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Funerary Mask
Late Ptolemaic Period-early Roman Period, 1st century BCE
Hawara, Egypt
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Funerary Mask
Late Ptolemaic Period-early Roman Period, 1st century BCE
Hawara, Egypt
Gold and amber earrings with head of a Black African youth. Etruscan, ca. 200–100 BCE
In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.
Gold and garnet pendant amphora and chain with tripod stand, Greek, 125-100 BCE
From the Met Museum
Cover to The Milinda Pañha, MRA Spanish Language Edition—Buddhist text dating back to 100 BCE (unknown artist/designer, 1995).
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Denarius of Julius Caesar, 44 BCE.
In 100 BCE, Julius Caesar, the famous (or perhaps notorious) Roman military and political leader was born in Rome.
Bronze statuette of Aphrodite, a variant of the Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles, Greek, 150-100 BCE
From the Met Museum
Necklace, made with gold, garnet, emerald, glass, and pearl, Greece, 200 - 100 BCE
From the Victoria and Albert Museum
Necklace made of gold, garnet, and glass, Greek, 200 - 100 BCE