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A gilt bronze crown. Nihon Matsuyama tumulus, Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan. Kofun Period, 5th century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)

This head belonged to a crouching sphinx with a lion's body and wings. It stood wither on a tumulus or as a "sentinel" at the entrance to the grave. Nenfro (tuff). From Vulci, Italy. Circa 600 BCE. It is on display at the Altes Museum in...

This ancient horn-shaped vessle was excavated at Shishuzuka Tumulus, which is located in Mihamacho, Fukui prefecture, Japan. It dates from the 6th century CE, during the Kofun period. (Tokyo National Museum)

An offering vessel of Sue stoneware. From Kanmuriyama Tumulus, Shimoashimori, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan. Kofun Period, 6th century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)

This horse is a "haniwa" or a terracotta tomb object. It was excavated at Kamishiba Tumulus in Gunma prefecture, Japan. It dates from the Kofun period or around the 6th century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)

A gilt bronze crown. Nihon Matsuyama Tumulus, Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan. Kofun Period, 5th century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)

A terracotta haniwa (tomb marker) in the form of a monkey. 6th century CE, Kofun/Asuka Period. From Dainichizuka Tumulus, Okinosu, Namegata-shi, Ibaraki, Japan. 'Important Cultural Property'. (Tokyo National Museum)

Iron core of linothorax with golden buckles found in Macedonian Tomb II of Vergina, Imathia, Central Macedonia, Greece. The tomb is dated to between the end of the 4th century BCE and the beginning of the 3rd century BCE. Located at Archaeological...

A detail of a painted dromos and dome camera from a tumulus near Aleksandrovo village, Haskovo district, Bulgaria. The dromos has battle scenes while the burial chamber has a hunting scene, unfolded in a circle, and in the lower register...

This inkstone was excavated at Miyahara No. 1 Tumulus in Miyahara, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. It dates from the 7th century CE, during the Kofun period. (Tokyo National Museum)