From the bronze of Emperor Constantine

Capitoline Museum, Rome

Frammenti di statuaria e architettura dell'era romana, Musei Capitolini, Roma, 2009.

Roman bronze goose

* imperial period

* Capitoline museums

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Representation of one of the Roman provinces, perhaps Hispania, relief from the Hadrianeum, a temple of the deified Hadrian in the Campus Martius, dedicated by Antoninus Pius in 145 AD. marble Capitoline Museums Cortile del Palazzo dei Conservatori

Cameo of Livia with who is presumed to be Augustus

1st Century A.D.

Sardonica

Capitoline Museums, Rome

Nereids

Nereids and sea Centaurs in cosy family bliss (detail), second half of third century AD, Roman Sarcophag

Rome, Capitoline Museum (Palazzo dei Conservatori)

War Boots of the Colossal Statue of Mars that was found in the Forum of Nerva in Rome, from the 1st century AD (now in Capitoline Museum, Rome).

"Il Marforio," a first-century Roman statue of a river god -- perhaps a representation of the Tiber River, upon which Rome is sited. It was moved several times over the centuries since it was first created; its current home in Rome's Capitoline Museum is behind a fountain from the 1600s or 1700s.

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Bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, Roman, circa 161-180 AD

from The Capitoline Museum, Rome

Relief representing Marcus Aurelius and the members of the imperial family sacrificing before temple of Jupiter on Capitol. Created circa 176-180. Photo by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT at the Capitoline Museums of Rome, Italy.

This relief showing the ritual that roman called Taurobolium, the sacrifice of a bull to the god Jupiter offered by the emperor.

The Devourer looks rather well-fed, doesn't she? This is the Book of the Dead of Nebqed.

Somapura Mahavira, (Sanskrit: "Grand Monastery") 8th century Buddhist monastery in the village of Paharpur.

Ruins of Somapura Mahavihara in Paharpur, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Somapura Mahavihara is an ancient Buddhist monastery that was built in the 8th century CE. It was the largest monastery in Bangladesh and became a large intellectual centre. It was abandoned by around the 12th century when the Islamic conquest of Bengal took place and Buddhism declined.

Jade cloud shaped pei ornament, China, late Hongshan culture, 3500-3000 BC

from The National Palace Museum, Taipei

Enthroned Zeus and eagle, Lakonian Black Figure kylix. 530-525 BCE, Workshop of the Naukratis Painter, from the north embankment of the stadium, Olympia. Olympia Archaeological Museum, Greece. Photo by Dan Diffendale, July 4 2010 via Flickr (X) Creative Commons License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Bronze Helmet of General Miltiades, Winner of Marathon Battle, 5th century BC.

Ancient Olympia Museum, Greece.