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Death Mask of Agamemnon
The so-called death mask of Agamemnon - the king of Mycenae in Homer's Iliad. Gold funeral mask from Grave Circle A, Mycenae (mid-16th century BCE). The mask in fact predates Agamemnon by 400 years but nevertheless remains solid evidence...
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Kronos/Saturn
Detail from Saturn Devouring a Son, oil on canvas by Peter Paul Rubens, 1636.
Museo del Prado, Madrid.
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Celtic Parade Helmet
A Celtic parade helmet in bronze and iron covered in gold with coral inlay, c. 350 BCE. Found buried in a cave in Agris, western France. It is a fine example of the use of vegetal motifs in ancient Celtic art. (Bernisches Historisches Museum...
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Mycenaean Death Mask
A gold death mask from a Shaft Grave IV, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, 1600-1500 BCE.
(National Archaeological Museum, Athens).
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Female Deity, Gundestrup Cauldron
A detail of the gilded silver Gundestrup Cauldron showing a female Celtic deity. Likely 1st century BCE, produced in the Balkans but found in Denmark in 1891 CE. (National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen)
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Golden Shoes of Hochdorf
A pair of thin, embossed gold coverings, which decorated the shoes of the chieftain buried at Hochdorf around 530 BCE. Bern Historical Museum, Switzerland. The burial mound at Hochdorf is associated with the Hallstatt Culture and is...
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Minoan Rock-Crystal Bowl
A Minoan rock-crystal bowl in the form of a duck, 16th century BCE. The vessel was found at Mycenae but has been attributed to the earlier Minoan civilization based on Crete. The vessel was probably used to store cosmetic creams. (National...
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Gundestrup Cauldron
The Gundestrup Cauldron was discovered in a bog in Jutland, Denmark. However, the cauldron includes elements and iconography which derive from Celtic, Thracian, and Asian cultures. The piece is the subject of various interpretations and was...
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Celtic Bowl, Schwarzenbach Burial
A Celtic bowl with embossed gold leaf decoration from the princely burial at Schwarzenbach, Rhineland, Germany. 5th century BCE. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)
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Early Cycladic Figurines
Early Cycladic 'violin' figurines in marble, 3200-2800 BCE. The figurines represent a squatting female figure but their exact significance is not known. Most probably they represent a female fertility deity. (National Archaeological Museum...
