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Marble statue of Aphrodite, the Venus Genetrix, copy of Greek bronze statue attributed to Kallimachos (late 5th century B.C.)

Bracelet with Agathodaimon, Isis-Tyche, Aphrodite, and Terenouthis

Aphrodite Braschi, Roman copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles , ca. 350–340 BC

~ Pair of turkeys.

Date: 4th century B.C.

Place of origin: Nayarit, Mexico

Relief of an Athlete with a hoop

Planisphere of the Seasons, from a ceiling in Villa San Marco, Stabiae

Byblis, 1884

“the position of ‘ruler of Babylon’ has been vacant for a few years, hasn’t it?”

“well, someone has to translate those ancient curses in movies”

scream “ΒΡΕΚΕΚΕΚΕΞ ΚΟΑΞ ΚΟΑΞ” and run away

“destroy Carthage”

start reciting the Iliad and don’t stop until the person leaves

“I was thinking of killing a giant in Lebanon, losing my bro and going on a subsequent quest for immortality, what do you think?”

say nothing and keep building that sweet Hittite chariot you’re going to use to become a new superpower

“I’m going to construct a fort with all the Loeb books I own and never come out”

“bold of you to assume my studies will ever be over”

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), on the shoulder a goddess is approached by four youths and eight dancing maidens & on the body women are making woolen cloth

Gold laurel wreath from the Kerameikos Archaeological Museum

Snake bracelet for a child

The Death of Dido, ca. 1711

~ Token with an Egyptian Obelisk and a Temple.

Culture: Roman

Date: A.D. early 1st century

Bronze helmet of Corinthian type