Ancient Artifacts & Items

The Nefertiti Bust is a painted limestone sculpture depicting Queen Nefertiti, the Great Royal Wife...

Nemes Headdress

All Egyptian periods

Various museums worldwide, with the most famous example being Tutankhamun's golden mask at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

The Nemes headdress is an iconic Ancient Egyptian royal head covering that consists of a striped clo...

Odyssey

Ancient Greek

Epic poem attributed to Homer, recounting Odysseus's journey home after the Trojan War.

Persian Arrows

Weapon

Achaemenid Period (550-330 BCE)

The Persian army was famous for its archers. Herodotus claimed their arrows would "blot out the sun"...

Persian Composite Bow

Weapon

Achaemenid Period

Military Museum of Tehran

The Persian Composite Bow was one of the most sophisticated and powerful weapons of the ancient worl...

Phalanx Formation

Classical Greek (8th-3rd century BCE)

The rectangular mass military formation of heavy infantry armed with spears and shields. Each warrio...

Ptolemaic Texts

Ptolemaic Period

British Museum, London

Ptolemaic texts are a vast collection of ancient documents written primarily in Greek, Demotic, and...

Rosetta Stone

Ptolemaic Period • Ancient Egypt

{'institution': 'British Museum', 'location': 'London, England', 'gallery': 'Room 4 (Egyptian Sculpture)', 'acquisition_date': '1802'}

Discovered: 1799

The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with three versions of a decre...

Scarab Amulet

All Egyptian periods

British Museum, London

A scarab amulet is a carved artifact shaped like a dung beetle (Scarabaeus sacer), commonly found in...

Spartan Armor

Classical Period

Various pieces are housed in multiple museums including the Archaeological Museum of Sparta, the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, and the British Museum

Spartan armor, known as 'panoply,' was a sophisticated defensive equipment system used by ancient Sp...

Spartan Cloak

Classical Spartan (6th-4th century BCE)

No complete original specimens exist. Representations can be found in various museums including the Archaeological Museum of Sparta and the British Museum

The Spartan cloak, known as the 'tribōn' or 'phoinikis', was a distinctive red garment worn by Spart...

Terracotta Army

Statue

Qin Dynasty • China

Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China

The Terracotta Army is a vast collection of life-sized clay warrior statues created to guard Emperor...

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Traditional Egyptian Polytheism

Traditional Egyptian religion worshipping multiple gods, restored by Tutankhamun

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Tutankhamun's Death Mask

Tutankhamun's death mask is one of the most iconic artifacts from ancient Egypt, created around 1323...

Xiphos Sword

Weapon

Classical Period

Various examples are housed in multiple museums including the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, the British Museum, and the Louvre