Herculaneum was a peaceful seaside town in the Bay of Naples 🇮🇹, smaller in size to Pompeii, but wealthier and more prosperous. Its inhabitants were engaged in fishing, trade and other maritime activities. It was nestled in the innocent shadow of Mount Vesuvius, until violently

Exquisite.

Hellenistic gold armband from around 200 BC.

Silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, reverse: seated Zeus, 315–308 BC, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Herakles the Archer, Emile Antoine Bourdelle, 1908-1909, Cleveland Museum of Art. Size: Overall: 61.6 x 59.1 cm (24 ¼ x 23 ¼ in.). Medium: bronze

A 2000-year-old Roman Zeus ring at the Albion Art Institute in Japan.

Portrait of Demosthenes, 3rd century BC, Giovanni Barracco Museum of Antique Sculpture.

Zoom in and you’ll see that this is not a painting—it’s actually a stunning Roman mosaic medallion depicting the Greek hero Bellerophon riding Pegasus and slaying the Chimera, from the 2nd - 3rd c AD.

Aquamarine and Diamond Brooch, from around 1880.

Pot of gold! Rare Roman gold coin hoard uncovered near Didcot, Oxfordshire, by a metal detectorist in 1995. The pot contained 126 gold aurei, struck between AD 54-160. It would have taken a legionary soldier over ten years to earn this large sum! Ashmolean Museum 📷 by me

The Vix Krater, a 6th century BC Greek bronze vessel imported to the Celts. Discovered in Bourgogne/France in the tomb of the “Lady of Vix,” a Celtic princess. It remains the largest known metal vessel of Western antiquity. Musée du Pays Châtillonnais

"If a man does not value his god, he will not be buried." ☀️⛰️🐐Sumerian Proverb

Roman glass known as "Circus Cups" from the 3rd century AD. Found during excavations of graves in Denmark.

In a remarkable archaeological find, researchers in Türkiye 🇹🇷 have uncovered an ancient iron mask believed to have been worn by a Roman cavalryman approximately 1800 years ago. These rare facial coverings were used during parades, training exercises, and sometimes even in

A #Roman glass bottle in a beautiful shade of amber-orange with white swirly decoration - a beautiful piece of ancient glass made more than 1600 years ago

Auguste Renoir, The Umbrellas

Ancient Greek owl figurine carved from purple fluorite.  4th–3rd century BC.

This is an Ancient Greek gold diadem from 325–330 BCE, found in Demetrias, Thessaly.

Athena and Poseidon