Images

Statue of the Egyptian goddess Isis. Made of tamarisk wood, covered in bronze and glass. Date unknown. Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Bronze statue of Queen Karomama I, "Divine Worshipper of Amun", wife of Osorkon II of the 22nd Dynasty of Egypt. The statue was made c. 850 BCE and is made of bronze covered with gold, silver, and electrum. It is dedicated to...

"The tibia was sounded with a double reed, and two pipes would have been played simultaneously. The small tubes or chimneys projecting from the side of this instrument and the rings encircling its body were likely part of a complex mechanical...

"The peristyle courtyards and gardens of the villas belonging to wealthy Romans were filled with fountains, sculpture, and monumental ornaments such as this vase. Many of these decorative...

"The deities Athena, Zeus, and Hera, assembled at the far left, preside over a musical contest between the Muses and Sirens. The Muses, associated with the highest intellectual and artistic...

Wall-painting of an amorous scene. The woman is holding a kithara. 1st century CE Height: 58 centimetres Length: 80 centimetres London, BM, 1867,0508.1353.

Sard gem engraved with a grasshopper marching to the right, wearing a lion-skin and playing on a lyre. Length: 1 centimetres Height: 1.3 centimetres 1st-3rd centuries CE London, BM, 1814,0704.1447.

The Seikilos Stele, Copenhagnen NM inv.14897. This grave stele preserves the oldest complete song that has survived to our times, and dates to around the 2nd century CE. Found in 1883 by Sir William Ramsay at Aydin (Tralleis...

The Seikilos Stele, Copenhagnen NM inv.14897. This grave stele preserves the oldest complete song that has survived to our times, and dates to around the 2nd century CE. Found in 1883 by Sir William Ramsay at Aydin (Tralleis...

A double-spouted pot in silver, made in imitation of pottery examples. From the Lambayeque Civilization of northern Peru, 900-1375 CE. (Art Institute of Chicago)