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A terracotta lamp in the shape of a hydraulis being played by an organist. On either side of the manuals are the air pumps which fed the water organ with a supply of air into order to produce the notes. Roman, Porconsularis (modern Tunisia...

Detail of the Triumph of Aemilius Paulus by Carle Vernet, 1789 CE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Philip V of Macedon, 221–179 BCE, coin in British Museum.

Perseus of Macedon, 179-168 BCE, coin from the British Museum

The Battle of Pydna by Andrea del Verrocchio, 1475 CE, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris

A woman holding a small child on her chest. She wears a full and elaborate dress. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Old-Babylonian period, 2000-1500 BCE. The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.

Woman sitting on a low chair and wearing a long skirt, breastfeeding a baby. The bulk of her hair is in a bun on the back. She looks to her right side (facing her baby). The chest is bare and her baby suckles the right breast. From Mesopotamia...

One of three tumulus tombs with stone plinths located in the Etruscan necropolis of Populonia, Italy, 7th-4th centuries B.C.E.

One of many surviving examples of Teotihuacan masks. This example was taken to Tenochtitlan by the Aztecs and buried within the Templo Mayor. They were originally used for statues and mummy bundles. Greenstone, shell, and onyx, 350-600 CE...

The eagle was the symbol of the city of Hatra. Below the eagle, two priests pray. The eagle's head is lost. From Hatra (modern Al-Jazira region, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq), Mesopotamia. 2nd-3rd centuries CE. The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.