These are ancient Greek gold earrings with a disk and boat-shaped pendant, dating back to approximately 300 BCE.

A very cute #Roman sculpture of four small puppies sleeping in a curled-up pile - adorable!

Display case with jewelry from Mycenaean Greece, 1750–1050 BC National Archaeological Museum, Athens

A 2,000 year-old Roman-era cobalt blue glass flask signed by master glassmaker ‘Ennion’. A Greek inscription reads ‘Ennion made me/it’. He is the first known glassmaker to sign his work. 📷 The Met metmuseum.org/art/collection… #Archaeology

A mosaic from Pompeii showing sea creatures, 1st century AD, National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

The Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

A #Roman mosaic of a frog sitting on a lily-pad 🐸

This Hellenistic mosaic glass bowl looks so modern, yet it was made over 2,000 years ago! Ancient glassmakers created the tiny flower pattern using a technique now known as ‘millefiori’ (thousand flowers). A timeless design still made by glassmakers today! British Museum

This 1,800 year-old Roman glass cup is so well preserved that the railway construction worker who found it in the 1800s used it as a flower vase not realising its age! 💐 😲 From Himlingøje, Denmark. National Museum of Denmark 📷 by me #Archaeology

Roughly 2,400 years old, the Golden Pectoral from Tovsta Mohyla is a masterpiece of goldwork. Discovered in 1971, Ukraine.

#PortraitThursday - The bronze head of Hadrian, discovered in the River Thames, is one of the most striking surviving Roman sculptures in Britain. Discovered in 1834 near London Bridge, this head is believed to have originally belonged to an over-life-size statue of the emperor

New Athena/Minerva just dropped! A two-metre marble statue of the goddess of wisdom, wearing her Gorgon aegis armour, has been unearthed in the Western Theatre of Laodicea. (Images: Turkish Ministry of Culture)

A Greek Hellenistic bracelet with rock crystal and gold rams' heads.

Two #Roman glass dishes, in beautiful shades of greeny-blue & purple, with spiral decorations & stripy rims. Amazing to think they were made about 2000-2200 years ago!

Today in 1184 BC, the city of Troy fell to the Greeks after a 10 year siege! All to be outdone by the Trojan Horse.

Ancient Greek bronze water jug, circa 370 BC.

Some 3,300 years ago, an ancient Egyptian artist painted this comic illustration of a cat herding geese! 😻 They used a flake of limestone as a sketchpad for this fun scene. From Deir el-Medina, Thebes. 📷 Egyptian Museum, Cairo. #Archaeology

The warm sun of the Levant shines over the ruins of an ancient citadel, high above the blue waters of the Euphrates. Hidden beneath the dust for thousands of years, archaeologists have uncovered beautiful, colorful mosaics. As the dirt is gently brushed away, bright pieces of

Today in 404 BC, Sparta defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War.

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