Grave stele of Parthenope the dog from Mytilene  island, in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum.

“His owner has buried the dog Parthenope that he played with, in gratitude for this happiness. Mutual love is rewarding, like the one for this dog. Having been a friend to my owner, I have deserved this grave. Looking at this, find yourself a worthy friend who is both ready to love you while you are still alive and will also care for you when you die.”

Amazons

Sarcophagus with fighting Amazons, 330/310 BC, Greek, late Classical (found in 1557 in the ancient royal city of Soloi (Morphou), Cyprus), marble, 2648x910x1040 cm

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inv. ANSA I 169

Gilded and gold inlaid iron sword uncovered by archaeologists at the Filipovka Kurgans, Orenburg Oblast, Russia.

Sarmatian, 7th century BC

A rare and important gold and silver-inlaid bronze disc, Late Warring States period / Western Han dynasty.

Courtesy Alain Truong

Gold bracelet with snake head terminals, uncovered from a grave in Piraeus, Greece, 1st century AD

from The Benaki Museum, Athens

Vishnu and his consorts Lakshmi and Sarasvati, India or Bangladesh, 11th - 12th century

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Attic red-figure lekythos attributed to the Tymbos painter showing Charon welcoming a soul into his boat, c. 500–450 BC.

An archaic bronze 'figural' lamp stand, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475-221 BC).

Courtesy Alain Truong

Bowl with chili peppers, Nazca, Perus, 1-800 AD

from The Museo Larco, Lima, Peru

Marble shell, 400BC, Greece.

Roman fresco , early 1st century, depicting a greek legend. Dionysus being breastfed by Macris, one of his nurses, and the nymphs of Mount Nysa. From Villa Farnesina. National Archaeological Museum, Rome.

Cléopâtre or Séléné

Trésor de Boscoreale: Coupe à l'Afrique, 1st century BC/1st century AD, Imperial Roman, silver, 22,6 cm

Musée du Louvre Inv. MNC 1960/ Bj 1969

fragment of a pediment with a goddess | c. 100s CE | sabaen (found in modern day marib, yemen)

in the walters art museum collection

zoomorphic rhyton | c. 1400 - 1200 BCE | mycenaean, found at ugarit (modern-day ras sharma, syria)

in the louvre collection

Roman Omega Brooch, Corbridge Roman Town Museum, Corbridge, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland.

Memorial To Insus, Son Of Vodullus, c.80 CE, Roman Inscription Stones, Lancaster City Museum, Lancaster, Lancashire

This Aztec earspool, one of a pair, is outstanding for its craftsmanship and perfection. It is carved out of obsidian, a brittle volcanic glass. The two earspools are not only completely circular and symmetrical but also exactly the same size and thickness. The carvers had such skill in working obsidian they were able to achieve a thickness of less than one millimetre.