Aion Art

signorformica:

Babylon’s Ishtar Gate in Istanbul (ca.525 BC) Bibliothèque Infernale on FB

fishstickmonkey:

Portrait of a Poet, “The Arundel Head” 

200-1 B.C. 

Greek 

Bronze and copper H: 41 x W: 21 x D: 26 cm (16 1/8 x 8 ¼ x 10 ¼ in.) 

Image courtesy of and © The Trustees of the British Museum

(via Art Blart)

grandegyptianmuseum:

Silver pendant in shape of ram’s head wearing uraeus, with incised details. 26th Dynasty, ca. 664–525 BC, EA18300

mini-girlz:

LARGE MAYA FEMALE DIGNITARY, JAINA

LATE CLASSIC, CA. A.D. 550-950

> bonhams.com

ancientbeardart:

Silvered bronze roundel with satyr head (one of a pair) (via The Met)

Hellenistic Greek

ca. 325–300 BCE

didoofcarthage:

Bronze head from a full length portrait (perhaps of the poet Sophocles) 

Hellenistic Greek, 2nd century B.C.

The British Museum 

via-appia:

Marble mask of bearded satyr

Roman