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Rosetta Stone Detail, Demotic Text
This is a zoomed-in detail of the middle part of the Rosetta stone showing the Demotic text. The Rosetta Stone is a large almost complete fragment of a grey-pink granodiorite stela. A decree was carved on this stela using 3 ancient texts...
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Rosetta Stone Detail, Hieroglyphic Text
This is a zoomed-in detail of the upper part of the Rosetta stone showing the hieroglyphic inscription. The Rosetta Stone is a large, mostly complete fragment of a grey-pink granodiorite stela. A decree was carved on this stela using 3 ancient...
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The Gayer-Anderson Cat
This hollow cast bronze statue depicts a seated cat. The cat wears golden earrings and nose-ring. She also wears a silver wedjat (Eye of Horus) pectoral. Around 600 BCE. Possibly from Saqqara, Egypt. Bequest of Major Robert Gayer-Anderson...
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Ancient Greek Silver coins
Top row (L to R): - Silver drachm from Corcyra (Corfu), 229-48 BCE. O: Head of Dione. R: Pegasus. - Silver didrachm from Rhodes, Caria, 304-166 BCE. O: Head of Helios. R: Rose. - Silver stater from Calymna, Caria, 600-550 BCE. O: Male...
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Ancient Greek Coins
Top row (L to R): Thera (c. 500 BCE) - Silver stater, two dolphins. Delos (6th century BCE) - Silver drachm, lyre. Siphnos (540-500 BCE) - Silver stater, eagle. (Alpha Bank Numismatics Museum, Kerkyra, Corfu) Bottom row (L to R...
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Greek Silver Coins
Top row (L to R): Poseidonia (520 BCE) - Silver stater, Poseidon with trident. Corinth (525-500 BCE) - Silver stater, incuse square of swastika design. Syracuse (c. 400 BCE) - Silver decadrachm, quadriga with Nike crowning a charioteer...
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Greek Coins
Top row (L to R): Cos (300-190 BCE) Silver tetradrachm, crab. Syracuse (c. 400 BCE) - Silver decadrachm, head of Arethousa with dolphins. Macedon (306-283 BCE) - Silver tetradrachm, Poseidon with trident. Bottom row (L to R): Euboea...
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Diadochi Satraps 323 BCE
The Diadochi satraps following the agreement made in Babylon in 323 BCE.
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Battle of Actium 31 BCE
The positions of Octavian and Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium in 31 BCE.
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Hannibal Riding a War Elephant
An artist's impression of how Carthaginian general Hannibal may have appeared riding a war elephant.