Images

A Minoan octopus, detail from a New-Palace period (1500-1450 BCE) Cretan Clay askos with 'Marine Style' decoration, (Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete)

A painted terracotta figurine of a woman wrapped in a himation. Tarentum, 3rd century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A nutcracker in the form of bronze hands with gold decoration. 4th-3rd century BCE, Tarentum. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A marble relief from a funerary monument depicting seated women. 4th century BCE, Tarentum. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A red-figure volute krater. 330 BCE, Tarentum. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A silver stater of Sybaris, southern Italy. c. 550-510 BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Altamura, Italy)

A bronze helmet with snake crest and cheek-pieces. From the tomb of a warrior, 4th century BCE. Heraclea, southern Italy. (Archaeological Museum of Policoro, Italy)

Bronze slave handcuffs from the Greek colony of Heraclea in southern Italy. 4th-2nd century BCE. (Archaeological Museum, Policoro, Italy)

Uraratu was famous for its expert weavers. These remains of fabric, rope, and thread ball were discovered at the Teishebaini Fortress, which is located within the boundaries of present-day Yerevan, Armenia, and date from the 7th century BCE...

These fine jugs from Erebuni Fortress in Yerevan, Armenia are a testimonial to the advanced level of craftsmanship attained by the Urartian people in ancient times. Jugs in baked clay, c. 800-700 BCE. (Erebuni Historical and Archaeological...