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Bronze figure of Imhotep, the architect of Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara, represented as a seated scribe, dating from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt when Imhotep was deified some 2,000 years after his death. British Museum, London.

A Roman bronze coin depicting Marcus Aurelius on campaign. 2nd century CE. (Numismatics Museum, Athens)

Pottery ostrakon identifying Pericles, 444-443 BCE. These were used in Athens to vote a particular citizen to be exiled from the polis. From a well on the north slope of the acropolis of Athens. (Museum of the Ancient Agora, Athens)

Bronze pinakia - used to allot Athenian citizens their role as jurors. On the plate was inscribed the person's name, their father's name, and their deme (township). In the centre is a bronze ball from the machine (kleroteria) used to randomly...

Marble head of a goddess identified as Nemesis. 1st century CE copy of a 5th century BCE original by Agorakritos. (Agora Museum, Athens)

A model of the agora of Athens at its maximum extension during the 2nd century CE. (Agora Museum, Athens)

A model of the Athenian acropolis in the 5th century BCE. The monumental Propylaea gives access to the Parthenon (centre) and the Erechtheion (left side). (Agora Museum, Athens)

A scene from a Roman sarcophagus depicting the Greek hero Meleager fighting the Calydonian boar. From Nea Ionia (Treis Gefyres). 2nd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Piraeus, Athens)

Detail of a statue of Roman emperor Balbinus (Decimus Coelius Balbinus), r. 238 CE. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, Athens)

A gilded wooden and faience djed amulet (symbol of stability) from the tomb of Queen Nefertari, 19th Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE. Egyptian Museum, Turin.