SUMERIAN ART, c2500 B.C.
SUMERIAN STATUETTE.
IRAQ: LYRE, c2500 B.C.
IRAQ: LYRE.
IRAQ: LYRE W/ BULL'S HEAD.
IRAQ: LYRE
SUMERIAN DAGGER.
SUMERIAN JEWELRY.
Detail from the Standard of Ur, Sumerian.
SUMERIAN GOAT.
SUMERIAN SEAL.
EGYPTIAN JEWELRY.
BABYLONIA: CLAY TABLET.
SUMERIAN GOLD HELMET.
SUMERIAN CYLINDER SEAL
URUK: INNIN TEMPLE FACADE.
BABYLONIAN TABLET.
IRAQ: JEWELRY.
SUMER: UR-NINGIRSU.
IMPERIAL FABERGE EGG, 1912.
SUMERIAN HEADDRESS.
SUMERIAN VICTORY.
PERU: WARI FIGURE.
IRAQ: SUMERIAN TEMPLE.
Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe.
SUMER: STATUETTE, 2500 B.C.
HAMMURABI (d. 1750 B.C.).
SUMER: DRINKING TROUGH.
ISIS, OSIRIS, HORUS.
ZIGGURAT AT UR.
IRAQ: ZIGGURAT IN UR.
IRAQ: ZIGGURAT AT UR.
IRAQ: RESIDENTIAL AREA.
AKKADIAN CYLINDER SEAL.
BABYLON: ISHTAR GATE 600 B.C.
SUMERIAN BULL'S HEAD.
ASSYRIAN TOY.
CHINA: BRONZE VASE.
Egyptian Necklace with faience Wadjet-amulets and turquoise beads.
Lapis lazuli crystals I
Lapis lazuli crystals II
Lapis Lazuli
BABYLON: ENAMEL BRICK BULL.
The Peace frieze from the Standard of Ur. Sumerian artefact excavated from the Royal Cemetery in Ur (located in modern-day Iraq)
BABYLONIA: ROYAL FIGURE.
BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM
BABYLONIAN RECIPIES.
Lazurite birthstone
IRAN: BULL VESSEL.
SUMERIAN BRONZE
SUMER: PRINCE GUDEA.
CHINA: JADE PLAQUE.
MOHENJO DARO SEALS.
MYCENAEAN GOLD.
INDUS VALLEY: SEAL.
ANATOLIA: BULL STANDARD.
SUMERIAN STATUE.
Polished lapis lazuli stone
Lapis lazuli, SEM
Lazurite
Lapis lazuli specimen
Lapis lazuli
Belt-hook carved in lapis lazuli
Lapis lazuli, a rare, deep blue gemstone
Lapis lazuli crystals
18th century, Indian dress sword taken at the relief of Lucknow 1857. Charlecote House; Warwickshire, England
Lazurite crystals in a matrix of calcite
Necklace of lapis lazuli
GREEK COIN, c520-500 B.C.
AZTEC KNIFE, 15th CENTURY.
BABYLONIAN TEMPLE.
SUMERIAN HEAD OF KING
IRAQ: BEDOUIN HOME, c1932.
The Royal Game of Ur
GILGAMESH, 7th CENTURY B.C.
Seal impression from Warka, near the ancient city of Uruk
ASSYRIAN BULL.
GREEK COIN, c350 B.C.
SUMERIAN ART.
Relief of winged bull for Sennacherib 704 - 681 B.C.
Winged bull for Sennacherib 704 - 681 B.C.
CHINA: BRONZE SCULPTURE.
A winged bull for Sennacherib's palace 704 - 681 B.C.
A ROMAN EMPEROR IN BATTLE.
BRONZE WHETSTONE HANDLES
SUMERIAN STATUETTE: GUDEA.
NEO-SUMERIAN STATUETTE.
NEO-SUMERIAN PRINCE GUDEA.
NEO-SUMERIAN PRINCE GUDEA
CHINA: RAM HEAD
SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM.
EGYPT: GOLD RING.
EGYPT: CARVED HORSE.
ASSYRIA: HORSE BLINDER.
HOHOKAM & ANASAZI FIGURES.
CELTIC BROOCH
TURKEY: EX-VOTO FIGURES.
BABYLONIAN CALENDAR.
BABYLONIA: STONE TABLET.
BABYLONIA: WORLD MAP.
BABYLONIAN CLAY TABLET
BABYLONIA: NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
ASSYRIA: CUNEIFORM.
BABYLONIA: DEMON HEAD.
CUNEIFORM.
CUNEIFORM TABLET.
GREECE: BRACELET, c400 B.C.
ZIGGURAT OF UR-NAMMU
SUMERIAN DOE.
MEXICO: AZTEC HEADDRESS.
GREEK COIN, c500 B.C.
GREEK COIN, c520 B.C.
Stone foundation tablet recording the restoration of the temple of the Goddess Inanna.
The 'Peace' panel
The Queen's Lyre.
GREEK COIN 6th CENTURY B.C.
GREEK COIN, 6th CENTURY B.C.
SWORDS, c1200-650 B.C.
Iraq. Ur.
One of the oldest depictions of the wheel on a bas-relief at Ur, 4000 BC
The evolving wheel: 1 Wheel of Ur; 2-3 First and second wheels of Mercurago; 4 Assyrian; 5 Egyptian
Ur-Nammu stele
GREEK TERRACOTTA STATUE
The Warka Vase, dated to c. 3200 3000 BC.
CANAANITE LIMESTONE MASK.
ANATOLIA: MARBLE IDOL.
BABYLONIAN LION
BABYLONIA: GILGAMESH.
CHINA: CAVALRYMAN.
GREEK RHYTON.
Tarquoise.
Polished turquoise stone
Turquoise gemstones
Turquoise gemstone
Turquoise stones
Turquoise specimen and polished stone
Turquoise mineral
Turquoise stone
Turquoise
CHINA: JADE ELEPHANT.
CHINA: BRONZE VESSEL.
ASSYRIA: ASHURBANIPAL
TERRACOTTA JAR.
ANCIENT EGYPT: TETISHERY.
ANCIENT EGYPT: PHARAOH.
ETRUSCAN HELMET.
CHINA: PAINTED SHELL.
NEO-SUMERIAN BEARDED GOD
MEXICO: MAYAN MASK.
BABYLONIA: CUNEIFORM EPIC.
EGYPTIAN HARP, 1400 B.C.
MEXICO: TEOTIHUACAN BOWL.
SUMER: CYLINDER SEAL.
ASSYRIA: BULL SCULTPURE.
Nimrud : Details from Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.
GREEK COIN: DEER, c375 B.C.
The Royal lion hunt.
MYTHOLOGY: PEGASUS.
MACEDONIAN COIN.
BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL.
割れたトラバーチンにディスプレーされたアクセサリー
PRE-COLUMBIAN GOLD, c1000.
NERO (37-68 A.D.).
CHINA: ORACLE SHELL.
EYPTIAN GODDESS SELKET.