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Antikythera Mechanism

The Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient Greek geared device from around 100 BC, used to model astronomical cycles and pr...

Astronomy Mechanism Greek Bronze

9.7 Brilliant

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Riace Bronzes

The Riace Bronzes are two life-size Greek bronze warriors found off Calabria, Italy, in 1972 and dated to the 5th centur...

Classical Warrior Greek Bronze

9.7 Brilliant

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Winged Victory of Samothrace

Winged Victory of Samothrace is a Hellenistic Greek marble statue from around 190 BC, notable for its dynamic depiction...

Greek Marble Sculpture Victory

9.6 Brilliant

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Alexander Sarcophagus

The Alexander Sarcophagus is a richly carved 4th-century BC tomb from Sidon, named for battle scenes showing Alexander t...

Marble Battle Funerary Hellenistic

9.6 Brilliant

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Venus de Milo

The Venus de Milo is a Greek marble statue of Aphrodite found on Melos in 1820, celebrated as a major Hellenistic sculpt...

Statue Greek Marble Sculpture

9.4 Excellent

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Laocoon and His Sons

Laocoon and His Sons is an ancient marble group found in Rome in 1506, notable for its dramatic scene from Trojan War le...

Mythology Greek Marble Sculpture

9.3 Excellent

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Charioteer of Delphi

The Charioteer of Delphi is a Greek bronze statue dedicated after a chariot victory at the Pythian Games around 474 BC.

Classical Athlete Statue Greek

9.3 Excellent

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Artemision Bronze

The Artemision Bronze is a Greek bronze statue found in the sea off Cape Artemision, debated as Zeus or Poseidon and dat...

Classical Statue Greek Bronze

8.9 Great

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Olmec Colossal Head 1

Olmec Colossal Head 1 is a basalt head from San Lorenzo, Mexico, notable as one of the earliest known Olmec ruler monume...

Sculpture Head Basalt Olmec

8.9 Great

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Shigir Idol

The Shigir Idol is a carved wooden figure from the Ural region of Russia, dated to over 10,000 years old and often cited...

Wood Prehistoric Idol Sculpture

8.9 Great

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Euphronios Krater

The Euphronios Krater is a Greek red-figure wine bowl signed by Euphronios, famed for its depiction of Sarpedon's death.

Greek Ceramic Banquet Krater

8.9 Great

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Ram in a Thicket

Ram in a Thicket is a pair of Sumerian figures from Ur, Iraq, made around 2600 BC and notable for gold, lapis lazuli, an...

Gold Ritual Sculpture Sumerian

8.8 Great

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Apollo Belvedere

The Apollo Belvedere is a Roman marble statue after a Greek original, famed since the Renaissance as an ideal of Classic...

Marble Roman Apollo Sculpture

8.8 Great

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Farnese Hercules

The Farnese Hercules is a colossal Roman marble copy of a Greek statue by Lysippos, excavated in Rome in 1546 and now in...

Marble Roman Sculpture Hercules

8.7 Great

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Pensive Bodhisattva

The Pensive Bodhisattva is a Korean gilt-bronze Buddhist figure, notable for its contemplative pose and influence from E...

Korean Bronze Sculpture Buddhist

8.7 Great

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Francois Vase

The Francois Vase is a large Attic black-figure volute krater made around 570 BC and signed by Kleitias and Ergotimos.

Mythology Greek Ceramic Vase

8.7 Great

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Nereid Monument

The Nereid Monument is a 4th-century BC Lycian tomb from Xanthos, notable for its Greek temple form and sea-nymph figure...

Classical Greek Marble Monument

8.7 Great

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Dipylon Amphora

The Dipylon Amphora is a monumental Greek Geometric funerary vase from Athens, made around 760 BC for a grave marker.

Greek Ceramic Geometric Funerary

8.6 Great

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Harpy Tomb

The Harpy Tomb is a Lycian pillar tomb from Xanthos, Turkey, named for its carved winged figures and dating to the 5th c...

Classical Relief Marble Tomb

8.3 Great

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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Horse Fragment

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus horse fragment is a surviving sculpture from the 4th-century BC tomb of Mausolus in Caria...

Classical Greek Marble Sculpture

7.5 Good