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Menkaure Dyad.jpg
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The pair statue of King Menkaure and the mysterious woman next him has raised a large amount of questions for many years. The deeply dark colored statue depicts the king standing in an upright striding position, beside a woman to his…

Met Caracalla.jpg
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The Met Caracalla is a portrait head of emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus of the Severan dynasty. The head is square shaped and has a slight indentation at the chin. The sculpture is slightly damaged with sharp breaks…

Palatine Nero
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The Palantine Nero is a head of the Emperor Nero. It is broken at the base of the neck. He has deep seated eyes, with what seems to be bags underneath. You can also notice his eyelids. His eyebrows are somewhat elevated and there is a…

Peplos Kore
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The Peplos Kore is roughly four feet tall and represents a standing female figure in antiquity. She is wearing a peplos in addition to sporting a chiton underneath. Her peplos depicts traces of geometric decorations starting from her…

Funerary Portrait of Lucius Vibius and Family.png
Description: This marble funerary relief sculpture depicts three figures, consisting of an older husband and wife and their young son, who are framed by a rectangular niche with a Latin inscription of bold, capital letters incised at the base. In…

Prima Porta Augustus.jpg
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The Augustus of Prima Porta sculpture is bigger than life sized. It is an imposing image of Augustus. In this sculpture, Augustus is dressed in military clothing. Augustus has a slight turn of the head. His right arm is raised outward…

Queen of Punt.jpg
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This panel from the Punt colonnade from the Mortuary Temple of Pharaoh Hatshepsut depicts three figures etched into the limestone. The figure to the far left is male, wearing a kilt with a sword tucked into the waistband. He has broad…

Rahotep and Nofret.jpg
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The statues of Rahotep and Nofret each depict a seated man and woman respectively. Rahotep has reddish brown skin and dark, stylized hair. His eyes are inlaid, and framed with black liner. He has a mustache, which like his hair is dark…

Seated Chrysippos.jpg
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The portrait statue of Chrysippus depicts the Stoic philosopher in a seated position, his back bent over with age. He sits upon a stone block, tucking his feeble legs closer to his body and pulling his himation tighter around his bare…

Seated Scribe.png
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The "Seated Scribe" depicts a male figure sitting cross-legged with his hands in his lap. The figure is seated on a semi-circular base with his shoulders erect and his head angled forward and eyes looking ahead. His right hand is in…
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