If you visit the museum for the first time, you will be surprised by the pyramid-shaped entrance. Use the time you lose to pass the bomb check and buy a ticket to look at it, because it is a monument of the first order.
I already mentioned the Egyptian department, where you can easily spend a full day. There are portraits of the Egyptian kings and objects from daily life, and what is even better: the full history is dealth with, so you will also find objects from the first millennium BCE. The Greek, Roman, and Coptic age are not ignored either, although you need to go to Greek department for the royal portraits of the Ptolemies.
The Egyptian department is deservedly famous, and attracts many visitors, who are usually exhausted when they are half-way their tour. Usually, they will take the shortest route to the exit, which brings them through the departments of Cypriote, Arab, Palmyrene, and Phoenician art – which are, as a consequence, full of people who are not interested in the objects. That is a pity, because these rooms alone justify a trip to Paris. Still, if you manage to ignore the crowd of tired visitors to the Egyptian department, you will certainly enjoy coffins from Sidon, Byblos, and Carthage, Nabataean inscriptions, and statues from Cyprus. One of my favorites is a relief of one of the divine triad of Palmyra. You will need half a day to study it well.
Next to it is the Oriental department. The most famous object is, of course, the Code of Hammurabi. Don’t concentrate on the diorite monolith only, but also look in the small display in the same room, because there you will see cuneiform tablets with the same text – one of them written more than a millennium later and proving that these laws had become some kind of Mesopotamian classic, and it is probably no coincidence that the division of these Old Babylonian laws returns in the Ten Commandments.
The Roman department is surprisingly small. Yet, there is a lot of fine sculpture, including a nice series of portraits of Roman rulers. Next to it is a comparatively small Etruscan department. A gallery of rather mediocre statues brings you to the room devoted to Roman art that was later restored, which is great fun: usually, you can immediately see which part is ancient and which is an addition. (Here, you will also find Canova’s famous Amor and Psyche.) You need about half a day to see it all, read the explanatory signs, and take your photos.
The Greek department is larger – you again need a full day to study it all. The two most famous pieces are the expressive Nike of Samothrake and the famous Venus of Milo. The latter is more or less the museum’s raison d’être. Napoleon had looted the Italian museums, but after he had found his Waterloo, all those works of art had to be returned. In an age in which it was believed that inspiration by great art created great minds, and that Greek art was the most inspirational, the emptying of the Louvre was believed to be a national disaster, but fortunately, the Venus of Milo was found. Now, France could compete again with the British, who had the Elgin Marbles. That the armless deity was a Hellenistic and not a Classical statue, was ignored – the inscription which proves it, is now conveniently lost.
The crowds are very large, and you may count yourself lucky that I did not bring you to the paintings. This makes a visit to the Louvre a bit difficult, and you must prepare yourself well; fortunately, the museum’s website is excellent. Four days is the minimum for the ancient departments.
Finally, I must mention one little gem that is often ignored and where you can, consequently, quietly look at the objects: the room with metal objects. There is some fine silver work, but you will also see the helmet of a gladiator, a nice statuette of the Tyche of Antioch, the head of Demetrius Poliorcetes, a hoplite’s panoply, a curse tablet from the Crimea, Roman military diplomas, and so on.
But unfortunately, that’s the only part of the museum where you will not meet many other people. In fact, the museum is too big, and I think that it would be wiser to split it into smaller museums.
This museum was visited in 1984, 1989, 2008, 2010, 2020.
![](/site/assets/files/46271/thumbnail_siamun_louvre.jpg) Sphinx of king Siamun
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![](/site/assets/files/18294/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_lions_louvre_04.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief, Lion
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![](/site/assets/files/44970/thumbnail_assur_annals_tukulti-ninurta_ii_louvre.jpg) Aššur, Annals of Tikulti-Ninurta II
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![](/site/assets/files/16815/thumbnail_alexander_azara_louvre07.jpg) The Azara herm
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![](/site/assets/files/59176/thumbnail_olympia_t_zeus_model_louvre.jpg) Olympia, Temple of Zeus, Model
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![](/site/assets/files/15915/thumbnail_yemen_pendant_dromedary_si-iii_louvre.jpg) Yemen, Dromedary pendant
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![](/site/assets/files/64421/thumbnail_rhodes_oxen_louvre1.jpg) Rhodes, Mycenaean jar with a bull (LH IIIa2)
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![](/site/assets/files/65203/thumbnail_alexandria_troas_relief_psyche_dromedary_siibce_louvre.jpg) Alexandria Troas, Psyche on a dromedary
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![](/site/assets/files/38717/thumbnail_ptolemy_iv_philopator_louvre.jpg) Ptolemy IV Philopator
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![](/site/assets/files/11831/thumbnail_girsu_vulture_stela_louvre_front_phalanx1.jpg) Lagash, Vulture Stele, Sumerian phalanx
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![](/site/assets/files/47587/thumbnail_raherka_louvre.jpg) Statuette of Raherka, inspector of the scribes, and his wife Merseanch
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![](/site/assets/files/16890/thumbnail_ptolemy_xii_louvre.jpg) Ptolemy XII Auletes
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![](/site/assets/files/47511/thumbnail_sobekhotep_iv_1_louvre.jpg) Sobekhotep IV
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![](/site/assets/files/45460/thumbnail_nicomedia_funerary_stele_louvre1.jpg) Nicomedia, Hellenistic Funerary relief
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![](/site/assets/files/65204/thumbnail_alexandria_inscr_ii_traiana_sii-iii_louvre.jpg) Alexandria, Tombstone of Longinus of II Traiana
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![](/site/assets/files/18296/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_sphinxes_louvre.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief, Sphinxes
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![](/site/assets/files/62230/thumbnail_portrait_man_ce070-100_louvre.jpg) Portrait of a Roman man (CE 070-100)
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![](/site/assets/files/21724/thumbnail_sarcophagus_hector02.jpg) Sarcophagus with the body of Hector
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![](/site/assets/files/1401/thumbnail_chimaera_louvre.jpg) Greek plate with a picture of the Chimaera. Louvre, Paris (France)
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![](/site/assets/files/3242/thumbnail_restoration_esarhaddon_louvre.jpg) Esarhaddon and his mother attend the restoration of Babylon
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![](/site/assets/files/18265/thumbnail_susa_foundation_text_darius_elamite_louvre.jpg) Susa, Apadana, Inscription DSf (Elamite)
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![](/site/assets/files/47566/thumbnail_osorkon_ii_louvre.jpg) Horus, Osiris, Isis
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![](/site/assets/files/5639/thumbnail_shabaqa_louvre1.jpg) Shabaqo
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![](/site/assets/files/6029/thumbnail_hippo_louvre-1.jpg) Statuette of a hippopotamus
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![](/site/assets/files/38638/thumbnail_arsinoe_ii_louvre3.jpg) Arsinoe II
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![](/site/assets/files/9506/thumbnail_heraclius.jpg) Heraclius and Khusrau
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![](/site/assets/files/10570/thumbnail_pupienus_louvre.jpg) Pupienus
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![](/site/assets/files/56521/thumbnail_yemen_bird_si-ii_louvre.jpg) Yemen, Relief of a bird eating grapes
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![](/site/assets/files/65192/thumbnail_amisos_mithridates_v_louvre.jpg) Mithridates V Euergetes
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![](/site/assets/files/66214/thumbnail_sippar_wall_building_hammurabi_louvre.jpg) Sippar, Cylinder with a building inscription from the reign of Hammurabi
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![](/site/assets/files/5210/thumbnail_amasis_louvre.jpg) Amasis
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![](/site/assets/files/4640/thumbnail_tepe_hesar_level_ii_bottle_louvre.jpg) Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II
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![](/site/assets/files/56356/thumbnail_tayma_inscr_sv_louvre.jpg) Tayma, Taymanite inscription
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![](/site/assets/files/17721/thumbnail_choga_zanbil_model_louvre.jpg) Choga Zanbil, Model
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![](/site/assets/files/41027/thumbnail_larnaca_capital_sv_louvre.jpg) Kition, Egyptianizing capital
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![](/site/assets/files/58180/thumbnail_rome_s_peter_sarcophagus_christ_lawgiver_louvre2.jpg) Rome, S. Pietro, Sarcophagus with Christ as Lawgiver
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![](/site/assets/files/43256/thumbnail_cerveteri_banditaccia_archer_550-525_fresco_louvre.jpg) Caere, Banditaccia necropolis, Wall painting of an archer
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![](/site/assets/files/5334/thumbnail_khorsabad_lamasu.jpg) Khorsabad, Lamassu
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![](/site/assets/files/8913/thumbnail_louvre_moab_mesha.jpg) Dibon, Mesha Stela
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![](/site/assets/files/10210/thumbnail_cyrene_antinous_louvre1.jpg) Cyrene, Statue of Antinous
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![](/site/assets/files/7922/thumbnail_alexander_iv_louvre2.jpg) Alexander IV
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![](/site/assets/files/65983/thumbnail_baouit_church_svi-vii_model_1_louvre.jpg) Bawit, Coptic church, Model
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![](/site/assets/files/10014/thumbnail_louvre_rome_julia_mamaea.jpg) Julia Mamaea
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![](/site/assets/files/18290/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_5_louvre_03.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief
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![](/site/assets/files/43877/thumbnail_osorkon_i_louvre.jpg) Cartouche of Osorkon I
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![](/site/assets/files/65207/thumbnail_beirut_inscr_g_valerius_rufus_vii_claudia_edcs-16300626_louvre.jpg) Beirut, Tombstone of Valerius Rufus of VII Claudia
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![](/site/assets/files/18293/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_lions_louvre_01.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief, Lion
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![](/site/assets/files/42168/thumbnail_susa_letter_artabanus_ii_louvre.jpg) Susa, Letter from Artabanus II, requesting the appointment of one Hecataeus as treasurer
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![](/site/assets/files/22693/thumbnail_oea_sphinx_siice_louvre.jpg) Oea, Punic sphinx
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![](/site/assets/files/47543/thumbnail_sethos_ii_louvre.jpg) Fragment of the sarcophagus of Sety II
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![](/site/assets/files/62312/thumbnail_charlemagne_louvre2.jpg) Charlemagne
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![](/site/assets/files/9741/thumbnail_didia_clara_louvre3.jpg) Didia Clara
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![](/site/assets/files/8163/thumbnail_antioch_tyche_louvre.jpg) The Tyche of Antioch (figurine)
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![](/site/assets/files/56358/thumbnail_tamna_dedication_si_louvre.jpg) Timna, Dedication by Rathad'il
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![](/site/assets/files/38443/thumbnail_ptolemy_xi_louvre.jpg) Ptolemy XI Alexander, gold sealing ring
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![](/site/assets/files/47584/thumbnail_keki_louvre.jpg) Keki, the courtier
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![](/site/assets/files/45444/thumbnail_khorsabad_foundation_texts_louvre3.jpg) Khorsabad, Foundation Tablet
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![](/site/assets/files/67421/thumbnail_athens_heliaia_thing_louvre1.jpg) Athens, Heliaia, Allotment plate
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![](/site/assets/files/47555/thumbnail_diner_of_nefer.jpg) Giza, Diner of Nefer
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![](/site/assets/files/17694/thumbnail_bishapur_stucco_louvre.jpg) Bishapur, Palace, Stucco apse
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![](/site/assets/files/65974/thumbnail_coptic_textiles_2_louvre_mv.jpg) Coptic tunic
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![](/site/assets/files/65200/thumbnail_antiochus_vi_louvre.jpg) Antiochus VI Dionysus
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![](/site/assets/files/9470/thumbnail_niobe_louvre.jpg) Artemis and Apollo killing the Niobids
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![](/site/assets/files/10873/thumbnail_faustina_minor_louvre1.jpg) Faustina II
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![](/site/assets/files/16817/thumbnail_alexander_azara_louvre_2.jpg) The Azara herm
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![](/site/assets/files/1256/thumbnail_byblus_t_baalat_figurines_louvre2.jpg) Byblos, Temple of Baalat, Figurine of a bull
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![](/site/assets/files/66210/thumbnail_sippar-susa_victory_naram_sin_louvre3.jpg) Sippar, Victory stela of Naram-Sin
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![](/site/assets/files/18759/thumbnail_baalbek_birth_paris_siv_nmb.jpg) Baalbek, Mosaic of the Birth of Paris
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![](/site/assets/files/67144/thumbnail_ur_foundation_statuette_amar-sin_c2040bce_louvre.jpg) Ur, Foundation statuette of Amar-Sin
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![](/site/assets/files/18255/thumbnail_susa_decoration_louvre.jpg) Susa, Neo-Elamite decoration (dragon)
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![](/site/assets/files/18256/thumbnail_susa_didyma_louvre1.jpg) Susa, Weight from Didyma
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![](/site/assets/files/17643/thumbnail_bishapur_mosaic2_louvre.jpg) Bishapur, Palace, Mosaic of a musician
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![](/site/assets/files/47531/thumbnail_echnaton_neferteri_louvre2.jpg) Nefertiti and Akhenaten
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![](/site/assets/files/16818/thumbnail_alexander_azara_louvre_4.jpg) The Azara herm
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![](/site/assets/files/5638/thumbnail_taharqa_hemen_louvre2.jpg) Taharqo venerating the falcon-god Hemen
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![](/site/assets/files/65902/thumbnail_thyatira_gladiator_tombstone_louvre.jpg) Thyatira, Relief of a gladiator (thraex)
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![](/site/assets/files/7115/thumbnail_madaba_inscr_louvre.jpg) Madaba, Funeral inscription of Itaybel
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![](/site/assets/files/44922/thumbnail_larnaca_statuette_woman_svi_louvre.jpg) Kition, Figurine of a woman
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![](/site/assets/files/47512/thumbnail_sobekhotep_iv_2_louvre1.jpg) Sobekhotep IV
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![](/site/assets/files/18287/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_2_louvre_01.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief
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![](/site/assets/files/47504/thumbnail_senusret_iii_gray_louvre1.jpg) Senusret III
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![](/site/assets/files/2049/thumbnail_alexandria_alexander_louvre.jpg) Alexandria, Alexander the Great as City Founder
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![](/site/assets/files/7248/thumbnail_nectanebo_i_louvre_2.jpg) Nectanebo I wearing the war crown
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![](/site/assets/files/6321/thumbnail_agrippa_postumus.jpg) Agrippa Postumus
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![](/site/assets/files/10797/thumbnail_messalina_louvre.jpg) Messalina
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![](/site/assets/files/18286/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_1_louvre_05.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief
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![](/site/assets/files/10816/thumbnail_matidia_louvre2.jpg) Matidia
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![](/site/assets/files/8836/thumbnail_crassus_louvre1.jpg) Crassus
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![](/site/assets/files/15916/thumbnail_yemen_tombstone_dromedary_rider_si-iii_louvre3.jpg) Tombstone of Iglum, son of Sa'adillat
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![](/site/assets/files/18272/thumbnail_susa_miii_banquet_louvre.jpg) Susa, Stone relief with a banquet scene
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![](/site/assets/files/1622/thumbnail_mithridates_vi_louvre.jpg) Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus
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![](/site/assets/files/10886/thumbnail_annius_verus_louvre3.jpg) Annius Verus
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![](/site/assets/files/40267/thumbnail_alexander_statuette_louvre.jpg) Alexander, Statuette from Lower Egypt
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![](/site/assets/files/56188/thumbnail_dumeir_nabataean_altar_louvre.jpg) Thelsae, Nabataean altar
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![](/site/assets/files/6328/thumbnail_agrippa_louvre2.jpg) Agrippa
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![](/site/assets/files/65301/thumbnail_achaemenid_ibex_with_silenus-bes_2_louvre.jpg) Achaemenid jar with representation of Bes
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![](/site/assets/files/11250/thumbnail_cleopatra_vii_louvre1.jpg) Cleopatra VII Philopator in Egyptian style
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![](/site/assets/files/17645/thumbnail_bishapur_mosaic_louvre1.jpg) Bishapur, Palace, Mosaic of man dressed as an ostrich
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![](/site/assets/files/47513/thumbnail_sobekhotep_iv_3_louvre_informal.jpg) Informal portrait of Sobekhotep IV
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![](/site/assets/files/47548/thumbnail_osorkon_iv_louvre.jpg) Aegis of Osorkon IV
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![](/site/assets/files/42165/thumbnail_susa_harpist_parthian_louvre.jpg) Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist
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![](/site/assets/files/18207/thumbnail_susa_achaemenid_administrative_document_louvre.jpg) Susa, Achaemenid administrative document
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![](/site/assets/files/65970/thumbnail_antinoe_coptic_textile_nilometer_430-640_louvre.jpg) Antinoopolis, Coptic textile, Nilotic scene (including nilometer)
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![](/site/assets/files/20003/thumbnail_sennacherib_louvre.jpg) Khorsabad, Relief of Sargon and Sennacherib, prince Sennacherib
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![](/site/assets/files/18227/thumbnail_susa_cup_xerxes_louvre.jpg) Susa, Rim of a cup with the name of Xerxes
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![](/site/assets/files/45832/thumbnail_ugarit_alphabeth_louvre.jpg) Ugarit, Alphabet tablet
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![](/site/assets/files/40265/thumbnail_alexander_albani_louvre.jpg) The Albani Alexander
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![](/site/assets/files/21239/thumbnail_assos_relief_bulls_louvre1.jpg) Assos, Temple of Athena, Relief of two bulls
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![](/site/assets/files/67007/thumbnail_domitian_albani_louvre2.jpg) Domitian
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![](/site/assets/files/18312/thumbnail_susa_temple_shutrukkides_louvre02.jpg) Susa, Temple of the Šutrukids, Relief
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![](/site/assets/files/18302/thumbnail_susa_puzar-inshushinak_inscr_louvre.jpg) Susa, Dedication to Inšušinak
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![](/site/assets/files/18271/thumbnail_susa_miii_axe_louvre.jpg) Susa, Battle axe
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![](/site/assets/files/18314/thumbnail_susa_temple_shutrukkides_louvre11.jpg) Susa, Temple of the Šutrukids, Relief
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![](/site/assets/files/18278/thumbnail_susa_nicocles_louvre.jpg) Susa, Inscription of Nicocles
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![](/site/assets/files/65401/thumbnail_sousse-hadrumetum_tophet_votive_stela_three_baetyls_sivbce_louvre.jpg) Hadrumetum, Sanctuary of Baal Hammon, Punic stela with three baetyls
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![](/site/assets/files/18276/thumbnail_susa_model_louvre2.jpg) Susa, Middle-Elamite model of a sun ritual
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![](/site/assets/files/47624/thumbnail_libyan_d19_louvre.jpg) Statuette of a Libyan
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![](/site/assets/files/4542/thumbnail_zagros_mountain_map_louvre.jpg) Babylonian map of the western Zagros. A road, a mountain, and a river are indicated.
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![](/site/assets/files/4701/thumbnail_akkadian_victory_louvre.jpg) POWs being led away on an Akkadian victory stele
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![](/site/assets/files/45988/thumbnail_nimrud_foundation_brick_assurnasirpal_ii_louvre.jpg) Nimrud, Northwest Palace of Aššurnasirpal II, Foundation Inscription
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![](/site/assets/files/46765/thumbnail_nineveh_library_dictionary_sumerian-akkadian_louvre.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Sumerian-Akkadian Dictionary
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![](/site/assets/files/18282/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_1_louvre_01.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief with inscription DSm
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![](/site/assets/files/65971/thumbnail_antinoe_coptic_textile_praying_christian_siv-vice_louvre.jpg) Antinoopolis, Coptic textile, Praying man with candelaber and ankh
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![](/site/assets/files/18321/thumbnail_treaty_naram-sin_elam_louvre.jpg) Susa, Treaty between Naram-Sin and Elam
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![](/site/assets/files/11157/thumbnail_valerianus_junior_louvre.jpg) Valerian Jr
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![](/site/assets/files/8513/thumbnail_ptolemy_i_louvre.jpg) Ptolemy I Soter
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![](/site/assets/files/16881/thumbnail_amulet_darius.jpg) Amulet of Darius
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![](/site/assets/files/18223/thumbnail_susa_basrelief_louvre1.jpg) Susa, Middle-Elamite basrelief of warrior gods
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![](/site/assets/files/47544/thumbnail_ramses_vii_louvre.jpg) Drawing of Ramesses VII
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![](/site/assets/files/4699/thumbnail_hammurabi_codex.jpg) Upper part of the Codex of Hammurabi; taken from Babylon to Susa, it was excavated in what is now Iran.
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![](/site/assets/files/43265/thumbnail_etruscan_warrior_650_600_louvre.jpg) Figurine of an Etruscan warrior
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![](/site/assets/files/4521/thumbnail_sumerian_mask_ediii_louvre.jpg) Mask of a Sumerian
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![](/site/assets/files/3383/thumbnail_demetrius_poliorcetes2.jpg) Demetrius I Poliorcetes
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![](/site/assets/files/47661/thumbnail_sekhmet_statues_louvre3.jpg) Statues of Sekhmet
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![](/site/assets/files/56355/thumbnail_tayma_dedication_to_salm_sv_louvre.jpg) Tayma, Dedication to Salm
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![](/site/assets/files/46269/thumbnail_ramses_iv_louvre.jpg) Ramesses IV
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![](/site/assets/files/45504/thumbnail_utica_funeral_stela_man_siii_louvre.jpg) Utica, Funeral stela
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![](/site/assets/files/5146/thumbnail_antiochus_iii_louvre5.jpg) Antiochus III the Great
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![](/site/assets/files/5688/thumbnail_psamtek_louvre.jpg) Psammetichus I
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![](/site/assets/files/10077/thumbnail_palmyra_priest_louvre1.jpg) Palmyra, Tombstone of a priest
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![](/site/assets/files/21682/thumbnail_sardes_plaque_louvre1.jpg) Sardes, Temple of Artemis, Relief of the "Mistress of the animals". (The archer partly visible to the right must be Heracles.)
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![](/site/assets/files/18291/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_5_louvre_04.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief
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![](/site/assets/files/18273/thumbnail_susa_miii_fish_louvre.jpg) Susa, Stone fish
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![](/site/assets/files/38652/thumbnail_cleopatra_ii_or_iii_louvre4.jpg) Cleopatra II or III as Isis
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![](/site/assets/files/20002/thumbnail_sargon_senacherib.jpg) Khorsabad, Relief of Sargon and Sennacherib
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![](/site/assets/files/43309/thumbnail_kadesh_poem_louvre.jpg) An Egyptian poem about the battle of Kadesh
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![](/site/assets/files/65201/thumbnail_smyrna_attalus_ii_louvre.jpg) Smyrna, Attalus II Philadelphus
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![](/site/assets/files/10741/thumbnail_sass_louvre.jpg) Ladjvard, Sasanian king, perhaps Peroz
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![](/site/assets/files/18887/thumbnail_beirut_phylacterium.jpg) Beirut, Christian phylacterium, invoking the protection of several celestial beings to protect one Alexandra
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![](/site/assets/files/4265/thumbnail_corbulo_louvre3.jpg) Corbulo
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![](/site/assets/files/47499/thumbnail_d11-12_unidentified_louvre.jpg) King of the Eleventh/Twelfth Dynasty
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![](/site/assets/files/18213/thumbnail_susa_adda-hamiti-inshushinak_louvre1.jpg) Susa, Stela of Adda-hamiti-Inšušinak
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![](/site/assets/files/1370/thumbnail_kroisos_louvre.jpg) Head of Croesus on a Greek vase
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![](/site/assets/files/18306/thumbnail_susa_silver_louvre2.jpg) Susa, Silver rhyton
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![](/site/assets/files/47592/thumbnail_scribe_louvre.jpg) Relief of a scribe
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![](/site/assets/files/45838/thumbnail_ugarit_t_baal_inscr_baal_saphon_louvre.jpg) Ugarit, Temple of Baal, Stele with the king of Ugarit in front of the god Baal Saphon
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![](/site/assets/files/18313/thumbnail_susa_temple_shutrukkides_louvre09.jpg) Susa, Temple of the Šutrukids, Relief: the bull-man
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![](/site/assets/files/38722/thumbnail_cleopatra_vii_isis_sacr_louvre.jpg) Soknopaiou Nesos, Stele of Isis, Horus, and Cleopatra VII Philopator
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![](/site/assets/files/18277/thumbnail_susa_napirasu_louvre1.jpg) Susa, Statue of queen Napirasu, wife of Untaš-Napiriša
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![](/site/assets/files/65209/thumbnail_tayma_funerary_inscr_svbce_louvre.jpg) Tayma, Aramaic funerary inscription
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![](/site/assets/files/47547/thumbnail_osorkon_i_louvre.jpg) Osorkon I
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![](/site/assets/files/18225/thumbnail_susa_capital.jpg) Susa, Apadana, Capital
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![](/site/assets/files/57588/thumbnail_ship_louvre.jpg) Vase painting of an archaic Greek galley
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![](/site/assets/files/64904/thumbnail_corinth_poseidon_louvre.jpg) Corinth, Small painting of Poseidon
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![](/site/assets/files/65182/thumbnail_cherchell_micipsa_inscr_118bce_louvre.jpg) Cherchell, Inscription of Micipsa
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![](/site/assets/files/18266/thumbnail_susa_funerary_portrait_louvre.jpg) Susa, Funerary portrait
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![](/site/assets/files/18288/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_2_louvre_02.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief
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![](/site/assets/files/16028/thumbnail_officer.jpg) Relief of a Roman officer
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![](/site/assets/files/40940/thumbnail_susa_temple_shutrukkides_louvre08.jpg) Susa, Temple of the Šutrukids, Goddess
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![](/site/assets/files/66504/thumbnail_eshnunna_relief_ishtar_c2000bce-c1500bce_louvre.jpg) Eshnunna, Relief of Ištar
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![](/site/assets/files/65976/thumbnail_byzantium_dromedary_shaped_lamp_svii_louvre.jpg) Byzantine, Dromedary-shaped lamp
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![](/site/assets/files/41028/thumbnail_paphos_epitaph_king_echetimus_siv_louvre.jpg) Old Paphos, Epitaph of King Echetimus
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![](/site/assets/files/18304/thumbnail_susa_sasanian_cup_louvre.jpg) Susa, Sasanian cup
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![](/site/assets/files/65954/thumbnail_thebaid_coptic_writing_exercise_ostracon_sviice_louvre.jpg) Ostracon with a Coptic Writing Exercise (Thebaid)
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![](/site/assets/files/38637/thumbnail_arsinoe_iii_louvre1-1.jpg) Arsinoe III
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![](/site/assets/files/4672/thumbnail_scythian_archer_louvre1.jpg) Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer
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![](/site/assets/files/5687/thumbnail_apries_louvre.jpg) Apries
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![](/site/assets/files/15786/thumbnail_ptolemy_ii_louvre.jpg) Ptolemy II Philadelphus
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![](/site/assets/files/45502/thumbnail_utica_animals_oil_lamp_louvre1.jpg) Utica, Oil lamp with a lion and a crocodile
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![](/site/assets/files/18263/thumbnail_susa_foundation_text_apadana_darius_old_persian_louvre.jpg) Susa, Apadana, Inscription DSf (Old Persian)
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![](/site/assets/files/10693/thumbnail_titus_louvre.jpg) Titus
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![](/site/assets/files/11292/thumbnail_fausta_louvre2.jpg) Fausta
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![](/site/assets/files/41012/thumbnail_pyla_t_apollo_500-475_head_louvre.jpg) Pyla, Temple of Apollo, Portrait of a man
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![](/site/assets/files/2844/thumbnail_aden_inscr_si-iii_louvre.jpg) Dedication by Ilîmagud Mayfa
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![](/site/assets/files/4312/thumbnail_pittacus_louvre.jpg) Pittacus
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![](/site/assets/files/57967/thumbnail_laws_gortyn_louvre1.jpg) Gortyn, Inscription with laws
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![](/site/assets/files/7566/thumbnail_iranian_egypt.jpg) Persian nobleman; statue from Egypt
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![](/site/assets/files/65208/thumbnail_tayma_relief_700-500_louvre.jpg) Tayma, Relief of a sacrifical meal; Assyrian influence
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![](/site/assets/files/47421/thumbnail_khorsabad_courtiers-with-flowers.jpg) Khorsabad, Relief of two courtiers
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![](/site/assets/files/8520/thumbnail_livia_louvre1.jpg) Livia (Paris)
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![](/site/assets/files/7258/thumbnail_nectanebo_ii_isis_louvre_2.jpg) Saqqara, Serapeum, Relief of Isis and Nectanebo II
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![](/site/assets/files/8918/thumbnail_moabite_warrior-god_louvre.jpg) Moabite warrior god
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![](/site/assets/files/18295/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_ornaments_louvre_3.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief, Flowers
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![](/site/assets/files/45503/thumbnail_utica_animals_oil_lamp_louvre2.jpg) Utica, Oil lamp with a lion and a panther
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![](/site/assets/files/19139/thumbnail_tyre_inscr_louvre.jpg) Tyre, Hellenistic building inscription from Al-Ma'shook
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![](/site/assets/files/10850/thumbnail_aelius_caesar_louvre3.jpg) Aelius Caesar
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![](/site/assets/files/16868/thumbnail_dzb_louvre1.jpg) Chalouf, Darius' DZb inscription
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![](/site/assets/files/4639/thumbnail_tepe_hesar_level_i_pot_louvre.jpg) Bowl from Tepe Hesar I
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![](/site/assets/files/7503/thumbnail_bactrian_2000bce.jpg) Figurine from Bactria
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![](/site/assets/files/40941/thumbnail_susa_temple_shutrukkides_louvre03.jpg) Susa, Temple of the Šutrukids, Inscription
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![](/site/assets/files/51080/thumbnail_byblus_t_baalat_figurines_louvre4.jpg) Byblos, Temple of Baalat, Figurines
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![](/site/assets/files/16816/thumbnail_alexander_azara_louvre_0.jpg) The Azara herm
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![](/site/assets/files/41026/thumbnail_idalion_melqart_louvre.jpg) Idalion, statue of Melqart
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![](/site/assets/files/20001/thumbnail_sargon_louvre.jpg) Khorsabad, Relief of Sargon and Sennacherib, king Sargon
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![](/site/assets/files/16144/thumbnail_nimrud_anatolian_fort.jpg) Nimrud, Relief of an Anatolian fort
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![](/site/assets/files/56360/thumbnail_marib_dedication_700bce_louvre1.jpg) Marib, Dedication to Almaqah
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![](/site/assets/files/59119/thumbnail_eretria_phial_louvre.jpg) Eretria, Two-headed phial
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![](/site/assets/files/41018/thumbnail_idalion_dish_orientalizing_sviii-vii_louvre.jpg) Idalion, orientalizing gold dish
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![](/site/assets/files/56278/thumbnail_bosra_altar_louvre1.jpg) Bosra, Nabataean altar
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![](/site/assets/files/47578/thumbnail_psamtek_i_pakher_bes_louvre.jpg) Statuette of Bes, dedicated by Pakher, chancellor of king Psamtek I
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![](/site/assets/files/9705/thumbnail_louvre_rome_julia_domna2.jpg) Julia Domna
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![](/site/assets/files/5937/thumbnail_louvre_imperator1.jpg) Lascuta, Imperator inscription
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![](/site/assets/files/65202/thumbnail_edessa_mosaic_woman_inscr_aramaic_ii-iii_louvre.jpg) Edessa, Mosaic of a lady
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![](/site/assets/files/57831/thumbnail_apollonia_hoplites_louvre.jpg) Apollonia, Relief of two hoplites
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![](/site/assets/files/47422/thumbnail_khorsabad_iron_tools_1_louvre.jpg) Khorsabad, Iron tool
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![](/site/assets/files/6892/thumbnail_herodes_atticus.jpg) Herodes Atticus
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![](/site/assets/files/64420/thumbnail_rhodes_cup_lhiiia2_louvre.jpg) Rhodes, Mycenaean cup (LH IIIa2)
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![](/site/assets/files/41008/thumbnail_enkomi_pectoral_sphinxes_louvre.jpg) Enkomi, Late Bronze pectoral with sphinxes
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![](/site/assets/files/7251/thumbnail_nectanebo_i_louvre_1a.jpg) Nectanebo I, wearing the crown of Upper Egypt
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![](/site/assets/files/1262/thumbnail_ugarit_baal_louvre.jpg) Ugarit, Stele of the "smiting god"
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![](/site/assets/files/42424/thumbnail_montuhotep_louvre.jpg) Montuhotep II wearing the red deshret crown
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![](/site/assets/files/9282/thumbnail_pharsalus_relief_louvre1.jpg) Pharsalus, Funerary stela with a relief of a flower offering
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![](/site/assets/files/8130/thumbnail_nineveh_arbela_louvre.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Relief of Arbela
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![](/site/assets/files/47491/thumbnail_djedefre_louvre1.jpg) King Djedefra
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![](/site/assets/files/38719/thumbnail_ptolemy_x_louvre2.jpg) Ptolemy X Alexander
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![](/site/assets/files/4704/thumbnail_girsu_creation_myth_archaic_louvre.jpg) Girsu, Tablet with a fragment of the Sumerian Creation Epic
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![](/site/assets/files/9103/thumbnail_persian_warrior.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief
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![](/site/assets/files/46284/thumbnail_smyrna_diadumenus_louvre.jpg) Smyrna, Diadumenianus
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![](/site/assets/files/18303/thumbnail_susa_royal_warrior_louvre.jpg) Susa, Gold plate with royal warrior
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![](/site/assets/files/11390/thumbnail_louvre_barberini_ivory2.jpg) Justinian I (Barberini Ivory)
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![](/site/assets/files/6658/thumbnail_sesostris_iii_young_louvre1.jpg) Senusret III
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![](/site/assets/files/18289/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_5_louvre_02.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief
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![](/site/assets/files/9940/thumbnail_orbiana_louvre1.jpg) Sallustia Orbiana
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![](/site/assets/files/43270/thumbnail_sarcophagus_couple_louvre1.jpg) Caere, Sarcophagus of the Spouses
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![](/site/assets/files/41025/thumbnail_bilingual_inscr_sv-iv_louvre.jpg) Cyprus, Bilingual Greek-Phoenician inscription
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![](/site/assets/files/46851/thumbnail_gilgamesh_louvre.jpg) Khorsabad, Lion-taming spirit ("Gilgameš")
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![](/site/assets/files/46283/thumbnail_smyrna_dedication_legionary_louvre.jpg) Smyrna, Honorific decree for an officer of VI Ferrata
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![](/site/assets/files/10757/thumbnail_portrait_man_ce070_so-called_vitellius_louvre.jpg) Portrait of a man, third quarter of the first century CE (the so-called "Vitellius")
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![](/site/assets/files/21241/thumbnail_assos_relief_triton_louvre2.jpg) Assos, Temple of Athena, relief, Triton
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![](/site/assets/files/18200/thumbnail_awan_kinglist_louvre.jpg) Susa, The Awan King List
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![](/site/assets/files/10586/thumbnail_theodosius_ii_louvre.jpg) Theodosius II
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![](/site/assets/files/18285/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_1_louvre_04.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief
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![](/site/assets/files/1552/thumbnail_louvre_rafts.jpg) Khorsabad, Relief of rafts on a great river
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![](/site/assets/files/65910/thumbnail_gladiator_armor_louvre2.jpg) Gladiator helmet
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![](/site/assets/files/65210/thumbnail_tayma_inscr_sibce_louvre.jpg) Tayma, Nabataean votive stela
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![](/site/assets/files/21240/thumbnail_assos_relief_symposium_louvre2.jpg) Assos, Temple of Athena, Relief of a symposium
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![](/site/assets/files/66183/thumbnail_uruk_zero_tablet_c300-c0150c_louvre.jpg) Uruk, Cuneiform tablet with first use of a zero
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![](/site/assets/files/9104/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_2_louvre_03.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief, Immortal, Counterweight of a spear
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![](/site/assets/files/38647/thumbnail_berenice_ii_louvre.jpg) Berenice II
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![](/site/assets/files/18311/thumbnail_susa_stratum_i_louvre3.jpg) Susa, Relief with the sacrifice of goat
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![](/site/assets/files/8164/thumbnail_louvre_turkey_antioch_paris_judgment.jpg) Antioch, Judgment of Paris
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![](/site/assets/files/65958/thumbnail_baouit_church_icon_menas-christ_sviii_louvre.jpg) Bawit, Icon of Christ and St.Menas
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![](/site/assets/files/1297/thumbnail_seleucus_nicator.jpg) Seleucus I Nicator
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![](/site/assets/files/1495/thumbnail_louvre_alexander_delos.jpg) Delos, Portrait of Alexander the Great
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![](/site/assets/files/47538/thumbnail_merenptah_louvre.jpg) Merenptah
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![](/site/assets/files/18283/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_1_louvre_02.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief with inscription
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![](/site/assets/files/1363/thumbnail_saba_cavalery_louvre1.jpg) Saba, the Arab warrior Mushayqat Hamayat ibn Yusuf on a dromedary
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![](/site/assets/files/59100/thumbnail_megara_warriors_550-525_louvre.jpg) Megara, Figurine of two hoplites
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![](/site/assets/files/38645/thumbnail_ptolemaic_queen_louvre1.jpg) Hermopolis, Portrait of a Cleopatra I, Cleopatra II, or Berenice III
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![](/site/assets/files/16814/thumbnail_alexander_azara_louvre04.jpg) The Azara herm
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![](/site/assets/files/17741/thumbnail_chogha_zanbil_knobs_louvre.jpg) Choga Zanbil, Ziggurat, Doorknobs (Paris)
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![](/site/assets/files/18336/thumbnail_tepe_sialk_louvre1.jpg) Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE
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![](/site/assets/files/8639/thumbnail_antonia_minor_louvre.jpg) Antonia Minor
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![](/site/assets/files/56361/thumbnail_marib_dedication_700bce_louvre2.jpg) Marib, Dedication to Almaqah, detail
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![](/site/assets/files/65073/thumbnail_carthage_christian_mosaic.jpg) Furnos Minus, Christian funerary mosaic
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![](/site/assets/files/18284/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_1_louvre_03.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief
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![](/site/assets/files/1533/thumbnail_ajax_cassandra_louvre.jpg) Ajax and Cassandra.
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![](/site/assets/files/17644/thumbnail_bishapur_mosaic_louvre.jpg) Bishapur, Palace, Mosaic of a Dionysiac head
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![](/site/assets/files/1327/thumbnail_pompey_louvre2.jpg) Pompey the Great. Louvre, Paris (France)
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![](/site/assets/files/17395/thumbnail_ptolemy_iii_euergetes_louvre.jpg) Ptolemy III Euergetes
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![](/site/assets/files/18310/thumbnail_susa_stele_shutruru_louvre1.jpg) Susa, Stela of Šutruru
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![](/site/assets/files/65986/thumbnail_fayyum_byz_chalice_svii_louvre.jpg) Fayyum, Coptic chalice
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![](/site/assets/files/9917/thumbnail_geta_louvre.jpg) Geta
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![](/site/assets/files/21953/thumbnail_iii_augusta_inscr_louvre5.jpg) Lambaesis, Rules for the trumpetters of III Augusta
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![](/site/assets/files/47515/thumbnail_amenophis_i_louvre2.jpg) Drawing of Amenhotep I
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![](/site/assets/files/65990/thumbnail_baouit_church_portrait_woman_svi-viii_louvre.jpg) Bawit, Portrait of a lady
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![](/site/assets/files/11034/thumbnail_salonina_louvre1.jpg) Salonina
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![](/site/assets/files/64982/thumbnail_constantine_votive_stele1_sii_louvre.jpg) Cirta, Sanctuary of El-Hofra, Votive stela
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![](/site/assets/files/65972/thumbnail_byz_textile_erotes_svice_louvre.jpg) Egypt, Byzantine textile, Erotes picking grapes
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![](/site/assets/files/65402/thumbnail_sousse-hadrumetum_tophet_votive_stela_sivbce_louvre.jpg) Hadrumetum, Sanctuary of Baal Hammon, Punic stela
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![](/site/assets/files/10472/thumbnail_leo_louvre.jpg) Leo I
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![](/site/assets/files/7285/thumbnail_socrates_louvre.jpg) Socrates
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![](/site/assets/files/64427/thumbnail_rhodes_aryballos_louvre.jpg) Rhodes, Head-shaped aryballos
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![](/site/assets/files/65199/thumbnail_alexander_i_balas_louvre.jpg) Alexander I Balas
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![](/site/assets/files/10148/thumbnail_palmyra_triad_louvre1.jpg) Wadi Miyah, Palmyrene triad: Aglibol (Moon), Ba'al Šamem (Lord of Heaven), and Malekbel (Sun)
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![](/site/assets/files/18292/thumbnail_susa_palace_glazed_relief_chimaera_louvre_01.jpg) Susa, Soldiers' Relief, Mythological creatures
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![](/site/assets/files/15745/thumbnail_demetrius_poliorcetes_louvre.jpg) Demetrius Poliorcetes
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![](/site/assets/files/15790/thumbnail_ptolemy_iv_or_vi_louvre.jpg) Ptolemy IV Philopator or Ptolemy VI Philometor
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![](/site/assets/files/57838/thumbnail_hoplites_vase_corinth_louvre1.jpg) Corinth, Hoplite battle (Tydeus painter)
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![](/site/assets/files/65981/thumbnail_coptic_jar_wild_animals_sv1-viii_3_louvre.jpg) Coptic jar with decoration of a woman with wild animals
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![](/site/assets/files/18264/thumbnail_susa_foundation_text_darius_babylonian_louvre.jpg) Susa, Apadana, Inscription DSf (Babylonian)
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![](/site/assets/files/18337/thumbnail_tepe_sialk_louvre2.jpg) Tepe Sialk, Pot from the fourth millennium BCE, decorated with an ibex
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![](/site/assets/files/3496/thumbnail_rhagae_louvre.jpg) Rhagae, Dancers on a piece of pottery
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![](/site/assets/files/56522/thumbnail_yemen_head_louvre.jpg) Yemen, Woman's head
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![](/site/assets/files/2850/thumbnail_suovetaurilia_louvre.jpg) Suovetaurilia
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![](/site/assets/files/65950/thumbnail_achmim_coptic_funerary_stele_pamin_sivce_louvre.jpg) Achmim, Funerary stela of Pamim
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![](/site/assets/files/66213/thumbnail_sippar_contract_486-465_louvre.jpg) Sippar, Contract from the reign of Xerxes about a canal
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![](/site/assets/files/7647/thumbnail_apollonia_victoria_trophee_louvre2.jpg) Apollonia, Relief to commemorate the battle of Actium
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![](/site/assets/files/51049/thumbnail_byblus_lion_450-400_louvre.jpg) Byblos, Relief of a lion
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![](/site/assets/files/17349/thumbnail_boy_louvre.jpg) Boy with hoop and rooster
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![](/site/assets/files/64426/thumbnail_rhodes_sphinx_600bce_louvre.jpg) Rhodes, Dish with a sphinx
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