Search Results: The ascent of man

This bronze figurine depicts a nude man wearing a pointed hat. From Phrygia or Lycia, Central or Western Turkey. 8th to 6th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).

Egyptian plaque depicting a man holding an ibex, while a monkey perches on his shoulder. Limestone. Memphis, Egypt. Ptolemic period, 300-27 BCE. Collection of the Walters Art Museum.

This burned ivory figure, carved in the round, depicts a male figure carrying a goat on his shoulders and holding an ostrich by the neck. The depiction is very realistic; the beak of the ostrich is opened and the front wing is held upwards...

In this clay plaque, an affectionate couple is depicted (domestic scene?). The man and the woman are looking at and holding each other. From Ur, southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Old-Babylonian period, 2000-1600 BCE. (The British Museum...

This is a funerary relief of a man who lived in Syria when it was under Roman occupation (64 BCE-260 CE). It dates from the 2nd century CE, and it is made of limestone. (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University...

Drawing of a Man Attacked by a Bear by Riza-yi 'Abbasi, falsely ascribed to Kamāl al-Dīn Bihzād, Qazvin, Iran, c. 1590-1595. The British Museum, London.

A red terracotta head of a man, Kashmir, Akhnur. 6th century CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

A traditional smoke, or "incense", man from the Ore Mountains, dressed as a miner. These wooden figures are an important part of the region's Christmas traditions.

This relief from Persepolis, Iran shows a Median man climbing a staircase. Experts are quite sure what he's holding in his hands, but it might a stone or a shield. This relief is made from gray limestone and dates from the 5th-4th century...

This is a funerary relief of a old man who lived in Syria when it was under Roman occupation (64 BCE-260 CE). It dates from the 3rd century CE, and it is made of limestone. (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University...