Archaic Collection (#6)

Torso of a kouros, from Actium, c. 550 BC (marble) (b / w photo) (see also 24997)
XIR202764 Torso of a kouros, from Actium, c.550 BC (marble) (b/w photo) (see also 24997) by Greek, (6th century BC); height: 99.5 cm; Louvre, Paris, France; Greek, out of copyright

Bakers kneading dough to the sound of a flute, found at Thebes, Boeotia, 6th century BC
XIR365020 Bakers kneading dough to the sound of a flute, found at Thebes, Boeotia, 6th century BC (terracotta) (see also 155945) by Greek, (6th century BC); Louvre, Paris

WW2 - Machine Gunner on a Boulton Paul P. 75 Overstrand
WW2 - Britain Prepared Machine Gunner on a (then rather archaic) Boulton Paul P.75 Overstrand, the last of the twin-engine biplane medium bombers of the Royal Air Force

Brest mask made of clay of 14 cm in height, comes from the archaeological site of Tlatilco, in the east of Mexico

Greece, Delphi, Temple, Apollo

France, Provence, Joucas, Walkway, arch

Kouros, c650-500 BC. Statue of a male youth, dating from the Archaic Period of Greek sculpture (about 650 BC to about 500 BC)

Archaic Greek warrior in Bronze, Syracuse, Sicily

Archaic Greek bronze statuette of a Spartan female athlete
Archaic bronze statuette of a Spartan female athlete, running and holding her gymnos. From the National Museum in Athens

Art greek. Archaic. Amphora of Melos. 7th BC century. Nation
Art greek. Archaic. Amphora of Melos. Datd between 650-600 BC. Apollo and muses in chariot drawn by winged horses. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Greece

Royal Game of Ur. Early Dynastic III Period. 2600-2400 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Phoenician art. Cyprus. 6th century BC. Herakles, 530-520 A.C. Limestone. Comes from Golgoi (Cyprus). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Phoenician art. Cyprus. Statue of a priest. Late sixth century BC. Archaic Period. Limestone. It comes from Golgoi (Cyprus). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Olpe Chigi Vase. 650 -640 BC. Proto-Corinthian style. Decorated with illustrations of warriors (upper side), riders and carts (center) and hunting scenes (lower part). Archaic Greek art. Ceramics

Melos Kouros. Archaic Greek art. Sculpture on marble

Anavyssos Kouros. Archaic Greek art. Sculpture on marble. Proc: GREECE. Anavyssos

Archaic Greek art - the New York kouros
The New York kouros statue. Date: 590580 B.C

Ancient Celtic ruins in western Ireland
Archaic beehive huts, Fort of the Wolves on the west coast of Ireland. Hand-colored engraving

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This great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, was photographed off Guadalupe Island, Mexico

GREAT WHITE SHARK, Carcharodon carcharias, MEXICO
This great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, was photographed off Guadalupe Island, Mexico

This Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) was photographed off Guadalupe Island, Mexico; Guadalupe Island, Mexico

Shark with sharp teeth swimming towards the camera, Guadalupe
Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) with sharp teeth exposed in its open mouth swimming towards the camera; Guadalupe

Great White Shark
This Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) was photographed off Guadalupe Island; Guadalupe Island, Mexico

Pendant earrings gold 850 BC Archaic Greek tomb
Pendant earrings, gold, 850 BC Archaic Greek, from tomb in Athens, Greece

Stack Of Antique Books

Model of the Temple of Aphaia. Aegina. Greece
Model of the Temple of Aphaia. 6th-5th centuries BC. Aegina Island, Greece. Wood. Glyptothek Museum. Munich. Germany

19th century reconstruction of the Aegina West Pediment. Tem
Aegina West Pediment. Sanctuary of Aphaia, Aegina Island, Greece. Reconstruction by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1884). 19th century. Athena and warriors. Glyptothek Museum. Munich. Germany

Berlin Goddess. 580-560 BC. From Keratea
Berlin Goddess. 580-560 BC. Kore from the cemetery of Keratea (South of Attica). Detail. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Greek Art. Archaic Period. Winged goddes who tamed wild animals. In this case two lions. Had been introduced into Greece and Italy in the 8th century BC by merchants and itinerants artisans

Greek Art. Goddesses rearing children. Ny Carlsberg Glyptote
Ancient Greek Art. Archaic Period (700 B.C-480 B.C.). Goddesses rearing children. Terracotta. Statuette. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Greek art. Siphnish Treasury. Frieze sculpture. Ionic style
Greek art. Archaic. Siphnish Treasury. Frieze sculpture. Ionic style. 530-525 BC. Ares, Aphrodite, Artemis and Apollo. They are supporting the Trojans. Delphi Archaeological Museum

King Shamshi-Adad V
Stela of Shamshi-Adad V (824-811 BC). King of Assyria. From the Temple of Nabu, from Nimrud (Iraq). Detail. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Cyprus. Limestone male head wearing a helmet with a bird. Archaic Period. Last quarter of the 6th century B.C. It comes from Golgoi (Cyprus). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Animal-shaped jug Archaic Greek art
Animal-shaped jug. 8th-7th c. BC. Archaic Greek art. Ceramics. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum

Ionic capital Leptis Magna Libya

Bas relief at the Arch of Septimus Severus Leptis Magna Libya

Kleobis and Biton Kouros. Depiction of two athletes. Archaic Greek art. Sculpture

The Sounion kouros. Votive statue. Archaic Greek art. Sculpture on marble. Proc: GREECE. Sunion. Temple of Poseidon

Aristodikos. Funerary statue. Archaic Greek art. Sculpture on marble

Archaic hebrew script from the lintel of a tomb, c. 8th century BC
Archaic hebrew script from the lintel of a tomb near Silwan, Jerusalem. It records that this is the tomb of a Royal Steward

The Sumerian Blau Tablet, 30th century BC
The Blau Tablet, a Sumerian tablet with archaic characters that are almost the oldest found on stone, from the British Museums collection, 30th century BC

Archaic bronze figure of a horse, 6th century BC
Archaic bronze figure of a horse, from the National Museums collection in Athens, 6th century BC

Archaic metope of Apollo and Artemis, 6th century
Archaic metope of Apollo and Artemis driving horses, originally from the temple at Selinunte on Sicily, from the International Archaological Museums collection in Palermo, 6th century

Archaic Greek gold plaque of a running gorgon, 7th century BC
Gold plaque of a running gorgon from the sanctuary of temple A, at Himera near Palermo on Sicily. From the National Archaeological Museum in Palermo, 7th century BC

Archaic metope showing Actaeon and Artemis, 5th century BC
Archaic metope showing Actaeon being set on by his dogs and Artemis, from temple E at Selinunte. Made of limestone, with head and arms of Parian marble, 5th century BC

Archaic Roman stone lion, from the British Museums collection

Early Sumerian stone tables, inscribed with very early archaic pictographic symbols
Early Sumerian stone tablets, inscribed with very early archaic pictographic symbols, and one of the earliest examples of Sumerian writing. From the British Museums collection

Vase-painting of a woman spinning, 5th century BC
Greek vase-painting of a woman spinning. A white-ground figure made in Athens, 5th century BC

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