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Bronze Shaft-Hole Axe
These two bronze shaft-hole axes date back to the late 3rd millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
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Bronze Head of Augustus
Bronze head from an over-life-sized statue of Augustus, found in the ancient Nubian site of Meroë in Sudan, 27 - 25 BCE. On display in the British Museum, London.
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Bronze Statues of Ptolemy II & Arsinoe II
These early 3rd-century BCE bronze statues from Alexandria, Egypt, portray the royal Ptolemaic couple Ptolemy II Philadelphus ("The Sibling-Loving") and Arsinoe II Philadelphus. Ptolemy II is wearing the scalp of an elephant, possibly symbolic...
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Bronze Sestertius with Colosseum
A bronze sestertius from the reign of Titus (79-81 CE) which depicts the Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheatre. Clearly shown are the four arched stories, statues within the arches and the large monumental fountain - the Meta Sudans - which stood...
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Bronze Bull Head from Urartu
This is a bronze head of a winged bull, from a handle of a large cauldron. 8th to 7th centuries BCE, Urartian. From Toprakkale, modern-day Turkey. (The British Museum, London)
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Bronze Artemis
A bronze statue of Artemis attributed to the sculptor Euphranor, mid-4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, Athens).
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Bronze Zeus, Tarentum
A bronze statue of Zeus, Tarentum, southern Italy c. 530 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum of Tarento, Italy)
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Bronze Statue of Neith
A gilded bronze statuette of the Egyptian goddess of war Neith. 664-332 BCE. (Louvre, Paris)
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Bronze Head of an Etruscan Youth
A bronze head of a youth. Etruscan, from Vipsul (modern Fiesole), c. 330 BCE. (Museo Archeologico Etrusco, Florence)
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Bronze Head of Hadrian
Bronze head of Roman emperor Hadrian (117-138 CE) found in the River Thames in London in 1834. It belonged to a larger-than-life-size statue that may have been created and erected to commemorate Hadrian's visit to Roman Britain in 122 CE.