The Ancient World

Discover how art shaped ancient civilizations across the world through c. 500 CE

rhino bronze china
feathered serpent facade Teotihuacan
Statue of a bearded man riding a horse indoors
Ancient Egyptian canopic jars with animal head lids, used for storing organs during mummification, displayed in a museum.
moche head
clay haniwa warrior figure
terracotta army
death of the buddha shown with figure reclining on a bed and people wailing around him

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