Antiquities

A diverse collection of historical antiquities crafted by human hands, spanning multiple cultures and eras.

Ancient carved stone relief of a standing robed figure holding a small building model in one hand

Funerary Stele of Polyxena (c.400 BCE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

This funerary stele of Polyxena transforms a single standing figure into a quiet but richly layered image of memory, identity, and female transition in the Greek world.

Ancient marble relief depicting a seated woman holding a bird

Attic Funerary Relief of Mynno (c. 430-400 BCE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

An Attic funerary relief dedicated to Mynno, now in the Altes Museum in Berlin, turns a seemingly intimate domestic scene into an image of death, memory, and social identity.

Ancient stone relief depicting a lion attacking a human figure while others flee or react

Gigantomachy Frieze, Delphi (530–525 BCE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

This frieze at Delphi is one of the most vivid surviving images of divine combat from ancient Greece. Carved around 530–525 BCE, it shows the Gigantomachy, the mythic battle in which the Olympian gods confront the Giants.

Ancient circular stone relief depicting a central figure surrounded by warriors and musicians in dynamic poses

The Strangford Shield (200–300 CE)

Antiquities Europe Rome Sculpture

This compact marble relief shield preserves the memory of one of the most celebrated images of Athena in the ancient world. Known as the Strangford Shield, it is a Roman copy of the shield..

Ancient cylindrical marble artifact with carved reliefs of human figures in classical attire and decorative floral motifs around the top and base

Relief Altar Drum (31 BCE-300 CE)

Antiquities Europe Rome Sculpture

This semicylindrical marble altar drum or base brings together architecture, ritual, and divine imagery in a single carefully composed object. Carved in high relief, it shows a solemn procession of draped gods and heroes moving across its curved surface.

Ancient stone relief depicting warriors in combat with shields and flowing garments

The Bassai Frieze (420–400 BCE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

High in the mountains of Arcadia, far from the great urban centers of classical Greece, the Bassai Frieze once unfolded inside the Temple of Apollo Epikourios as a ring of marble violence, heroism, and divine order.

Marble sculpture of two women standing back to back, each with one hand on their chest and the other at their side

Hecate Triformis (c. 50–350 CE)

Antiquities Europe Rome Sculpture

This marble sculpture presents Hecate in one of her most distinctive ancient forms: not as a single standing goddess, but as three joined female figures arranged around a central axis.

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Asclepius and Hygieia (100–200 CE)

Antiquities Europe Rome Sculpture

Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine, sits on an elevated chair with his hand resting on the head of a serpent, while Hygieia stands before him preparing a libation.

Classical marble statue of a standing woman leaning on a pillar, with one arm raised above her head

Wounded Amazon (c. 100-130 CE)

Antiquities Europe Rome Sculpture

The so-called Wounded Amazon from Écija is a Roman copy of a Classical Greek prototype, showing a female warrior leaning wearily against a support, her body marked by injury yet composed with striking calm.