Greece

Objects from the cradle of Western civilization, featuring pottery, sculptures, and other creations from Ancient Greece. These artifacts highlight the Greeks’ contributions to art, philosophy, and democracy during their golden age.

Lion Attacking a Horse Statue (325–300 BCE)

Antiquities Greece Rome Sculpture

This is Leone che azzanna il cavallo or Lion Attacking a Horse, now in the Exedra of Marcus Aurelius in the Capitoline Museums.

Cast of Statue of Apollo (c.460 BCE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

This is Apollo from the west pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia — a calm, square-shouldered god who raises his arm to still a raging battle

Colossal Priest Torso (450-425 BCE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

Standing before us is the upper half of a once-towering limestone statue—a bearded man frozen in solemn dignity. Carved more than 2,400 years ago on the island of Cyprus.

Female Head, Mausoleum of Halikarnassos (350 BCE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

This colossal marble head is only 48 cm (18.9 in) high, yet it once belonged to a statue that stood on one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World..

Votary Figure (c. 470 BCE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

A bearded votary figure stands still, wrapped in heavy folds of drapery, with almond-shaped eyes and a faint smile. His right arm is gone. The wreath on his head remains..

Tall ancient stone statue with missing head and arm, draped in a long garment with vertical lines, standing on a circular base

Hera of Samos Plaster Cast (6th century BCE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

This is no ordinary statue — it is a 19th-century plaster cast of one of the most important surviving examples of Archaic Greek sculpture: the famous “Kore of Samos,” often still called the “Hera of Samos.”

Ancient stone monument with detailed carved floral and leaf motifs on a rectangular pedestal with an informational plaque

Omphalos of Delphi (c. 300 BCE–300 CE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

This marble omphalos from Delphi is one of the most powerful surviving symbols of ancient Greek religion. Its rounded, almost beehive-like form represents the omphalos, or “navel,” the point the ancient Greeks identified as the center of the world.

Ancient reclining female marble statue missing arms and parts of legs, draped in cloth

Samothracian Marble Gable (c.150-125 BCE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

This marble gable figure once formed part of the sculptural decoration of the Hieron in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace.

Marble statue of a draped female figure missing head and arms, standing on a pedestal against a dark background

Draped Female Statue (c. 0-200 BCE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

A fragmentary draped marble statue that preserves the torso of a standing female figure, wrapped in deeply carved layers of drapery. Although the head, arms, lower legs, and feet are missing, the surviving body still gives a strong impression of elegance and dignity.