Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle: left and center

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; H: 8 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle, top register: detail of left side

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle, center and lower register: detail of center

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle, top register: detail of right side with entertainers

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Scene from the Story of Nastagio degli Onesti, Disembowelment of the Woman Pursued

Sandro Botticelli; 2 ft. 8 9/32 in.x 4 ft. 6 21/64 in.; tempera on panel

The basin of the two scribes, folio from the Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 1/8 in.x 7 3/4 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Tomb 2 (M2D1; likely the Queen of the King of Jiangdu), excavated artifact, #7 Heart-shaped Pendant

Jiangsu. Wuxi County. Dayunshan; L: 1 13/16 in.; white jade

Tomb 2 (M2D1; likely the Queen of the King of Jiangdu), excavated artifact, #7 Heart-shaped Pendant, line draing of the remaining fragment

Jiangsu. Wuxi County. Dayunshan; white jade

Tomb 2 (M2D1; likely the Queen of the King of Jiangdu), excavated artifact, #7 Heart-shaped Pendant, rubbing

Jiangsu. Wuxi County. Dayunshan; white jade

Tomb of the King of Jiangdu [likely Liu Fei] (M1K1(6) , excavated artifact, #91 Heart-shaped Pendant

Jiangsu. Xuyi County. Dayunshan; L: 3 15/32 in.; white jade

Tomb of the King of Jiangdu [likely Liu Fei] (M1K1(6) , excavated artifact, #91 Heart-shaped Pendant, line drawing

Jiangsu. Xuyi County. Dayunshan; white jade

Tomb of the King of Jiangdu [likely Liu Fei] (M1K1(6) , excavated artifact, #91 Heart-shaped Pendant, rubbing

Jiangsu. Xuyi County. Dayunshan; white jade

Parthenon, north frieze, block XXXVIII, Procession of the Panathenaic Festival: three riders

Athens, Greece; marble