionately taking one hand in the other. This grave stele came from the Kerameikos in Athens and is dated to the 5th Century BCE. It is now housed in the Minneapolis Institute...

"HEGESO, DAUGHTER OF PROXENOS" ΗΓΗΣΩΠΡΟΧΕΝΟ So reads the inscription at the top of the stele. At left a slave girl stands, holding out a jewellery box for Hegeso who has taken an item out of the box. The detail of the jewellery would...